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City weighs limits on nonfunctional turf after new state law; staff recommends phased approach
Summary
Staff briefed council on SB 24‑005 (nonfunctional turf) and recommended applying restrictions to nonresidential properties per the law while studying any expansion into residential settings. Council members asked staff to coordinate with South Suburban and to avoid unintended consequences for existing yards and park uses.
City staff presented the new state regulation on nonfunctional turf (SB 24‑005) and asked Council whether to extend the state’s prohibition on installing new nonfunctional turf (including artificial turf and certain invasive species) further than the statute requires. The statute, which staff said takes effect Jan. 1, 2026, prohibits new nonfunctional turf on nonresidential parcels but currently exempts single‑family residential yards and certain functional turfed…
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