Loveland, CO Landscaping Rules: Artificial Turf (2026)

The prohibition sits in the UDC's landscaping chapter alongside the City's approved and prohibited plant lists. C names nonfunctional turfgrass and nonfunctional artificial turfgrass as a prohibited planting on commercial, industrial, institutional, common interest community property, street right-of-way, parkways, parking lots, medians, or transportation corridors, and the City may require its removal as a condition of development or redevelopment approval. 04, which defines the property's landscape areas, separately states that the use of nonfunctional turfgrass and nonfunctional artificial turfgrass in common landscape areas is prohibited; common landscape areas are the land within a subject property owned by a property owners' association or dedicated to the City or another entity, including bufferyards, parkways along new streets, detention or retention facilities, recreation areas, and protected open spaces.

That same section defines private lots separately, as the yards on lots intended for individual ownership, and the artificial-turf ban is not written into that private-lot category. f lets the Director approve nonfunctional turfgrass in a parkway on a limited basis to maintain safety, drainage, or where no suitable alternative surface treatment is feasible. Both bans were most recently amended by Ordinance 6819, effective March 17, 2026, and apply to new development, redevelopment, and any nonconforming installation the City identifies during a development or redevelopment review.