La Habra permits artificial turf in all zones but regulates it with specific standards and a permit. Turf must look like live grass, meet blade-height, weight, and warranty specs, use permeable backing, and be reviewed by the building official before installation.
La Habra allows artificial turf in all zones as a substitute for natural turf, subject to standards. The turf must simulate live grass with a fescue look and brown thatch (dual tone), be a cut-pile infill product of polyethylene or polypropylene with blade height from one to one and three-quarter inches and a face weight of at least forty ounces, use permeable backing, and carry a ten-year no-fade warranty. Clean or coated sand infill provides ballast; turf must be separated from live-plant areas by edging such as a mow strip or bender board; and maximum install slope is five percent. Material specs and plans go to the chief building official or public works director for permit approval before installation. Under
Installing artificial turf without the required City review and permit, or using a product failing the material standards (blade height, weight, permeable backing, warranty, slope, or edging), can bring a correction notice, denied sign-off, and an order to remove or
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