Yavapai County, AZ Water Use Rules: Turf Replacement Rebates (2026)

Section 441 creates the Open Space and Sustainable Development Option, an alternative to standard density district zoning available on parcels up to 640 acres. 5. c, requires "use of only drought tolerant (Xeriscape) landscaping and prohibition of turf or grass in all common area landscaping" throughout the development. D states the density incentives "shall not be an assumed right" and are granted only at the sole discretion of the Development Services Director and the County, based on a finding the elements genuinely advance the ordinance's sustainability purpose.

3 by adding nine more elements from a second list, including irrigating common areas with reclaimed water and native-plant re-vegetation. 4 requires recording a covenant against every affected lot and posting a four-by-eight-foot notice sign at each primary entrance disclosing the added landscaping obligations to buyers. 5 makes clear that where these local landscaping requirements conflict with state law governing minimum lot size tied to water and wastewater systems, state law controls. Outside this density-bonus track, standard Density District zoning under Section 516 imposes no turf or lawn restriction at all.