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

050(H)(3). 50, Appendix A. Choosing that option is mandatory paperwork, not optional detail: the applicant submits a landscape documentation package to the Community and Economic Development Department listing total landscape area with a breakdown of turf versus plant material, incorporates compost at four cubic yards per 1,000 square feet, and signs a statement agreeing to comply with the prescriptive option. Appendix A(A)(2)(d) then fixes turf directly: turf may not exceed 25% of the landscape area in residential projects and is prohibited outright in nonresidential landscapes; turf cannot be planted on any slope steeper than one foot of vertical rise per four feet of horizontal run; and turf is barred from parkways narrower than ten feet unless the parkway sits next to a parking strip used for entering and exiting vehicles, in which case any turf there must run on sub-surface irrigation or another zero-runoff, zero-overspray technology.

These are the same prescriptive standards Fullerton cross-references from its R-1, R-1P, R-2, R-2P, multifamily, mobile home, specific plan, oil overlay, public land, commercial, commercial greenbelt and industrial zoning chapters, so the 25% turf ceiling reaches most new residential landscaping in the city once a project opts into the prescriptive path instead of the full water-budget calculation.