Aurora, CO Landscaping Rules: Artificial Turf (2026)

Under UDO § 146-4.7.3.B.11, artificial turf is an allowed landscape material in Aurora, Colorado citywide, but the rules differ by location. Back yards, commercial sites, street frontage buffers, dog parks and sports fields may use it outright. Front-yard turf on single-family, two-family and single-family attached duplex lots is allowed only "if approved by a homeowners' association and/or Title 32 District," and homeowners must still meet the Residential Yard Landscape Requirements in Table 4.7-3 alongside the turf. Turf must be cut-pile infill polypropylene or polyethylene fiber, installed per manufacturer specs, and maintained to look like well-kept grass. It's barred outright from curbside planting areas in every zone district, and plastic/nylon carpeting can't substitute for real artificial turf anywhere it's allowed.