Eastvale, CA Invasive Plant Rules: Prohibited Species (2026)

24's planting standards, at Sec. 070(9), instruct that any plant species with the potential to be considered invasive must be avoided in a covered landscape design, with particular emphasis near parks, buffers, greenbelts, water bodies, conservation areas and reserves, and other open space, because of the risk of harm to environmentally sensitive habitat. Sec. 020 backs that standard with a specific definition: 'invasive species' means non-indigenous species, including non-native plants, that adversely affect the habitats they invade economically, environmentally or ecologically, and the section incorporates by reference the invasive-species lists maintained under both the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan.

Because those two regional plans, not a standalone city list, define which species count as invasive, a landscape architect designing a covered project has to check the current MSHCP lists rather than rely on a static roster printed in the municipal code itself. This restriction sits inside the same chapter that governs turf limits, irrigation design and water budgets, and it applies to the same projects: new landscapes on residential development and new or rehabilitated landscapes of 2,500 square feet or more on multi-family and nonresidential projects requiring a city permit or approval, per Sec. 030. The Community Development Director reviews landscape plans for compliance under Sec. 060 before a covered project's planting plan is approved.