Updated November 2026 · Written and maintained by the Progression Agency strategy team
From January 1, 2027, Colorado River water delivered through the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s member agencies may not irrigate nonfunctional grass on any property that is not used only as a single-family home. SNWA’s definitions decide which lawns go: a strip along a parking lot does, a school field usually stays, and a dog run at a pet hospital stays only at 200 square feet or less. Website design in Las Vegas, Nevada for a landscape conversion firm puts those tests on the service pages and in the quote form. Progression’s team is based in New York, builds for Las Vegas Valley contractors at a distance, and comes out for on-site sessions on request.
On this page · 11 sections
- A 260 square foot dog run at a pet hospital
- Website design in Las Vegas, Nevada for turf conversion firms
- Ten kinds of grass and the test each one faces
- Turf conversion quotes that start with SNWA’s tests
- What a site for a grass removal contractor costs
- Web design in Las Vegas, Nevada for the waiver page
- No shovel before SNWA’s pre-conversion visit
- Project galleries that show drip lines and plant cover
- Web design in Vegas that keeps homeowners and HOA boards apart
- What a conversion firm’s first screen carries
- Claims a conversion site never makes
No lawn to convert?A Las Vegas business that never touches a lawn, such as a dental office or an online shop, gets little from the grass tests below; our website design and development page covers that kind of site.
The definitions on this page belong to the Southern Nevada Water Authority and the Nevada Legislature, and they can change, so the Authority’s pages are the place to confirm them. Progression has no relationship with SNWA or its member agencies, does not say that any grass is functional, and does not promise that any waiver or rebate will be granted or that any property complies. Classification, waiver and rebate questions go to SNWA at the numbers it lists. Progression’s method is proprietary and kept for clients.
A 260 square foot dog run at a pet hospital
A hypothetical pet hospital has a grass relief yard that measures 260 square feet. SNWA’s functional category for pet relief turf stops at 200, so the yard is 60 square feet over before anyone has talked about a conversion.
The owner learns that number either from the contractor’s website or from SNWA after the quote is already written. A site that asks for the yard’s size on the first page puts the discovery where it is cheap. The rest of this page is about the other nine kinds of grass and the questions each one raises.
Website design in Las Vegas, Nevada for turf conversion firms
The Conservation of Colorado River Water Act, as the Nevada Legislature posts it, says that on and after January 1, 2027 Colorado River water distributed by the Southern Nevada Water Authority or a member agency may not irrigate nonfunctional turf on a parcel that is not used exclusively as a single-family residence.
The SNWA Board of Directors defines functional and nonfunctional turf, and the member agencies carry those definitions in their service rules, ordinances or codes. Extensions and waivers sit with the SNWA General Manager or a designee. The Act does not stop a county or city open space or drought tolerant landscaping requirement, and it does not reach irrigation with water other than Colorado River water.
SNWA’s Understand Laws & Ordinances page is where the definitions live. The plain advice: a conversion firm’s site quotes SNWA’s wording for each category and links to it, rather than paraphrasing it into something looser. A web development company in Las Vegas that builds for this trade keeps the definitions in one place, so a change at SNWA is edited once and shows up everywhere.
Who decides what counts as functional?
The SNWA Board of Directors sets the definitions, and the General Manager or a designee decides waivers and extensions. A contractor’s site repeats the definitions and does not apply them.
| Property | What SNWA says |
|---|---|
| Commercial, multi-family, government and other properties | The 2021 law applies; nonfunctional grass cannot be irrigated with Colorado River water delivered by member agencies from 2027 |
| Single-family residences, front and back yards | The law does not apply |
| HOA-managed turf | Counts as nonfunctional when it gives no recreational benefit, regardless of zoning |
| Properties with 20,000 square feet or more of turf that are not single-family | Must join SNWA’s irrigation water efficiency monitoring program by the deadlines SNWA sets, with at least one year’s notice |
Ten kinds of grass and the test each one faces
SNWA lists three examples of nonfunctional turf and seven functional categories. The table puts each beside the test SNWA sets, the line a service page can carry and the question a quote form can ask. Owners who need a ruling on a particular lawn call SNWA at 702-862-3740.
| SNWA’s category | The test SNWA sets | What the service page says | What the quote form asks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streetscape turf | Along public or private streets, streetscape sidewalks, driveways and parking lots, including medians and roundabouts; nonfunctional | Strips beside a street or lot are the first to go | How far is the grass from the nearest street, driveway or lot? |
| Frontage, courtyard and building-adjacent turf | In front of, between, behind or beside a building on property not zoned only for single-family; includes common areas; nonfunctional | Grass touching a building on a commercial lot falls under the same heading | Is the grass beside a building, and what is the property zoned for? |
| HOA-managed turf with no recreational benefit | Nonfunctional regardless of zoning | A board can show which lawns serve residents and which only face the street | Who manages the grass, and do residents use it for recreation? |
| Active or programmed recreation turf | 1,500 contiguous square feet or more, beside facilities, at least 10 feet from a street or interior-facing lot unless 30 feet in all dimensions or next to an athletic field | Recreation lawns need their measurements before a quote | How many contiguous square feet, and what facilities sit beside it? |
| Athletic field turf | 1,500 contiguous square feet or more, not under 30 feet in any dimension, at a school, daycare, religious institution, recreation center, senior center, park or water park | Fields at the listed places get a different review | Where is the field, and what are its smallest and largest dimensions? |
| Playground turf | Designated play areas with playground amenities at an HOA property or at a public park, water park, school, daycare, recreation center, senior center or religious institution; may sit under 10 feet from a street if fenced | A fenced play lawn near a street is described separately | Is the area fenced, and what play equipment is on it? |
| Pet relief area | At a property providing commercial and retail services for pets, such as veterinary and boarding facilities, not exceeding 200 square feet | Pet businesses learn the 200 square foot cap here | How many square feet is the relief yard? |
| Resident area turf | Up to 150 square feet per dwelling unit at multi-family, mixed use or assisted living and rehabilitation property, used by tenants; not in parking lots or streetscapes | Apartment lawns have a per unit cap | How many units, and can tenants walk onto the grass? |
| Designated use area | Cemeteries and mortuaries | Burial grounds are their own category | Is the property a cemetery or a mortuary? |
| Golf course play areas | Driving ranges, chipping and putting greens, tee boxes, greens, fairways and rough | Play areas are named one by one | Which parts of the course are in the request? |
| What the site costs | Not applicable | See the pricing section below | Not applicable |
Every functional category also carries the base test: a recreational benefit to the community, at least 10 feet from a street, on slopes under 25 percent, and not in street medians, along streetscapes or at the front of entryways to parks, commercial sites, neighborhoods or subdivisions. Three of the categories carry their own exceptions to the 10 foot rule, as the table shows.
Grass that goes: streets, parking lots and building fronts
These are the lawns the law was written for. A conversion firm’s service pages can name them plainly, with SNWA’s wording quoted beside each, and say that the business owner decides nothing about classification: the Authority’s definitions do.
- Quote SNWA’s definition under each service heading.
- Link the Understand Laws & Ordinances page by name.
- Use photographs of strips and building fronts, not of single-family yards.
- Keep the words functional and nonfunctional exactly as SNWA writes them.
Fields and play lawns that need their measurements
Recreation, athletic and playground turf each hang on numbers: contiguous square feet, smallest dimension, distance from a street. A page that asks for those numbers before it says anything else saves an estimator a second visit.
- Ask for contiguous square feet, not a rough total.
- Ask for the shortest side of the area.
- Ask what facilities sit beside the grass.
- Ask whether a fence separates it from the street.
Dog runs and resident lawns with square foot caps
A pet relief area may not exceed 200 square feet, and resident area turf is limited to 150 square feet per dwelling unit. A calculator that multiplies units by 150 or compares a yard to 200 turns those caps into a one line answer.
- Put the 200 square foot cap on the veterinary and boarding service page.
- Put the 150 square feet per unit cap on the multi-family page.
- Ask for the unit count on the form.
- Say that SNWA, not the contractor, decides.
Cemetery grass and golf play areas
Designated use areas cover cemeteries and mortuaries, and golf course play areas list the driving range, chipping and putting greens, tee boxes, greens, fairways and rough. Those two get short pages that name the category and link out.
- Name the category exactly as SNWA writes it.
- Keep these pages short and let SNWA’s page carry the detail.
- Show no photograph of a named cemetery or course.
- Leave water use shares and shortage numbers off the page.
Which properties do you convert?Send us your service list and the property types you convert. You get a free proposal for website design in Las Vegas, Nevada, with SNWA’s grass tests on the pages that sell the work.
Turf conversion quotes that start with SNWA’s tests
The quote form is the estimator’s checklist. It asks for the facts SNWA’s tests turn on, in the order a person at the property can answer them, and it hands the answers to a person rather than returning a verdict.
Las Vegas website design for this trade asks for the property type first: commercial, multi-family, government, HOA or single-family. Then it asks for each grass area on its own line, with square footage, distance from the nearest street or interior parking lot, slope, what the grass is used for and by whom, and whether it is fenced.
- Offer a repeating row for each grass area.
- Accept a site plan and photographs as uploads.
- Send the answers to the estimator, not to an automatic classification.
- Confirm on screen that SNWA makes the classification.
Does the form tell the owner if the grass is functional?
No. It collects what SNWA’s tests need and says in plain words that the Authority decides, including on any waiver.
What a site for a grass removal contractor costs
A conversion firm’s site is a service site with a quote form and a gallery. Pricing depends on scope and is set in the written proposal. Published prices are subject to change.
| Type of work | Typical low to published high |
|---|---|
| Brochure or small business site | $3,000 to $25,000 |
| Custom business site | $15,000 to $100,000 |
| Landing page | $1,000 to $15,000 |
| Website maintenance | $100 to $2,500 a month |
Progression’s build prices as listed
These are the fixed-scope starting prices on our website design and development page.
| Build type | Price from |
|---|---|
| Single landing page | $1,400 |
| Restyle in place | $4,800 |
| Brochure site, 5 to 8 pages | $9,500 |
| Business site, 10 to 16 pages | $18,000 |
For related builds, see contractor website design and landscaping website design.
Web design in Las Vegas, Nevada for the waiver page
Any establishment that is not a single-family residence may apply for a waiver for functional turf that provides a recreational benefit and meets the definition. The application shows that the turf substantially complies, and SNWA lists the indicators it looks at.
| Indicator | A page can ask the owner for |
|---|---|
| Activity type | What people do on the grass |
| Activity-appropriate dimensions | Length and width of the area |
| Number of persons served | How many people use it |
| Frequency of use | How often it is used |
| Location near similar turf | Whether similar turf sits close by |
| Public access and proximity to roadways | Who can reach it and how far it sits from a road |
| Facilities or other recreational amenities, and irrigation efficiency | What is beside it and how it is watered |
Who gets the mailed waiver form?
Single-family owners, by direct mail from 702-862-3760. Business owners request an online form at 702-862-3740.
Requests go through an online form, which owners ask for by calling 702-862-3740, the same line that answers questions about functional versus nonfunctional grass. Single-family owners get a waiver form by direct mail from 702-862-3760.
The plain advice: a waiver page helps an owner gather those facts and says that SNWA decides. Web design in Las Vegas, Nevada for this page never states that a waiver will be approved.
- List the indicators in SNWA’s order.
- Give the owner a worksheet to fill in before calling.
- Print the 702-862-3740 line for business owners and 702-862-3760 for single-family owners.
- Leave out any line that suggests approval.
No shovel before SNWA’s pre-conversion visit
The Water Smart Landscapes conditions for business, HOA or multifamily properties say no existing turf comes out until the Authority completes a pre-conversion inspection and authorizes the work. A property that starts early makes the conversion ineligible.
If the project area totals more than 10,890 square feet, the applicant needs express approval from the planning authority of the municipality before SNWA’s authorization. The minimum project is 400 square feet, and the conversion and the inspection request must come within 12 months of the pre-conversion inspection.
The booking path on a conversion firm’s site puts “request the SNWA visit” ahead of “schedule the crew”. The conditions are on SNWA’s Water Smart Landscapes program conditions page. Rebates carry a conservation easement in perpetuity, and the amount is subject to change, so the site links SNWA’s rebate page instead of printing a figure.
What happens if the crew starts early?
Starting without Authority approval makes the conversion ineligible, so the booking path holds the crew until SNWA authorizes the work.
- Let the form request the SNWA visit, and disable crew scheduling until authorization.
- Show the planning approval step for projects over 10,890 square feet.
- State the 400 square foot minimum.
- Print no rebate amount.
Project galleries that show drip lines and plant cover
SNWA’s conditions describe the converted area: at least 50 percent living plant cover at maturity, drip irrigation with a filter, a pressure regulator and emitters rated at 20 gallons per hour or less, and a permeable surface such as rock, bark, un-grouted pavers, permeable artificial turf or living groundcovers, with no plastic or concrete.
A gallery that shows each of those parts makes a page an owner can compare with SNWA’s list. Each finished project page shows the drip parts, the mulch and the planting plan, named by property type rather than by client. See landscaping website design for gallery layouts.
- Photograph the filter, regulator and emitters.
- Show the planting plan with a plant cover estimate at maturity.
- Name the surface material used.
- Label the project by property type, such as multi-family or office park.
What belongs in a project caption?
The property type, the area converted and the drip and surface parts. A client’s name and address stay off the page.
Web design in Vegas that keeps homeowners and HOA boards apart
SNWA says the law does not apply to grass in single-family front and back yards, and that HOA-managed turf with no recreational benefit counts as nonfunctional regardless of zoning. In December 2021 the SNWA Board approved a resolution to prohibit irrigated grass in new commercial and residential developments, with grass still permitted in schools, parks and cemeteries.
HOAs in most valley jurisdictions cannot require a homeowner to install grass or prohibit water-efficient landscapes, though they may require plan approval and restrict some materials, such as artificial turf. The plain advice: give a homeowner and a board or community manager separate paths, so no homeowner reads that a yard must go. See HOA website design.
Can an HOA board require grass?
In most valley jurisdictions it cannot require a homeowner to install grass, though it may require plan approval and restrict some materials.
- Open the homeowner page with the line that single-family yards are outside the law.
- Open the board page with HOA-managed turf and recreational benefit.
- Send single-family owners to SNWA’s mailed form line.
- Keep the two paths on separate pages.
What a conversion firm’s first screen carries
A visitor from a property manager’s search needs three things on the first screen: the property types the firm converts, a line that SNWA’s definitions govern what stays, and a button to the quote form.
- List the property types: commercial, multi-family, government and HOA.
- Link the Understand Laws & Ordinances page in the first paragraph.
- Put the quote form button where a phone user can reach it.
- Show a phone number for questions about a particular lawn.
- Keep the page free of rebate figures and compliance badges.
Claims a conversion site never makes
A conversion site never writes “guaranteed functional” or “waiver approved”, and it never prints a rebate figure. Vegas web design for this trade also leaves off any badge that says a property meets Assembly Bill 356: SNWA’s own conditions say payment of the incentive does not constitute compliance with the law.
It carries no SNWA logo and no wording that suggests SNWA endorses the firm. The monitoring program for properties with 20,000 square feet or more of turf is mentioned only as the Act states it, and owners go to SNWA for their deadline.
| Leave off | Say instead |
|---|---|
| Guaranteed functional | SNWA decides whether grass is functional |
| Waiver approved | Requests go to SNWA, which reviews them |
| A rebate amount | A link to SNWA’s rebate page; the amount is subject to change |
| A compliance badge | Payment of the incentive does not constitute compliance |
| An SNWA logo or endorsement | The firm’s own name and work |
- Read every page for the words guaranteed, approved and compliant.
- Check that every definition matches SNWA’s page.
- Send monitoring program questions to SNWA.
- Review the site again when SNWA updates a page.
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Frequently asked questions
Why build website design in Las Vegas, Nevada around SNWA’s grass definitions?
Does the grass law apply to front and back yards at single-family homes?
How big can a dog run at a vet or boarding business be and still count as functional?
Can website design in Las Vegas tell an owner whether their grass is functional?
What does web design in Las Vegas add to the quote form?
Can web design in Las Vegas, Nevada help an owner prepare a waiver request?
Should website design in Vegas print the rebate amount?
Can Las Vegas website design schedule the crew straight from the form?
Does web development in Las Vegas for this trade include the project gallery?
How is a conversion firm’s website priced?
Will someone from Progression walk a valley property with our estimator?
Which properties does the 2027 rule reach?
Who defines functional and nonfunctional turf?
How much grass triggers the monitoring program?
What is the smallest business conversion project?
How long does a business have to finish a conversion?
Does a project over 10,890 square feet need anything extra?
What surfaces count for a converted area?
Can an HOA require a homeowner to keep grass?
Where do waiver and classification questions go?
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