Waukesha County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating artificial turf on ordinary lots. Near lakes and streams, though, artificial turf counts as impervious/manmade surface under NR 115, so it is limited by the shoreland 15%-30% impervious-surface cap.
For most residential yards, installing artificial turf is a private choice with no county permit, though municipal zoning may treat it as coverage. The catch is in the shoreland zone: NR 115 defines impervious surface as anything manmade other than vegetation, so synthetic turf can count toward the coverage limit. Properties within 300 feet of navigable water are generally capped at 15% impervious surface, or up to 30% with shoreland mitigation, and installing or replacing impervious surface within 300 feet of the water requires permitting. Verify how your municipality classifies turf for lot-coverage.
Exceeding the shoreland impervious-surface cap, or adding impervious surface within 300 feet of water without a permit, is a Shoreland Protection Ordinance violation subject to mitigation orders and forfeitures.
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