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Grand Junction adopts ordinance to implement state 'turf' ban, revise landscape rules
Summary
The City Council on Dec. 3 adopted ordinance No. 5283 to implement Colorado's ban on nonfunctional turf and revise municipal landscape, buffering and screening rules. The change, narrowly approved 4–2, clarifies irrigation standards, limits turf substitutions and aligns local code with state law.
Grand Junction — The City Council voted 4–2 on Dec. 3 to adopt ordinance No. 5283, amending Title 21 of the Grand Junction Municipal Code to implement Colorado laws restricting the installation of nonfunctional turf and to revise local landscaping requirements.
Principal Planner Tim Laerbach told the council the amendment updates chapters 21.07 (landscaping, buffering and screening) and 21.14 (measurements and definitions) to prohibit nonfunctional turf on commercial, institutional, industrial and certain multi‑unit properties, and in rights of way, parking lots and medians. ‘‘State legislation signed into law in 2024 and 2025 requires that local governments restrict the installation of…
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