The Planning and Design Commission of Sacramento is considering to set rules for front lawns fake turf as to require a pile height of grass to be not less than 125. If the proposal is approved this week, it will be sent to the consideration of City Council. inches. Samples of synthetic grass and an installation guide will be presented this Thursday to the commission.

Except Sacramento, in California cities, rebates are offered by local water agencies to those who volunteer to tear off their water-thirsty lawns and turn them into a drought-tolerant landscape. Sacramento Planning Commission is considering to lift a 1984 ban that prohibited to install fake turf in the front yards. Due to the new California drought emergency water conservation regulations, state officials must take all necessary action to prepare for water shortages. synthetic turf is the option landscape option available to home and business owners today. Sacramento residents who installed synthetic lawns on their front yards can be fined by authorities, but before the ban is lifted.

Cut back water usage by more than fifty percent for an average household and they require no care, plus. Nowadays, we have more than 75 artificial turf products intended for residential and commercial applications. The initial 1984 ordinance was imposed to keep the aesthetics of the city intact. The fake grass industry has evolved dramatically. Super-realistic look offered nowadays, fake grass technology in 1984 didn't allow natural. artificial turf back then was primarily used by sports industry. The time has changed. Fake lawns nowadays look more alive, fine-looking than daily lawns and green. We use more than a dozen unique technologies to replicate the feel and look of the natural grass.

A multitude of tests is done to every fake turf product sold in the United States. For landscape lawns, the infill solutions are easy. As rubber crumbs made of old tires are used on athletic fields to meet GMax Shock Attenuation Testing requirements, those concerns are aimed towards sports fields application. Most critics of fake lawns argue about fake turf with no factual prove at hand. Safe and if you have pets or sand are 100% organic, zeofill (volcano ash). The only business that were raised lately in the media is the synthetic grass infill.

There is a serious option for city authorities to make, as the California drought continues. The lifting of an old ban means a new way to improve a curb-appeal of their properties while staying on top of 28 percent water cuts obligations, for Sacramento residents. Or stay green no matter what forecast says?, will Sacramento go back to its groundbreaking desert look.