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In the 2024 regular legislative session, the general assembly
enacted Senate Bill 24-005, which:
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Prohibits a local entity, on and after January 1, 2026, from
installing, planting, or placing, or allowing any person to
install, plant, or place, any nonfunctional turf, artificial turf,
or invasive plant species, as part of a new development
project or redevelopment project, on any portion of
applicable property within the local entity's jurisdiction;
and
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Requires a local entity, on or before January 1, 2026, to
enact or amend ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or
other laws regulating new development projects and
redevelopment projects on applicable property in
accordance with the new requirements.
For the purposes of Senate Bill 24-005, the bill expands the
definition of applicable property to include residential real property that
is used for apartment or condominium housing (applicable residential real
property).
The bill also requires each local entity to enact or amend, on or
before January 1, 2028, ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or other laws
regulating new development projects and redevelopment projects within
the local entity's jurisdiction to limit the installation of turf for all
residential real property that is not applicable residential real property.
Local entities must also impose limits on the installation of turf when
enacting or amending ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or other laws
on and after January 1, 2028.
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