Ocean Ridge moves to align artificial-turf rules with new state standards

Jun 17, 2026

Town attorney Christy presented a draft ordinance matching single-family (<=1 acre) turf standards to newly adopted FDEP rules, lowering a town permeability metric and adding irrigation-head requirements; commissioners approved the draft with a minor language tweak and agreed to revisit in six months.

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The commission voted to adopt a draft amendment to the town's artificial-turf provision that conforms local rules for single-family properties of 1 acre or less to minimum standards recently adopted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP).

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