Broken Arrow, OK Landscaping Rules: Native Plants (2026)

Low impact development standards (LIDs) are included into landscape designs and plans to reduce the effects of increasing runoff and storm water pollution from new construction, redevelopment, or infill developments as near to the source as possible. LID practices are an essential component of the urban form and, when properly designed and built, will help ensure the preservation of permeable surfaces, promote the use of native plants, and encourage infiltration into subsoils to remove pollutants, regenerate ground water supplies, and lower subsidence rates.2.Applicability. All developers and homeowners are encouraged to incorporate low impact development practices and utilize incentives for new construction, redevelopment, or infill developments.3.LID practices.a.Listing. The following are encouraged LID practices:i.Tree preservation;ii.Minimized clearing/grading;iii.Minimized publicly owned impervious area;iv.Minimized privately owned impervious area;v.Good housekeeping during construction;vi.Vegetated swales;vii.Detention facility/landscape pond water quality improvements;viii.Private open space maintenance practices;ix.Property owners maintenance practices;x.Bio-retention filters/rain gardens;xi.Creek/floodplain setbacks;xii.Impervious surfaces disconnection; andxiii.Other practices that the City of Broken Arrow finds acceptable.