No Alabama statute and no Mobile County ordinance governs artificial turf. In unincorporated areas you may install it freely. Only HOA architectural covenants restrict synthetic lawns; wetland-adjacent lots may face drainage permitting.
Artificial turf is unregulated across unincorporated Mobile County: Alabama has no statewide turf law, and the county holds no zoning authority over private landscaping, so material, drainage, and placement choices belong to the owner in Theodore, Semmes, and Grand Bay. The practical constraint is contractual, since HOA covenants in west Mobile and coastal subdivisions frequently limit or ban synthetic lawns and dictate approved materials. Because much of the county drains toward the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Mobile Bay, and the Mississippi Sound, a large turf installation on a wetland-adjacent parcel can trigger stormwater or coastal drainage review, but an ordinary inland lot faces no such step. Inside the City of Mobile, the city's own landscaping and stormwater rules apply.
None from the county on an ordinary lot. HOA covenant violations are enforced by the association. Turf that alters drainage on a regulated wetland parcel can draw stormwater or coastal-program enforcement.
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