Bill > S07088

This bill enacts the "Low Impact Landscaping Rights Act," which prohibits homeowners' associations from adopting or enforcing rules or regulations that would effectively prohibit or impose unreasonable limitations on the installation or maintenance of low-impact landscaping. Low-impact landscaping includes pollinator gardens, rain gardens, habitat gardens, and natural gardening using native plants. The bill recognizes the importance of biodiversity and the adverse effects of turfgrass monocultures, and aims to ensure that homeowners are not prevented from installing and maintaining beneficial low-impact landscaping on their property. The bill does allow homeowners' associations to impose reasonable restrictions on the location, maintenance, and design of low-impact landscaping to address safety and common space concerns.