Pasco County, FL Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

Chapter 42, Article II of the Pasco County Code sets the only path for triggering a public nuisance investigation into conditions like noxious fumes, excessive noise, repeated disorderly conduct, vagrancy, violence, fire hazards, vermin harborage or repeated flooding that spill onto neighboring land. Section 42-29, "Initiation of complaint," requires the petition to be signed by no less than 51 percent of either the property owners located, or persons residing, within 1,000 feet of the property where the nuisance is alleged. The petition must name witnesses who can testify to the conditions, summarize what each witness will say, and state that every signer is being adversely and unreasonably affected.

, or physical intrusion at 1,000 feet). Section 42-31 requires the administrator to report a probable-cause finding to the board of county commissioners, which then either opens public hearings under Section 42-32 or overrules the finding and ends the case. Section 42-36 gives the county administrator, a designee, or the board itself an alternate path to open a case on its own initiative without waiting for a resident petition, using the same probable-cause standard. This petition-and-probable-cause route is separate from the routine code compliance process in Chapter 2, Division 4, where a code compliance or animal control officer initiates enforcement directly against violations such as overgrown lots, unpermitted work, or animal control matters.