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St. Pete Beach planning board recommends ordinance limiting artificial turf on private property
Summary
The City of St. Pete Beach Planning Board voted to recommend Ordinance 2025-3, which places new limits on artificial turf coverage, product standards, and placement on private property and prohibits turf in city right-of-way.
The City of St. Pete Beach Planning Board voted unanimously Jan. 27 to recommend Ordinance 2025-3 to the City Commission, a draft ordinance that would add restrictions and technical standards for artificial turf on private property.
The ordinance limits how much turf can contribute to nonvegetated surface area on a site, sets product and subgrade performance standards adapted from neighboring jurisdictions, and prohibits artificial turf in the city right-of-way and in required buffer areas, planning staff told the board.
Board members said the measure codifies consensus from earlier meetings and asked staff to bring any suggested amendments before sending the ordinance to the commission. Planning staff described the draft as preserving an existing “80/20” approach to site permeability: in broad terms, turf is treated as…
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