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Alamosa staff outline land-use code changes to comply with state turf law, tighten sign rules and add landscaping guidance
Summary
Development staff presented a package of land-use code updates covering landscaping standards and water-efficiency guidance, compliance steps for a new state nonfunctional-turf law with deadlines for new turf and multifamily properties, and a proposal to close a sign-code loophole that lets merchandise be used as advertising.
Deacon, a development services staff member, presented proposed changes to the Alamosa land-use code that aim to modernize landscaping standards, improve water efficiency and address gaps identified when state law changed. "The state legislature recently passed a nonfunctional turf bill. So, essentially, nonfunctional turf gotta go," Deacon said.
Deacon told council the law requires the city to prohibit new nonfunctional turf by January of the coming year, expand the prohibition to multifamily…
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