Cupertino, CA Water Use Rules: Turf Replacement Rebates (2026)

060 of the Landscape Ordinance sets turf restrictions for any project subject to the chapter's Landscape Documentation Package requirement. 070. Separate Turf Restrictions in the same section bar planting turf on any slope greater than 25%, and require that any turf area be no less than ten feet wide in any direction, a dimension aimed at eliminating narrow turf strips that are difficult to irrigate efficiently. 060(C)) reinforces the turf limits by mandating low-volume irrigation, rather than overhead spray, in any narrow or irregularly shaped area under ten feet wide and within 24 inches of a non-permeable surface.

030 as ground cover consisting of non-native, customarily mowed grass species, expressly listing cool-season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue and warm-season grasses like Bermuda and zoysia. 'High water use plant' species classified under the WUCOLS system are separately prohibited outright in street medians under the same definitions section.