No Plymouth County ordinance governs artificial turf, and towns rarely restrict it on ordinary lots. But installing turf near a marsh, bog, pond, or coastal bank triggers Wetlands Protection Act review under MGL c.131 §40.
Artificial turf on a typical Plymouth County yard is largely unregulated: the county passes no ordinances, and Massachusetts has no statewide turf statute, so material and drainage choices are the owner's. The binding constraint is location. Under MGL chapter 131, section 40, the Wetlands Protection Act, no one may fill or alter a bank, marsh, flat, or land bordering a pond, stream, or the ocean without filing notice with the town conservation commission and receiving an order of conditions.
Installing turf that fills or alters a wetland resource area or buffer without an order of conditions violates MGL c.131 §40 and draws a conservation commission enforcement order to halt and restore the site, plus possible fines.
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