I couldn't find any information on the city's website. I'm going to contact them for an official response.Xtrema wrote: ↑ Well, what does your city say?
Most city's storm drain goes directly to the river untreated, unlike your sink/toilet. So they don't want soap and other product hitting the system.
Now I assume you may be able to get away with it if you live in some small 10,000 people rural communities.
Or you can do this and get a shopvac to suck and carry water to a proper drain.
Bunch of hypocrites, as I've seen city endorsed charity car washes by fire fighters and police.multimut wrote: ↑ Many municipalities have a by-law against this, but it's not strictly enforced. If a neighbour complains, you will be "educated". After it is explained to you, if you keep ignoring the bylaw and neighbour complains, you could be fined. But this is rare, because most people assume it is perfectly normal to wash your car on your driveway.
https://www.wheels.ca/news/when-is-it-i ... -your-car/
For those in Toronto, here's the Toronto bylaw (passed in 2000). I'd say most municipalities have similar bylaws -- it would be under storm sewer run-off (e.g. Calgary, Markham, Ottawa all have similar bylaws as Toronto):
https://www.toronto.ca/services-payment ... -surfaces/
What part of my question doesn't make any sense? In many municipalities, there are restrictions set in place for watering your lawn (even or odd days depending on your street number, specific time periods, etc.) How is the public supposed to know if these same rules don't also apply to washing your car?
en3rgy wrote: ↑ What part of my question doesn't make any sense? In many municipalities, there are restrictions set in place for watering your lawn (even or odd days depending on your street number, specific time periods, etc.) How is the public supposed to know if these same rules don't also apply to washing your car?
Everyone on my street does it. Not sure what soap they use but I use a biodegradable one. I guess you could wash your car on your lawn and that would be ok.
Good to know.engineered wrote: ↑ Everyone on my street does it. Not sure what soap they use but I use a biodegradable one. I guess you could wash your car on your lawn and that would be ok.
+1jackrabbit000 wrote: ↑ The city dumps how many tons of salt, calcium chloride and what other chemicals on the road in the winter for deicer and you can't wash your car on the driveway. That's f*d up.
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