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State rule limits city turf bans; St. Pete Beach planners weigh local controls for non‑residential sites
Summary
A proposed FDEP rule and recent state preemption narrow city authority over synthetic turf on single‑family lots; planning staff said local control remains over subgrade permeability and allowed infill and recommended keeping multifamily/commercial limits in place while awaiting the final rule.
Planning staff briefed the board on a recently proposed Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) rule and state preemption that curtail local regulation of synthetic turf on most single‑family lots.
Brandon Berry summarized the rule’s key limits: synthetic turf would be prohibited in dunes, in swales, within 10 feet of the mean high water line where no seawall exists (and allowed to the seawall cap where a seawall is present), and within the drip line of mature trees unless an…
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