Fishers has no ordinance banning artificial turf, but its UDO will not credit it toward required landscaping: § 6.7.3.G states 'dead, diseased or artificial plants shall not be recognized by the City as contributing to required landscaping,' and § 6.7.3.O requires turf grass or other vegetative ground cover in landscaped areas. Homeowner use outside required landscaping is not prohibited.
There is no Fishers ordinance that outright prohibits installing artificial or synthetic turf. However, the Unified Development Ordinance treats it as a non-credited material for required landscaping. Section 6.7.3.G (Live Plantings) provides that 'all plant material shall be living species. Dead, diseased or artificial plants shall not be recognized by the City as contributing to required landscaping.' Section 6.7.3.O (Ground Cover) requires that 'turf grass and other vegetative ground cover shall be used for all landscaped areas,' allowing decorative mulch or stone only in narrow situations (small parking-lot islands under 40 square feet and within six inches of a building foundation), or as part of an approved Low Impact Development area. In practical terms, on a regulated development site or where a landscape plan is required, artificial turf cannot be substituted for the living plant material the UDO mandates. For an existing single-family homeowner installing artificial turf in a yard outside of any required-landscaping obligation, the code does not impose a prohibition, but the installation may still need to comply with stormwater/impervious-surface and drainage standards and any HOA covenants (which are not city rules). Property owners should confirm current requirements with the Fishers Department of Planning and Zoning before a large turf installation, particularly regarding drainage and lot-coverage.
Artificial turf used to satisfy a required landscaped area or landscape plan will not be accepted by the City under §§ 6.7.3.G and 6.7.3.O, which can cause a development plan to fail landscaping review. There is no specific fine for a homeowner's decorative turf, but related drainage or impervious-surface standards in the UDO and stormwater code still apply.
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