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Clearwater council approves ordinance allowing regulated residential artificial turf
Summary
City council voted unanimously to approve amendments to the Community Development Code that permit artificial turf under new design, installation and maintenance standards while preserving a 25% live-plant requirement in front yards for many residential situations.
Clearwater City Council on March 17 approved on first reading an amendment to the Community Development Code to allow artificial turf installations under a new set of design, installation and maintenance standards.
Lauren Maske, planning and development, told the council the ordinance was brought back after work sessions and public review and would allow artificial turf "citywide with through the approval of a building permit" while preserving a requirement that residential properties keep 25% of their front-yard landscape in live plant materials in many circumstances. Maske said the proposal requires city engineering approval for installations in rights of way or drainage easements and includes design standards that require turf products to be green with lifelike blades, flame retardant, free of lead and PFAS…
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