--- title: "Artificial Turf in Westminster, CO | TIMELESS Grass & Greens" description: "A new use for your Westminster lawn. Replace a tired patch or plan a putting green around the yard you want to keep." url: https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/westminster-co/ --- Westminster, CO # Artificial turf in Westminster, CO, in place of a worn lawn. Retire tired bluegrass and an aging sprinkler system, or add a putting green to the yard you keep. Request a free visit and a written price. - Keep mature trees and paths in view - Discuss slopes before choosing a footprint - Compare lawn, putting and sports uses [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) - Layout approved before installation - American-made turf - Free estimates, no pressure The short answer ## What should I consider when replacing an older Westminster lawn? Placement first: Westminster allows turf only in home yards not next to a street, park or open space, and can order it replaced once it no longer looks like a healthy lawn. Then decide which planting and irrigation stay. Planning a turf installation? Get a layout, turf options and a written quote for your space. [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) We’ll call to arrange a free site visit. Before you install in Westminster ## What to know in Westminster. The rules in short. We measure and check the ground at a free visit, then draw a layout that fits. [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) - ### The lawn you no longer want to maintain A worn patch under trees or a tough strip by the patio can become a focused turf project, while irrigation that still serves plants stays. Turf ends mowing there, though cleaning and debris removal remain. See the rule on the lawn you no longer want to maintain Choose the area that will make the biggest difference. A worn patch under trees or a difficult strip beside the patio can become a focused turf project. Keep irrigation that still serves plants and discuss how the new surface meets the beds. Turf removes routine mowing from the converted area, while cleaning and debris removal remain. For a green near Legacy Ridge or elsewhere in Westminster, start with the putts you want to practice. Leave the route around it and the rest of the yard useful. - ### A sloping property On a sloped yard, point out runoff and retaining structures, and ask for prep and unresolved drainage to be clear in the quote. For a sports or shared surface, describe the activity first. See the rule on a sloping property Include the edges and the route for water. On a yard above Standley Lake or another sloped site, discuss the actual grade and access rather than assuming a flat installation. Point out runoff and any existing retaining structures. Ask for preparation and unresolved drainage issues to be clear in the quote. For a sports or shared-property project, describe the intended activity and check applicable landscape requirements before selecting the system. A private backyard and a commercial surface need different planning conversations. - ### The original lawn Plenty of yards still run on the lawn and sprinklers that came with a 1970s or 80s house, and zones fail one at a time. Turf ends that: no heads to replace, nothing to reseed. See the rule on the original lawn The lawn that came with the house is worn out. A big share of Westminster's homes went up in the 1970s and 80s, and plenty of yards still run on the lawn and sprinkler system that came with the house. Four decades on, zones fail one at a time, and the maples and ashes that shade the yard have already thinned the bluegrass beneath them. Artificial turf ends that cycle: no sprinkler heads to replace, no dry zone to chase and nothing to reseed under the trees, where the shade also keeps it [cooler than turf in open sun](https://www.timelessgrass.com/blog/how-hot-does-artificial-turf-get/). The city is pulling out thirsty lawn too, having converted 21 acres of its own non-essential turf to native grass, including 2.6 acres at City Hall (City of Westminster). - ### The city's own rules Yards next to a street, park or open space fall outside the city's turf allowance, and the city can require replacement once turf stops looking like a healthy lawn. Ask city planning about your lot. See the rule on the city's own rules Westminster can order turf replaced when it stops looking like a lawn. The Westminster rule that outlasts the install is the maintenance one. The city's landscape regulations say artificial turf "shall be installed according to industry specifications and maintained in a manner to mimic a healthy living turf", and that replacement "shall be required when the material, wear, or installation is such that it is determined by the City that it no longer visually mimics a healthy living lawn area" (City of Westminster). The test is how the surface looks, and it runs for as long as the turf is down, so seams, infill depth and edge fixing are what your estimate should be specific about. Placement is settled before any of that. The same regulations allow artificial turf in "single-family detached or duplex lot yard areas not adjacent to a street, or public or private park or open space" and nowhere else, with sports fields and other limited uses judged case by case. In the city's own words that has let residents put turf in back yards "without restrictions nor the need for City review", and a rear yard can be changed without an ODP amendment (City of Westminster). The open space half of that sentence catches more Westminster yards than you might expect. The city holds over 3,000 acres of open space, Standley Lake Regional Park and Wildlife Refuge included (City of Westminster), and names Westminster Hills Open Space and trails such as Big Dry Creek and the Farmers' High Line Canal among the rest (City of Westminster). If your back fence is one of those boundaries the yard sits outside the exception, though the regulations let the Planning Manager allow an adjustment in cases that involve "practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship". Email planning@westminsterco.gov with your address and ask how the artificial turf provision reads for your lot before we draw a layout. An HOA's approval is a separate step from the city's: the city says it "has no authority to force revisions to private HOA covenants" (City of Westminster). Get both answers before you commit to a shape. - ### Drought Watch As of September 2026, Westminster's Drought Watch is voluntary, and none of its conservation help pays for artificial turf. Budget without a rebate. See the rule on drought watch Voluntary limits, and no rebate for turf. Westminster declared a Drought Watch on 31 March 2026, effective 15 April, after record-low snowpack in the Clear Creek Basin ([City of Westminster](https://westy.news/drought/)). As of September 2026 it is voluntary, and mandatory restrictions are not in place. The city's help is aimed at plants. Through Resource Central it offers lawn replacement, Garden in a Box, Slow the Flow sprinkler checks and waterwise yard seminars (City of Westminster). None of it pays for artificial turf. So the case for turf in Westminster isn't a rebate. It's the end of watering, sprinkler repairs and reseeding on a lawn that has needed all three for decades. [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) [Call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) What we install in Westminster ## Choose your turf project. Compare a lawn or backyard green, or discuss sports turf for a clearly defined activity. - [### Artificial lawns Spend less time mowing, with an artificial lawn planned around your yard and its use. See artificial lawns](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/residential-turf/) - [### Putting greens Practice your putting right outside your back door. See putting greens](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/putting-greens/) - [### Sports field turf A playing surface planned around the sport, site drainage and maintenance needs. See sports field turf](https://www.timelessgrass.com/denver-metro/sports-field-turf/) FAQ ## Turf questions in Westminster. ### Who installs artificial turf in Westminster, CO? We install artificial turf, putting greens and sports field turf in Westminster, CO. The city has a say here, not just your HOA: its landscape regulations keep artificial turf out of yard areas next to a street, a park or open space, and hold the finished surface to a standard for as long as it is there (City of Westminster). The city pays nothing toward turf either, so what you gain is the end of watering, sprinkler repairs and reseeding. Call 303-349-2368 for a free estimate. ### How often can I water in Westminster this year? Under the voluntary Drought Watch, the city asks for no more than three days a week, before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m. ([City of Westminster](https://westy.news/drought/)). A turf lawn needs none of those days. ### Does SB23-178 cover my Westminster home? It does if the home is detached: the law stops HOA rules from banning nonvegetative turf in that back yard (SB23-178). Many Westminster homes are townhomes or condos, which that protection doesn't reach, and front yards stay under HOA rules, so read your covenants before you plan. ### What about artificial turf on Westminster HOA common ground? Only for a use, not for looks. Colorado's 2024 turf law, amended in 2025, stops local governments allowing new non-functional turf in HOA common areas, as well as on commercial and institutional sites (SB24-005, HB25-1113). For common areas, Westminster offers HOAs irrigation audits and a turf-to-native program instead (City of Westminster). A landscape change in an HOA common area, a commercial development or a public right of way also needs an ODP amendment from the city, at $75 for an HOA, waived if it joins the Neighborhood Landscape Enhancement Grant program, and $250 for a business (City of Westminster). ### What decides the shape of a sloped Westminster yard? Often the retaining walls, and the city sets their limits. Its landscape regulations say "Wall heights shall not exceed 4 feet", that terracing is the answer "for changes in grade that exceed 4 feet in elevation", that walls "shall be spaced a minimum distance apart of 7 feet", and that the slope between them "shall not exceed 4:1 (25%)" (City of Westminster). Treated timber is prohibited for those walls, except for a resident homeowner on a detached or duplex lot. How much level ground you can get is fixed before the turf shape is, which is why we measure the fall on the free visit. ### Are Westminster's turf rules about to change? They are being rewritten. The landscape regulations date from 2004, and the city says they "are being updated as part of the scope of work for larger Unified Development Code project" (City of Westminster). Expect tighter rather than looser: after a two-year front-yard pilot with a homeowner the city kept its existing reading of the code, reporting that "the use of artificial turf was not in support of City conservation goals, policies and code intent", and citing state restrictions over plastics, microplastics and [PFAS](https://www.timelessgrass.com/blog/does-artificial-turf-contain-pfas/) reaching the environment. It does say the updated regulations "are prospective with new development and not retroactive". As of September 2026 the 2004 rules stand; ask planning@westminsterco.gov what is current before you plan the work. 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[Or call 303-349-2368](tel:3033492368) Your free estimate includes - A visit to measure your space - A custom layout, drawn for your space - Turf options, side by side - A written price, with no pressure to sign [Request a free estimate](https://www.timelessgrass.com/estimate/) Five short steps. We’ll call to arrange your visit.