Bonita Springs, FL

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Section 10-94(c) requires accessory structures, including sheds, to be structurally sound and maintained in good repair, and requires sheds to…

The Land Development Code has no tiny-home category. A small second unit behind a house is an accessory dwelling unit under Section 34-1177, limited to one per single-family residence…

Convert a garage and the space follows the rules for the part of the house it belongs to. Attached accessory space meets principal-building regulations; detached buildings sit at least…

Lee County allows one accessory apartment or one accessory dwelling unit per principal single-family residence. Living area is capped at 60 percent of the main home, and one extra…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Sec. 8-9(d) exempts caregivers of a community cat colony from the nuisance rules and from the license and identification sections 8-20 and 8-21…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Sec. 8-13 makes it unlawful for an owner or anyone with custody or control of an animal to let it stray, run, go or roam at large on a public…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Sec. 8-15 lets the director of domestic animal services declare an animal dangerous. The animal must then stay in a secure enclosure and leave…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Sec. 8-21 requires every dog, cat and ferret to carry identification showing the owner's name and current telephone number at all times. A tag…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Sec. 8-27 lets domestic animal services inspect any commercial animal establishment, including a pet shop, during reasonable hours. Shops must…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Sec. 8-1 defines a grooming shop as a commercial establishment where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked or otherwise groomed, and lists the…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Sec. 28-27 of the parks chapter bars any person from giving or offering food, tobacco, alcohol or other known noxious substances to…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, no unclaimed dog or cat leaves the animal shelter for adoption until it is sterilized, and animal control officers can issue a citation for…

Lee County's animal chapter sets no fixed number of dogs or cats per home. Instead it makes it unlawful to keep animals that are dangerous by number or type, treats keeping animals for…

Where you may keep horses, goats, sheep, swine and poultry in unincorporated Lee County is set by Land Development Code Chapter 34, Article VII, Division 6. It fixes minimum lot sizes…

Lee County's Land Development Code, not just the state, controls exotic pets. Keeping, raising or breeding Class I or Class II animals, American alligators or venomous reptiles is…

Lee County zoning locks veterinary clinics, animal hospitals and boarding kennels into a tight footprint under LDC § 34-1322: the building must be fully air-conditioned, soundproofed…

Unincorporated Lee County protects southern bald eagle nests with a mandatory 660-foot development buffer. Any building permit, development order, rezoning or clearing notice within…

Florida law requires every beekeeper to register their honeybee colonies with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, obtain inspection certificates, and renew annually…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Section 10-95 makes the landowner responsible for keeping trees and shrubs trimmed to allow a vertical clearance of at least seven feet above…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Bonita Springs Code § 10-99(c) requires landscaping, buffers and native vegetation planted or preserved under a development order or rezoning…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Code § 20-53 declares grasses and weeds over 16 inches high a nuisance when any part of the growth sits within 150 feet of the boundary of a…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Sec. 42-46 bans landscape irrigation between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and limits existing landscaping to two days a week: Thursday or…

Lee County's water conservation article lets you water any plant material with rain barrels, cisterns or other rain-harvesting devices without regard to the watering days and times it…

A tree protected by LDC Article V may be removed only after a permit is secured from the administrator. Protected means listed in Appendix E; any other species may come down without a…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, a recreational fire must sit at least 25 feet from any structure or combustible material, and a warming-type container such as a…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Code § 22-22 makes it unlawful to sell, expose for sale, use or explode fireworks within the city, except as provided in F.S. § 791.02, 791.04…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Code § 22-43 makes any open fire a violation unless the open burning article specifically allows it. Section 22-44(3) bars all open burning…

Lee County adopts the Florida Building Code by reference in LDC Section 6-111, so the statewide alarm rules apply here. The county adds one of its own: development outside an…

A propane or LNG tank up to 2,001 gallons, installed incidental to a permitted use on the parcel, does not need a Lee County development order, but Section 10-101(a)(3) still requires…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, § 12-109(g) declares a public nuisance any rental unit where a residential parking area is leased to a non-resident, where driveway…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, the rental permit ordinance caps occupancy at what a single family is under the Land Development Code. Section 12-112 lets the city…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, a rental permit holder gets a written warning after a first violation, and a second violation within one year of that warning can…

The Lee County code contains no vacation-rental operating permit. What the county does impose is the tourist development tax: anyone renting living quarters for a term of six months or…

Unincorporated Lee County's code does not require a short-term rental to be your primary residence. The one owner-occupancy rule in the Land Development Code applies to bed and…

Most of unincorporated Lee County's code sets no cap on how many nights you may rent. Captiva Island is the exception: on RSC-2 lots, Section 33-1626 bars renting or leasing for…

Florida imposes a 6% state sales tax, plus county discretionary surtaxes of 0.5 to 1.5%, on rentals of living accommodations for six months or less, applying universally to short-term…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, retaining walls, sidewalks and driveways that involve placing fill in a regulated floodway must meet the limitations of Sec. 24-87…

Lee County's fence rules govern where a fence goes rather than who pays for it. No fence may sit in a street right-of-way or easement, or within five feet of the mean high-water line…

Land Development Code section 34-1742(a) requires a building permit for any fence or wall over 25 inches in height, except fences for bona fide agricultural uses or for conservation by…

Lee County requires fences and walls built of conventional and traditional materials: concrete block, brick, wood, decorative aluminum, iron or steel, chain link or purpose-made…

In unincorporated Lee County a fence between the street and the required setback line is capped at three feet, or four if open mesh, while a fence along a side or rear lot line may…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, it is unlawful for any animal to make unreasonable disturbing noises, including barking, howling, whining or screeching, that cause annoyance…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, construction, demolition, alteration, repair and excavation within or adjacent to a residential area are prohibited before 7:00 a.m…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Code § 20-22 sets sound limits by receiving land use: 66 dBA by day and 55 dBA at night on residential, public space or agricultural…

Lee County does not ban leaf blowers. The Noise Control Ordinance exempts lawn care, domestic power tools, lawn mowers and tree maintenance between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Outside…

Lee County sets no separate decibel limit for motor vehicles. A car, truck or motorcycle is treated like any other sound source under Table 1 - 66 dBA by day and 55 dBA overnight on…

In unincorporated Lee County the residential sound limit drops from 66 dBA to 55 dBA between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., measured within the receiving property. Incorporated cities set…

The Lee County Noise Control Ordinance names amplified bass in its definition of noise. In residential areas the limit is 66 dBA in the daytime and 55 dBA between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m…

Lee County's noise ordinance does not apply to noise created by the operation of all Lee County airports. The Land Development Code manages airport noise through land use instead…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Code § 20-131 makes it unlawful to store any abandoned, junked or discarded motor vehicle on public or private property unless it is fully…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, § 34-170 limits the driveway parking area on residential lots permitted after October 1, 2005 to 18 feet wide at the right-of-way or 30 percent…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, § 34-172(6) declares a public nuisance the parking of any motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, mobile home, commercial vehicle, trailer, boat or…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Sec. 40-21 bars parking in front of or within five feet of a driveway, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant and within 20 feet of an…

The county code sets no countywide overnight street-parking curfew, but you may not park a vehicle more than 24 continuous hours on public property to display it for sale, hire or…

You cannot park or store a tractor-trailer, a truck with two or more rear axles, or any truck over 15,000 pounds GVWR on residentially or agriculturally zoned Lee County land, or on…

Commercial and industrial sites in unincorporated Lee County must provide off-street loading areas sized and placed to code, keep required spaces clear of merchandise displays, and…

Gasparilla Island's residential parking zones run on a County decal system: A permits for residents, B placards for hotel guests, C decals for island employees, and D placards for…

Florida law protects condominium unit owners' rights to install electric vehicle charging stations in their designated parking areas under Fla. Stat. 718.113(8), while commercial…

Florida caps the drop fee a tower can charge at half the posted rate if the owner shows up mid-tow, requires a signed itemized receipt, and forces storage lots within 10 to 15 highway…

Lee County's zoning code treats a family day care home differently from a day care center. Family day care homes are exempt from the special-exception requirement under F.S. 125.0109…

Lee County allows home occupations by right in every district that permits dwellings. The business must stay clearly incidental to living there, no more than two employees or…

Lee County's code does not set cottage food standards, but it does govern the business side: home occupations are allowed by right in every district permitting dwellings, and the…

Lee County writes no pool-barrier specification of its own. Section 6-111 of the Land Development Code adopts the Florida Building Code by reference, so the residential barrier…

Unincorporated Lee County lets a homeowner build a private pool by right, but every pool, deck or screen enclosure must clear the accessory-structure setbacks in LDC Section 34-1176…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Section 10-96 declares abandoned buildings, boarded-up buildings, partially destroyed buildings and stalled construction on residential property…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Bonita Springs Code § 10-97 declares four kinds of condition on vacant property to be a public nuisance: overgrown or dry vegetation and…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Section 10-21 amends Florida Building Code Section 105.2 to exempt a short list of small repairs to a single dwelling unit from a building…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, the green building program is mandatory for city-funded new buildings, major additions and city-financed affordable housing, which…

Lee County does not require fire sprinklers in one- and two-family homes or manufactured homes; Section 6-553 exempts them from the supervisory-facility standard applied to other…

Unincorporated Lee County's own amendment to the Florida Building Code sets a hard pace for every building permit: the foundation inspection is the "first inspection," and it must be…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Section 10-76 adopts the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 Edition, for all property, buildings and structures inside the city…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, every owner who rents a dwelling and is not exempt under § 12-107 must get a rental permit from the city manager or designee before…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Florida's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Chapter 83 Part II, exclusively defines lawful eviction grounds and procedures statewide, preempting cities from adding just-cause…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Section 10-95 makes the adjoining landowner responsible for keeping sidewalks and public rights-of-way clean, clear of litter, debris and weeds…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, § 34-64 bars newsracks that project into a roadway or that impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic, driveways, hydrants and access to homes and…

Lee County lets Boca Grande Historic District businesses put tables, chairs and sales racks on the public sidewalk in front of their shops without a separate permit, as long as a…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, the property maintenance code in Chapter 10 defines the everyday violations: nuisance vegetation under Section 10-99, trash left more than 24…

Lee County's Code Enforcement Officers cannot open a case on an anonymous tip. Section 2-430(c)(2) of the Land Development Code requires anyone reporting a suspected zoning, building…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Bonita Springs Code § 10-101(a) keeps refuse containers off the street until the day before service: they cannot be moved to the street more…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Bonita Springs Code § 32-59 requires every multifamily property to run an on-site recycling program with a collection system, and it sets the…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Bonita Springs Code § 10-101(b) requires any refuse container that cannot be moved to the street to be opaquely screened from streets and…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Code § 20-91 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit litter in any manner or amount on any street, alley, sidewalk, lake, canal, beach, river…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Code § 22-41 states that open burning of yard waste is prohibited because Lee County collects yard waste through its solid waste program. The…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, in Lee County, every business must run an on-site recycling program and recycle at least one material it generates, and multifamily properties…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, every business within the city limits must run an on-site recycling program covering at least one recyclable material and hold a…

Curbside service in the county's mandatory collection unit includes bulky waste with your regular garbage, plus a separate scheduled pickup of bulky waste, white goods and E-waste on…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, any owner or authorized agent who intends to undertake development within a flood hazard area must first apply to the floodplain…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, an accessory structure can sit below the elevation the Florida Building Code requires only if it is used for parking or storage…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Sec. 44-45 declares a private stormwater conveyance system with excessive unmanaged vegetation that could flood other properties a…

Construction disturbing more than one acre in unincorporated Lee County must have a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP3) prepared by a licensed engineer, on file with the County…

No dock, boathouse, seawall or other shoreline structure can go up on unincorporated Lee County waters without a County permit. Applications need a site plan showing setbacks, slip…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Bonita Springs Code § 10-102(c)(2) allows low wattage decorative lights in a yard only from November 15 through January 15 for the holidays, and…

Lee County's sign code has a specific garage-sale category. No permit is needed as long as the sign goes up no more than 24 hours before the sale and comes down within 72 hours of the…

On your own property in unincorporated Lee County you may put up political or campaign signs of up to four square feet without a permit. Signs may go up no earlier than 60 days before…

Freeway-facing signs near I-75 interchanges in Lee County can rise as high as 100 feet and 750 square feet, but only one structure per quadrant, only for on-site auto and traveler…

A business in unincorporated Lee County can cover up to 30 percent of its window glass with signage advertising what's inside without needing a sign permit. Business information and…

Digital changing message signs are confined to I-75 frontage, designated arterial streets and a handful of named intersections in unincorporated Lee County. Each copy change must hold…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, Bonita Springs Code § 10-102(d) requires single- and two-family residential lighting to be fully recessed with no light above the horizontal…

Lee County does regulate light spilling off your lot. Outdoor lighting may not exceed 0.5 footcandle at the property line, or 0.2 footcandle ten feet inside adjacent residential…

Unincorporated Lee County lets billboards along I-75, Alico Road and Metro Parkway carry external floodlights or gooseneck reflectors, but the light source must aim only at the sign…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, grills, camp stoves and other devices that solely burn liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, butane, naphthalene or other liquid…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, an open fire for cooking food is allowed under Sec. 22-45(2) only when it is contained in a grill, camping stove or similar device…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, a new manufactured home placed, replaced or substantially improved in a flood hazard area must be elevated so the bottom of the…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, the mayor decides after a declared emergency whether the city removes debris from private residential communities, using 14 listed…

Lee County lets hurricane shutters encroach one foot into a required setback, so an attached accordion or roll-down shutter never needs a variance to install. Every shutter and every…

Lee County's own Wind-Borne Debris Region and Basic Wind Speed Map, adopted under Section 6-112, sets local wind-speed zones tied to Florida Building Code Figures 1609A-C that decide…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, a nonconsent tow or boot is lawful only when the operator holds a valid sheriff-issued permit, nobody is inside the vehicle, and the…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, no sexually oriented business can operate, and no employee can work in one, without a permit from the city manager. Both business…

Lee County does not license massage establishments itself: the state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation does that under Florida Statutes Chapter 480. What the…

Florida Statute 569.315 expressly preempts the regulation of the marketing, sale, and delivery of nicotine products and dispensing devices to the state, voiding most municipal…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, it is unlawful to drink any alcoholic beverage on a public street, sidewalk, parkway, beach, parking lot or semi-public parking lot. Carrying an…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, the code has no separate party ordinance, but it is unlawful to make, continue, cause or permit any noise disturbance. Deputies…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, roadside solicitation is controlled through Chapter 34. Section 34-19 makes it unlawful to stand in a median that is not a sufficient pedestrian…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, § 34-202 makes it unlawful to smoke medical marijuana in any open and public area, including semi-public parking lots, parks and beaches…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, smoking is barred inside recreation centers and community buildings and at any posted location covered by the Clean Indoor Air Act…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, skateboards, scooters, roller blades and roller skates can be used in city parks only in areas specifically designated for that…

Lee County's Sec. 19-1 makes it unlawful to loiter or prowl anywhere in unincorporated Lee County under circumstances that create a justifiable, reasonable alarm for the safety of…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Code § 34-42 makes it unlawful to make any commercial use of the rights-of-way of any road, street or highway, and the first item on…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, a transient merchant selling from a motor vehicle, wagon, truck or trailer needs a permit under Code § 12-54, written consent from…

Mobile food vendors in unincorporated Lee County must carry a valid state mobile-food-dispensing license, operate only in approved commercial, industrial and agritourism-linked zoning…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, commercial use of any road, street, highway or right-of-way is unlawful, with one exception for events the city permits. A road can…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, a parade, street dance, festival, concert or road race needs a special event permit before anyone advertises, conducts or sells tickets for it…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, a park permit from the parks and recreation director is required before joining any activity in a park that needs one. The…

Lee County doesn't require a film permit for ordinary shoots, but Sec. 19-185(a)(4) pulls filming into the special event permitting law the moment a production uses pyrotechnics…

Closing a residential street in unincorporated Lee County for a block party requires a special event permit under Sec. 19-185(a)(2) because the street is County property. The completed…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, recreational drones can be flown in city parks only at Community Park, only when the fields are unoccupied, and never within 25 feet…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, any delivery service or commercial use of drones on city lands needs the consent of the parks and recreation director through a…

Lee County Port Authority rules bar anyone from flying a model aircraft, drone, rocket, kite, balloon or parachute at or on Southwest Florida International, Page Field or the county's…

Florida expressly preempts local regulation of drones, reserving authority to the state and federal government, with limited surveillance and trespass exceptions.

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, city parks are open every day of the year except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies and designated holidays. The code sets no…

Florida Statutes 877.20 through 877.25, the Juvenile Curfew Act, set a uniform statewide framework allowing counties to impose curfews on minors under 16 with specific hours…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Sec. 40-65(d) allows bicycles, electric bicycles and similar devices on public roadways and bicycle lanes where the city has traffic…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Sec. 40-65 defines an electric bicycle as "all classes" and applies one set of rules to every e-bike: 15 miles per hour on public…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida, Sec. 28-37(a) bars sleeping overnight in any area of a city park, including beaches, lawns, fields and wooded areas, except in…

Table 34-695 caps lot coverage at 40 percent in the RS-1 through RS-5 single-family districts and TFC-2, at 45 percent in RSC-1, RSA, TFC-1 and TF-1, and at just 25 percent in RSC-2.

Table 34-695 in Lee County's Land Development Code sets minimum yards for one- and two-family districts. Side yards run from 5 to 15 feet by district, rear yards are 20 feet in most…

Table 34-695 sets a 35-foot maximum height across every one- and two-family residential district. Section 34-2175 overrides that in special areas: 33 feet on Greater Pine Island, and…

Unincorporated Lee County protects only the tree species named in the Land Development Code's Appendix E; those trees cannot be cut, injured or removed without a County permit, while…

New streets in unincorporated Lee County come with a planting bill of specifics: LDC § 10-296(5) requires 75 percent native Florida species among required street trees, minimum…

Lee County rewards developers for saving big trees instead of clearing them: under LDC § 10-416(a)(4), a preserved native heritage tree with at least a 20-inch caliper trunk counts…

In unincorporated Lee County's Lehigh Acres Community Plan Area, buildings in the Lee Plan's Downtown designation may rise to ten stories or 150 feet, whichever is less, while ordinary…

Unincorporated Lee County lets developers exceed a parcel's standard density range through the Bonus Density Program: one dwelling unit added on parcels an acre or smaller, or one unit…

Lee County prohibits relocating, removing, altering, renaming or rededicating any war memorial, statue or plaque on county-owned property once it honors a recognized U.S. Armed Forces…

Lee County's AG-1, AG-2 and AG-3 zoning districts exist specifically to preserve working farms, per LDC § 34-651, and § 34-652 defers to Florida's Right to Farm Act, F.S. § 604.50…

Lee County's noise ordinance sets a 66 dBA daytime and 55 dBA nighttime limit for agricultural land as a receiving use, the same tier as residential property. But under Sec. 19-152(7)…

On Upper Captiva, the barrier island north and west of the state park on North Captiva, Lee County's Land Development Code orders every property owner to entirely eradicate Brazilian…

Lee County's Noise Control Ordinance caps sound levels by land use and time of day, but Sec. 19-152(6) carves out safety features required by law, including backup alarms and vehicle…

Lee County lets standby emergency generators be tested only between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, for no more than 30 minutes once a week, under Sec. 19-152(8)a…

Lee County's Landscape Code makes water conservation an explicit design goal, and backs it with a number: LDC § 10-416(b) caps turfgrass at ten percent of the required landscape area…

Every customer of a Lee County Utilities reclaimed water system needs a permit before connecting, applied for at least 90 days ahead of hookup. The rules ban cross-connecting reclaimed…

Florida preempts local regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries: cities must either treat them like pharmacies or ban them outright.

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may grow cannabis.

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.3085, unpaid assessments become a lien on a parcel, and the homeowners' association may foreclose like a mortgage. Before recording the lien the association must…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Under Fla. Stat. §§ 720.303 and 720.3035, a Florida HOA enforces its recorded covenants and architectural standards, but only where authority is stated or reasonably inferred in the…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 403.7033 preempts the regulation of disposable plastic bags by local governments, prohibiting cities and counties from enacting bans or fees on retailers pending a…

Florida Statute 500.90 preempts the regulation of polystyrene products by local governments, blocking cities and counties from banning expanded polystyrene foam food containers, cups…

Florida law voids any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA agreement that bans or effectively blocks solar collectors on homes or condo units, and boards cannot deny installation…

Florida statute 163.04 prohibits any ordinance, deed restriction, or covenant from preventing installation of solar collectors. Local building permits are required but cannot…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…