Grass Replacement Program

A very frequent and common complaint filed with code enforcement are dead lawns. I've talked with dozens of residents that have expressed frustration with their neighbors' front yards because of dead ugly lawns. The EGMC requires property owners to maintain their landscaping to avoid from it overgrowing but it does not require watering of their landscaping to keep it healthy causing lawns to dry out, become patchy or become dirt. 

I'm proposing that the City consider a turf reimbursement program that would encourage the replacement of lawns with drought resistant landscaping. The program would reimburse property owners of residential properties (specifically SFDs) that replace their sprinklers with a drip system and their lawns with drought resistant landscaping to reduce the use of water and beautify their neighborhood.