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title: Kitimat watering restrictions
question: "Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions in Kitimat?"
place: Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
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# Kitimat watering restrictions

**Question:** Are there lawn sprinkling or watering restrictions in Kitimat?

**Short answer:** Kitimat's Code sets no fixed seasonal watering schedule. The Chief Administrative Officer may limit water use to certain hours, which may vary by area, after giving public notice. Check the District for current restrictions. Wilfully wasting water is a $100 bylaw notice.

**Who handles it:** Municipal  
**Cost:** No cost. Wilfully wasting water: a bylaw notice is $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days; $150 late); a municipal ticket is $1,000 ($500 if paid within 30 days).  
**How long:** Not applicable.  
**Where:**
- In person: Municipal Hall, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC V8C 2H7 (Office hours are not stated in the documents we read.)
- Phone: Municipal Hall, 250-632-8900

## Key facts

- **When restrictions apply:** The Code sets no fixed seasonal watering restrictions. The Chief Administrative Officer may limit or restrict water use to certain designated hours, which may vary by area, after publishing notice in a local newspaper or news sheet or giving notice by sound.
  - Source: [Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02, s. 6.3.8.6](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf)
  - Official wording: "may" … "order the supply of water to be stopped or he may limit or restrict" … "the use of water to certain designated hours and such hours may"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Sprinkling schedule:** None set. The Kitimat Municipal Code sets no fixed watering schedule, sprinkling days or hours.
- **Allowed at any time:** None set. The Kitimat Municipal Code lists no sprinkling days, hours or exemptions.
- **New lawns:** None set. The Kitimat Municipal Code lists no exemptions such as for new lawns.
- **Fine:** Wilfully wasting water: bylaw notice $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days; $150 late); municipal ticket $1,000 ($500 within 30 days). No specific amount is listed for using water against a Chief Administrative Officer order; the general penalty is $500 by bylaw notice.
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information System, Part 1 Division 3 of the Kitimat Municipal Code, Part 6 table](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/part1-div3-municipalticket-20241202.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Offence Section Fine Wasting Water 6.3.8.1. $50 Kitimat Municipal Code, CONVENIENCE COPY. The District of Kitimat accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions in this"
  - Source: [Municipal Enforcement Bylaw No. 2086, 2026, council agenda copy of May 19, 2026, Schedules A and B, row 90; s. 6.1](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/2026-05-19-reg.pdf)
  - Official wording: "90 Wilfully Wasting Municipal Water 6.3.8.1 $ 100.00 $ 50.00 $ 150.00" … "90 Wilfully Wasting Municipal Water 6.3.8.1 $1,000.00 $500.00" … "$500 for a bylaw contravention enforced by Bylaw Notice;"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Bylaw:** Kitimat Municipal Code, Part 6, Division 3 - Water Service Connections (s. 6.3.8)
  - Source: [Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02, s. 6.3.8](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf)
  - Official wording: "services used for other purposes. Subdivision 8 - Responsibility 6.3.8. 1. No person shall wilfully waste water supplied to any premises from"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

Part 6, Division 3 of the [Kitimat Municipal Code](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf) does not set a fixed seasonal watering schedule, sprinkling days or hours, and lists no exemptions such as for new lawns. Instead the Chief Administrative Officer may limit or restrict water use to certain designated hours, which may vary by area, after publishing notice in a local newspaper or news sheet or giving notice by sound.

## Steps

1. Check the District's website or call Municipal Hall (250-632-8900) for any restriction now in effect.
2. Follow the hours in any notice for your area.

## Good to know

- Wilfully wasting water: a bylaw notice is $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days; $150 late); a municipal ticket is $1,000 ($500 if paid within 30 days).
- No specific amount is listed for using water against a Chief Administrative Officer order; the general penalty is $500 by bylaw notice.

## Official forms and pages

- [Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf)
- [Municipal Enforcement Bylaw No. 2086, 2026, council agenda copy of May 19, 2026 (PDF)](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/2026-05-19-reg.pdf)

## Related questions

- [Kitimat garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/garbage-collection.md)
- [Kitimat bylaw fines and how tickets work](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/bylaw-fines.md)

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## Sources

- [Kitimat Municipal Code, consolidated 2026-02 (PDF)](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/kmc-consolidated-2026-02.pdf) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Municipal Enforcement Bylaw No. 2086, 2026, council agenda copy of May 19, 2026 (PDF)](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/2026-05-19-reg.pdf) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Municipal Ticket Information System, Part 1 Division 3 of the Kitimat Municipal Code (PDF)](https://docs.kitimat.ca/docs/part1-div3-municipalticket-20241202.pdf) (read 2026-11-06)

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