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Commission adopts landscaping ordinance changes allowing limited residential artificial turf (up to 35%) and clarifies landscape standards
Summary
The Planning Commission approved revisions to Chapter 10 that clarify a 50% minimum live-growth requirement, define non-live-hardscape allowances, and permit up to 35% of the "turf" area (residential front yards) to be artificial turf if it meets quality and permeability standards; staff also tightened buffer and parking-lot tree requirements.
Herriman's Planning Commission voted to adopt revisions to the city's landscaping ordinance that clarify the 50% live-growth coverage standard, set limits for non-live hardscape in front yards, and create a narrowly defined allowance for artificial turf in residential front-yard landscape areas.
City staff described the revisions as an effort to improve clarity and comply with state law and water-conservation expectations. Staff said the ordinance will require delineated planting beds where landscaping counts toward live growth and…
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