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

Taylorsville

American Fork

Hyde Park

Payson

Tooele

Bluffdale

Kaysville City

Riverdale

Toquerville

Bountiful

Iron County, unincorporated areas of

Riverton

Tremonton

Cedar City

Ivins

Roy

Uintah City

Cedar Hills

Kearns Metro Township

Salt Lake City

Vineyard

Clearfield

La Verkin

Sandy City

Virgin

Clinton

Lehi

Santa Clara

Washington

Cottonwood Heights

Lindon City

Santaquin

Washington County, unincorporated areas of

Draper

Magna

Smithfield

Washington Terrace

Elk Ridge

Midvale

South Jordan

Weber County-Wasatch Front, unincorporated areas of

Enoch

Millcreek

South Ogden

Wellsville City

Farmington

Moab

South Salt Lake

West Bountiful

Farr West

Monticello

Spanish Fork

West Haven

Fruit Heights

Nibley City

St. George

West Jordan

Heber City

North Logan

Summit County, Snyderville Basin

West Valley City

Herriman

North Salt Lake

Sunset City

White City

Holladay

Oakley

Syracuse

Woods Cross

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.