Landscape Conversion Incentive Program

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Do not remove or kill grass prior to application approval and a site visit. Doing so will disqualify you from this rebate.

To encourage the use of water-efficient landscape principles, the state and partnering water districts are incentivizing the replacement of lawn with water-efficient landscaping.

Landscape incentives are available to those in communities that have adopted qualifying water-efficient landscape ordinances for new construction.

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Below is a list of communities that have adopted qualifying water-efficient landscape ordinances and are eligible for incentives. Information for communities interested in adopting water-efficient landscape ordinances is available in the second tab.

Waterwise park strip. Photo credit Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District.

Eligible Locations

The following locations have adopted qualifying water-efficient landscape ordinances for new residential developments. Residents in these areas are eligible for rebates. Cities will be added as landscape ordinances are updated to meet state requirements.

Alpine

Hurricane

Park City

Tooele

American Fork

Hyde Park

Payson

Toquerville

Bluffdale

Kaysville City

Riverdale

Tremonton

Bountiful

Iron County, unincorporated areas of

Riverton

Uintah City

Cedar City

Ivins

Roy

Vineyard

Cedar Hills

Kearns Metro Township

Salt Lake City

Virgin

Clearfield

La Verkin

Sandy City

Washington

Clinton

Lehi

Santa Clara

Washington County, unincorporated areas of

Cottonwood Heights

Lindon City

Smithfield

Washington Terrace

Draper

Magna

South Jordan

Weber County-Wasatch Front, unincorporated areas of

Elk Ridge

Midvale

South Ogden

Wellsville City

Enoch

Millcreek

South Salt Lake

West Bountiful

Farmington

Moab

Spanish Fork

West Haven

Farr West

Monticello

St. George

West Jordan

Fruit Heights

Nibley City

Summit County, Snyderville Basin

West Valley City

Heber City

North Logan

Sunset City

White City

Herriman

North Salt Lake

Syracuse

Woods Cross

Holladay

Oakley

Taylorsville

Program funding is available statewide. If your community does not currently qualify for rebates, contact your elected municipal representative and encourage them to adopt qualifying landscape ordinances.

Landscape Ordinances

For a property to be eligible for participation in the Landscape Incentive Program, it must be located in a community that has adopted qualifying water-efficient landscape ordinances for all new development.

Landscape ordinance requirements vary by location. Communities within a participating water district service area should work with their water district to adopt landscape ordinances to become eligible for landscape incentives.

Partnering water districts include:

Communities outside of a partner water district’s service area, including unincorporated areas, should work with the Division of Water Resources. These communities include any located in the following counties: Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, Millard, Piute, Rich, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele and Wayne.

At a minimum, the following water-efficient landscape ordinances for new construction are required:

  • No lawn on parking strips.
  • In new development, no lawn in areas less than 8 feet in width.
  • No more than 50% of front and side yard landscaped area in new residential developments is lawn. Lawn limitations do not apply to small residential lots with less than 250 square feet of landscaped area.
  • In new commercial, industrial, institutional and multi-family development common-area landscapes, lawn areas shall not exceed 20% of the total landscaped area outside of active recreation areas.

If you have any questions, please contact your local water district or the division’s landscape incentive coordinator at WaterRebates@utah.gov. or 801-928-4270.