Coral Springs, FL Landscaping Rules: Artificial Turf (2026)

Section 16½-9 requires a mortgagee to register a property with the city's director of development services once an inspection shows it is vacant after a mortgagor default, or if it remains occupied but stays in default and later becomes vacant. Once registered, Section 16½-10(a) requires the property be kept free of weeds, overgrown brush, dead vegetation, trash, junk, debris, and discarded personal items that make it look abandoned, and (b) requires graffiti removal or repainting to match the structure. Subsection (c) requires front, side, and rear yard landscaping to be maintained to the city's standard as of the registration date, and (d) spells out what counts as landscape: grass, ground covers, bushes, shrubs, hedges, decorative rock or bark, or artificial turf/sod designed specifically for residential installation, while excluding weeds, gravel, broken concrete, asphalt, or similar material.

Subsection (e) requires ongoing maintenance including watering, irrigation, cutting, mowing, and removal of trimmings, and (f) requires any pool or spa on the property to stay free of pollutants and comply with enclosure requirements. Failure to maintain the property under (g) can result in a citation, a notice of violation or hearing from a code compliance officer, and a determination by the city's special magistrate directing further city action to bring the property into compliance.