Palm Coast Irrigations Regulations

In Palm Coast, watering is not allowed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Residents and businesses with odd-numbered street addresses may water lawns and landscapes on Wednesdays and Saturdays from midnight to 10 a.m. and/or from 4:00 to 11:59 p.m.

Residents and businesses with even-numbered street addresses, no street address or irrigate both even and odd address within the same zones, including multi-family units and homeowners associations, may water lawns and landscapes on Thursdays and Sundays from midnight to 10 a.m. and/or from 4 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

General Guidance for New landscaping, sod or other plantings:

• New landscaping can be watered without regard to restrictions on the first day it is installed.
  
• Landscaping that has been in place from 2 days to 30 days can be watered on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and/or Sundays during the hours allowed for regular landscape
  irrigation.
  
• Landscaping that has been in place from 31 days to 90 days can be watered on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during the hours allowed for regular landscape irrigation.
  
• Additional watering days can only be used to benefit new landscaping. An entire irrigation system zone may only be watered if it contains at least 50 percent new landscaping.
  General guidance for applying lawn maintenance products
  
• Landscape irrigation for watering-in fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides is allowed for one application unless the need for more than one application is stated in the directions specified by the product manufacturer.
  
• Watering-in is allowed only during established watering days and times unless a professional licensed applicator has posted a temporary sign with the date of the application and the date of
  needed watering-in.
  
• Restrictions apply to all sources of water for irrigation including wells, canals, ponds and lakes.
  
• Using a watering can or hand-watering with a hose and attached adjustable spray or trigger nozzle is allowed.
  
• Drip, bubble and micro-jet systems that apply water directly to root plant zones may be used anytime. Any low-volume system should not produce water runoff.
  
• Landscape irrigation systems may be operated once a week during restricted days and/or times for cleaning, maintenance and repair if an attendant is on site in the area being tested. Testing should not exceed 10 minutes per zone.