Livestock keeping in St. Lucie County follows agricultural zoning in the Land Development Code, and Florida's Right to Farm Act bars local governments from restricting bona fide farm operations on agricultural land.
Cattle, horses, goats, and other livestock are permitted on land zoned or classified agricultural in unincorporated St. Lucie County; residential districts limit or prohibit them and rely on the Backyard Chicken Program for poultry. Florida's Right to Farm Act, Fla. Stat. 823.14, prevents local governments from adopting ordinances that prohibit or restrict a bona fide farm operation on land classified agricultural where the activity is already state-regulated. This shields commercial ranches and groves from most county nuisance and zoning limits, though non-agricultural residential parcels remain subject to county keeping rules.
Keeping livestock on non-agricultural residential lots is a zoning/code-compliance violation; bona fide farm operations on agricultural land are largely protected from local restriction.
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Port St. Lucie, FL
Port St. Lucie Code section 94.05(d) expressly exempts noise from the operation of aircraft from its noise ordinance, and aircraft-in-flight noise is governe...
Port St. Lucie, FL
Under Port St. Lucie Code section 92.09, it is unlawful to keep any animal that barks, howls or makes similar noise between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or that...
Port St. Lucie, FL
Commercial properties in Port St. Lucie must keep noise within 65 dBA during day and 55 dBA at night at the nearest residential property line.
Port St. Lucie, FL
Port St. Lucie Code section 94.05(n) exempts construction noise from the noise limits only between 7:00 a.m. and sundown once a building permit is obtained; ...
Port St. Lucie, FL
Gas-powered lawn equipment is allowed in Port St. Lucie between 7 AM and 7 PM. No special decibel limits apply beyond the general nuisance standard.
Port St. Lucie, FL
Port St. Lucie Code section 94.06(c) bars loudspeakers and sound amplifiers in or adjacent to residential areas between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays ...
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