Colorado § 37-99-102 - Definitions.

§ 37-99-102. Definitions.

As used in this article 99, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) (a) "Applicable property" means:

(I) Commercial, institutional, or industrial property;

(II) Common interest community property;

(III) A street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor; or

(IV) Applicable residential real property.

(b) Repealed.

(1.5) "Applicable residential real property" means a multifamily residential housing premises property that includes more than twelve dwelling units.

(2) "Artificial turf" means an installation of synthetic materials developed to resemble natural grass.

(3) "Commercial, institutional, or industrial" has the meaning set forth in section 37-60-135 (2)(b).

(4) "Common interest community" has the meaning set forth in section 38-33.3-103 (8).

(5) "Common interest community property" means property within a common interest community that is owned and maintained by a unit owners' association, such as entryways, parks, and other common elements as defined in section 38-33.3-103 (5).

(6) "Department" means the department of personnel created in section 24-1-128 (1).

(6.5) "Functional artificial turf" means artificial turf that is:

(a) Located in a recreational use area or other space that is regularly used for civic, community, or recreational purposes, which may include a playground, a sports field, a picnic ground, an amphitheater, a portion of a park, and the playing area of a golf course, such as a driving range, chipping and putting green, tee box, green, fairway, and rough; or

(b) A component of a product designed and approved by a professional engineer for civil infrastructure projects, including but not limited to:

(I) Covers for solid waste facilities and brownfield sites; and

(II) Revetments for slopes, channels, levees, and dams.

(7) "Functional turf" means turf that is located in a recreational use area or other space that is regularly used for civic, community, or recreational purposes, which may include a playground, a sports field, a picnic ground, an amphitheater, a portion of a park, and the playing area of a golf course, such as a driving range, chipping and putting green, tee box, green, fairway, and rough.

(8) "Invasive plant species" has the meaning set forth in section 37-60-135 (2)(e).

(9) "Local entity" means a:

(a) Home rule or statutory city, county, city and county, territorial charter city, or town;

(b) Special district; and

(c) Metropolitan district.

(10) "Maintain" or "maintaining" means an action to preserve the existing state of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or an invasive plant species that has already been installed, planted, or placed.

(10.5) "Multifamily residential housing premises property" means common interest property such as entryways, parks, and other common elements as defined in section 38-33.3-103 (5).

(11) "Native plant" means a plant species that is indigenous to the state of Colorado.

(12) "New development project" means a new construction project that requires a building or landscaping permit, plan check, or design review.

(12.5) "Nonfunctional artificial turf" means artificial turf that is not functional artificial turf.

(13) (a) "Nonfunctional turf" means turf that is not functional turf.

(b) "Nonfunctional turf" includes turf located in a street right-of-way, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor.

(c) "Nonfunctional turf" does not include turf that is designated to be part of a water quality treatment solution required for compliance with federal, state, or local agency water quality permitting requirements that is not irrigated and does not have herbicides applied.

(14) "Redevelopment project" means a construction project that:

(a) Requires a building or landscaping permit, plan check, or design review; and

(b) Results in a disturbance of more than fifty percent of the aggregate landscape area.

(14.5) "Residential real property" has the meaning set forth in section 39-1-102 (14.5).

(15) "Special district" has the meaning set forth in section 32-1-103 (20).

(16) "Transportation corridor" means a transportation system that includes all modes and facilities within a described geographic area, having length and width.

(17) "Turf" means continuous plant coverage consisting of nonnative grasses or grasses that have not been hybridized for arid conditions and which, when regularly mowed, form a dense growth of leaf blades and roots.

(18) "Unit owners' association" has the meaning set forth in section 38-33.3-103 (3).

(18.5) "Urban tree" means a perennial woody plant with a single or multiple trunks that support a canopy of branches and leaves and that provides ecological, social, and economic benefits within a built environment.

(19) "Water-wise landscaping" has the meaning set forth in section 37-60-135 (2)(l).

Source: L. 2024: Entire article added, (SB 24-005), ch. 26, p. 79, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2025: (1)(a)(II), (1)(a)(III), (7), and (17) amended, (1)(a)(IV), (1.5), (6.5), (10.5), (12.5), (14.5), and (18.5) added, and (1)(b) repealed, (HB 25-1113), ch. 221, p. 1014, § 2, effective August 6.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 25-1113, see section 1 of chapter 221, Session Laws of Colorado 2025.