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

150, Turf regulations, is part of the city's water efficient landscaping chapter and sets several limits on where and how turf grass can be installed. ' The section also bars turf outright in street medians and parking lot islands (subsection B), and requires that ball fields, parks, golf courses, cemeteries and similar uses be 'designed to limit turf in any portion of a landscaped area not essential for the operation of the facility' (subsection C). Subsection A requires low-volume or subsurface irrigation, rather than conventional overhead spray, for any turf on a slope steeper than 25 percent grade next to hardscape, or in any landscaped strip narrower than six feet, and subsection D bars turf anywhere it can't be irrigated without causing runoff or overspray. 330.