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City introduces Waterwise Landscaping code project; staff seek board input on seven best practices
Summary
Planning staff introduced a year‑long effort to update Boulder’s landscaping code to reduce outdoor water use and implement compliance with a state law prohibiting nonfunctional turf. Staff outlined seven recommended practices, ranging from watering schedules and soil/mulch standards to higher-effort professional certification programs.
Planning and Development Services staff introduced a city project to update landscaping regulations for water conservation at the Jan. 27 Water Resources Advisory Board meeting, saying the work responds to both council priorities and a new state law.
Lisa Hood, principal city planner, said the effort will examine Boulder’s landscaping rules with a water‑conservation lens and produce draft code changes for public comment in 2025. The project will also implement requirements from a recently passed state measure, identified in the presentation as "Senate bill 24005," which the city says prohibits nonfunctional turf and applies to transportation corridors, commercial, industrial, institutional properties and common‑interest community common areas.
Hood and Chris Ricardello,…
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