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Titusville commission recommends banning synthetic plants and artificial turf in landscaping
Summary
After months of requests and public testimony, the Titusville Environmental Commission voted to recommend that City Council prohibit synthetic plants — including artificial turf — in landscaping and yards; staff will forward the commission’s redlined language.
The Titusville Environmental Commission voted to recommend that City Council prohibit synthetic plant materials — explicitly including artificial turf — in landscaping and yards.
City staff presented a draft artificial-turf ordinance that would have allowed limited, regulated uses of synthetic turf in areas not required to meet minimum landscape-planting requirements. Commissioners and multiple public commenters contested that approach, citing research and…
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