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Council shifts course on artificial turf: asks staff to pursue a discouraged policy and link to stormwater rules rather than immediate removals
Summary
The Sierra Madre City Council on Sept. 9 directed staff to prepare a resolution discouraging new petroleum-based artificial turf and to examine treating turf as impervious surface for LID/stormwater rules, rather than ordering immediate removal of installed turf.
The Sierra Madre City Council debated whether to ban or phase out artificial turf Sept. 9 and ultimately directed staff to change course: instead of imposing immediate removal requirements for existing turf on private and public property, the council asked staff to prepare a resolution discouraging petroleum-based turf moving forward and to evaluate treating turf as impervious cover for Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater calculations.
Why it matters: City staff and the Natural Resources Commission raised concerns about artificial turf's heat-island effect, micro-pollutant runoff (zinc, copper), bacterial accumulation in curb-adjacent parkway turf and potential PFAS/VOC exposures.…
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