Sec. 86-71Residential building construction regulations
Plain English: what this chapter covers
This chapter covers Ashburn's city-run water, sewer and natural gas service. It sets the rules on connection permits, deposits, meters, late penalties and shutoffs, disputing a bill, and the city's right to come on your property to read meters and fix lines. It also covers outdoor watering hours, what you can and can't put down the sewer, when you have to tie into city sewer, and how the gas system extends lines to new customers. The actual rates and deposit amounts aren't in the code. They're kept on file with the city clerk.
On or after January 1, 2003, no construction may be initiated within the city for any residential building of any type which:
(1) Employs a gravity tank-type, flushometer-valve, or flushmeter-tank toilet that uses more than an average of one and six-tenths gallons of water per flush; provided, however, this paragraph shall not be applicable to one-piece toilets until January 1, 2003.;
(2) Employs a shower head that allows a flow of more than an average of two and one-half gallons of water per minute at 60 pounds per square inch of pressure;
(3) Employs a urinal that uses more than an average of one gallon of water per flush;
(4) Employs a lavatory faucet or lavatory replacement aerator that allows a flow of more than two gallons of water per minute; or
(5) Employs a kitchen faucet or kitchen replacement aerator that allows a flow of more than two and one-half gallons of water per minute.
This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.
Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH86UT_ARTVWACORE_S86-71REBUCORE
Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH86UT_ARTVWACORE_S86-71REBUCORE
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