Greeley, CO Landscaping Rules: Native Plants (2026)
Key Facts
- Status
- encouraged, not mandatory
- Governs
- Sec. 24-804.d, Development Code
- Benefit
- possible raw water tap reduction
- Applies to
- new development landscape plans
Summary
Greeley's development code allows and actively encourages drought-tolerant, native and xeric plantings in landscape plans, including grouping water-efficient species and pollinator gardens to cut irrigation demand.
Landscape plans are recommended to conserve water with landscape materials and design techniques using the following xeric principles:1.Reduce water demand by grouping plants with similar water requirements together. Water-efficient, drought-tolerant, pollinator gardens and xeric landscaping are encouraged to be planted together to promote water conservation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 24-804.d, the Xeric guidelines within Greeley's Development Code Chapter 8, recommends but doesn't force water-efficient landscaping: grouping plants with similar water needs, planting drought-tolerant and pollinator gardens together, limiting high-irrigation turf to high-use areas, and using drought-tolerant species suited to the front range. Projects that adopt xeric or prominent native planting design may qualify for a raw water tap reduction, subject to review and approval by the city's water and sewer department, an incentive, not a mandate, for native and low-water landscaping.
Violations & Fines
None: xeric and native planting is optional, not required, so choosing it can't create a violation; developments skipping it must still satisfy Chapter 8's baseline plant and irrigation standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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