2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER CONSERVATION (§§ 37-96-101 — 37-99-103) › Article 99 - [Effective 8/7/2024] PROHIBITION OF NONFUNCTIONAL TURF, ARTIFICIAL TURF, AND INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES (§§ 37-99-101 — 37-99-103) › Section 37-99-102 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Definitions

As used in this article 99, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
(a)
"Applicable property" means:
(I)
Commercial, institutional, or industrial property;
(II)
Common interest community property; or
(III)
A street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor.
(b)
"Applicable property" does not include residential property.
(2)
"artificial turf" means an installation of synthetic materials developed to resemble natural grass.
(3)
"Commercial, institutional, or industrial" has the meaning set forth in section 37-60-135 (2)(b).
(4)
"Common interest community" has the meaning set forth in section 38-33.3-103 (8).
(5)
"Common interest community property" means property within a common interest community that is owned and maintained by a unit owners' association, such as entryways, parks, and other common elements as defined in section 38-33.3-103 (5).
(6)
"Department" means the department of personnel created in section 24-1-128 (1).
(7)
"Functional turf" means turf that is located in a recreational use area or other space that is regularly used for civic, community, or recreational purposes, which may include playgrounds; sports fields; picnic grounds; amphitheaters; portions of parks; and the playing areas of golf courses, such as driving ranges, chipping and putting greens, tee boxes, greens, fairways, and roughs.
(8)
"Invasive plant species" has the meaning set forth in section 37-60-135 (2)(e).
(9)
"Local entity" means a:
(a)
Home rule or statutory city, county, city and county, territorial charter city, or town;
(b)
Special district; and
(c)
Metropolitan district.
(10)
"Maintain" or "maintaining" means an action to preserve the existing state of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or an invasive plant species that has already been installed, planted, or placed.
(11)
"Native plant" means a plant species that is indigenous to the state of Colorado.
(12)
"New development project" means a new construction project that requires a building or landscaping permit, plan check, or design review.
(13)
(a)
"Nonfunctional turf" means turf that is not functional turf.
(b)
"Nonfunctional turf" includes turf located in a street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor.
(c)
"Nonfunctional turf" does not include turf that is designated to be part of a water quality treatment solution required for compliance with federal, state, or local agency water quality permitting requirements that is not irrigated and does not have herbicides applied.
(14)
"Redevelopment project" means a construction project that:
(a)
Requires a building or landscaping permit, plan check, or design review; and
(b)
Results in a disturbance of more than fifty percent of the aggregate landscape area.
(15)
"Special district" has the meaning set forth in section 32-1-103 (20).
(16)
"Transportation corridor" means a transportation system that includes all modes and facilities within a described geographic area, having length and width.
(17)
"Turf" has the meaning set forth in section 37-60-135 (2)(i).
(18)
"Unit owners' association" has the meaning set forth in section 38-33.3-103 (3).
(19)
"Water-wise landscaping" has the meaning set forth in section 37-60-135 (2)(l).
Added by 2024 Ch. 26,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 26, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).