Clark County, NV Landscaping Rules: Artificial Turf (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Clark County Code § 11.13.060
- Artificial turf status
- Explicitly counts as acceptable landscaping
- Direct scope
- Registered abandoned/foreclosed properties
- Doesn't qualify
- Indoor-outdoor carpet, plastic sheeting, gravel
- Noncompliance penalty
- $1,000/day, in rem (§ 11.14.030)
Summary
Clark County explicitly recognizes artificial turf and sod designed for residential installation as acceptable yard landscaping under its abandoned-property maintenance code, standing alongside grass and decorative rock while ruling out indoor-outdoor carpet and plastic sheeting as substitutes.
"Landscaping" includes without limitation grass, turf stain, ground covers, bushes, shrubs, hedges or similar plantings, decorative rock or bark or artificial turf/sod designed specifically for residential installation. The term does not include weeds, gravel, broken concrete, asphalt, decomposed granite, plastic sheeting, mulch (unless applied in conjunction with reseeding of turf areas), indoor-outdoor carpet or any similar material.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 147).
Full Breakdown
Under Chapter 11.13, a mortgagee holding a defaulted loan on a vacant, registered residential property must maintain existing front- and side-yard landscaping to the neighborhood standard, and Section 11.13.060 defines 'artificial turf/sod designed specifically for residential installation' as landscaping that satisfies that duty, on par with grass, ground covers and decorative rock, while indoor-outdoor carpet, plastic sheeting and gravel do not count. The county's separate Title 30 Unified Development Code caps real grass turf on developed sites to cemeteries, parks and schools (§ 30.04.01D.4) but sets no comparable limit on synthetic turf for ordinary occupied homes.
Violations & Fines
Failing to maintain required landscaping on a registered abandoned property is a strict-liability violation: Section 11.14.030 assesses a $1,000-per-day civil penalty against the property until it's rehabilitated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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