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City staff proposes code changes to allow artificial turf with drainage safeguards
Summary
Staff presented a code amendment that would permit artificial turf citywide while treating turf as an impervious surface for drainage calculations; turf under 800 square feet generally would not require drainage calculations unless the lot exceeds an impervious-area trigger.
City planning staff presented a proposed amendment to the land development regulations that would explicitly permit the use of artificial turf on private properties while incorporating drainage safeguards.
Under the proposal, artificial turf would be classified as impervious for regulatory purposes and allowed in front, side or rear yards. The amendment keeps a preexisting 800-square-foot…
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