Sunrise, FL Landscaping Rules: Artificial Turf (2026)
Key Facts
- State Protection
- Fla. Stat. §125.572
- DEP Rule
- 62-308.100, eff. May 19, 2026
- Where
- Single-family residential
- Commercial Sites
- Not required living landscaping
Summary
Florida's 2025 synthetic turf law and DEP Rule 62-308.100, effective May 19, 2026, bar local governments from prohibiting compliant synthetic turf on single-family residential property. Sunrise's code otherwise requires living St. Augustine Floratam sod in required single-family yards.
Adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, order, rule, or policy that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, a property owner from installing synthetic turf that complies with Department of Environmental Protection standards adopted pursuant to this section which apply to single-family residential property.
Full Breakdown
Sunrise's landscape code requires single-family street yards and swales to be sodded with living St. Augustine Floratam (Sec. 16-170), so synthetic turf historically could not satisfy required lawn areas. That changed for homeowners in 2025: under Fla. Stat. §125.572 (Ch. 2025-140, Laws of Florida) and Florida DEP Rule 62-308.100, effective May 19, 2026, a local government may not prohibit a property owner from installing synthetic turf that meets the state's minimum standards on single-family residential property, nor regulate it inconsistently with those standards. Compliant turf addresses material, color, permeability, and stormwater. For commercial and multifamily sites, Sunrise's landscaping and living-canopy requirements still apply, and synthetic turf does not count as required living landscaping.
Violations & Fines
Generally no penalty for a compliant single-family installation now protected by state law. On commercial or multifamily sites, turf substituted for required living landscaping can prompt a code correction order under City Code Sec. 1-15.
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