Buncombe County has no ordinance prohibiting artificial turf on residential property. In the Steep Slope and Protected Ridge overlays and in watersheds, however, ground cover counts toward built-upon/impervious-surface limits, so large turf or graveled areas can be regulated on steep or watershed lots.
Installing synthetic turf on a typical lot is not restricted by a county ordinance. The catch is on steep-slope and watershed parcels: overlay rules cap disturbance and impervious surface, and graveled areas are explicitly counted toward impervious limits, so an extensive turf-and-gravel yard could push a hillside lot over its allowed coverage. On lots under 2 acres in the overlay, impervious surface is capped at 0.16 acres; on 2-acre-plus lots, 8% of lot size. Standard flat lots outside the overlays and watersheds have no turf-specific limit. HOAs may separately restrict or require turf appearance.
Exceeding impervious-surface caps on overlay or watershed lots can block permits and require corrective removal; no penalty for turf on ordinary lots.
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