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.
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.
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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