Richland County has no ordinance specifically permitting or prohibiting artificial turf on residential lots. Single-family yards are exempt from the county's landscaping standards, so synthetic lawns are generally allowed, subject only to stormwater and drainage rules on development sites.
The county's Land Development Code (Sec. 26-176) addresses required trees, buffer yards and plantings for development, and exempts individual single-family and two-family dwellings from those standards. There is no county provision that bans, caps, or requires a permit for artificial turf in a private yard. On development sites, large impervious or semi-impervious surfaces can implicate the county's stormwater/land-disturbance program, and any turf must not defeat required landscaped or protected-zone areas. Homeowners considering synthetic turf should also check any HOA covenants, which the county does not enforce.
No county penalty targets residential artificial turf. On regulated development, turf that eliminates required landscaping or protected-zone area could violate the approved landscape plan under Sec. 26-176.
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