Landscaping Rules in Escambia County, FL (2026)

F.S. sec. 163.045(2)

A local government may not require a notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for the pruning, trimming, or removal of a tree on a residential property if the property owner possesses documentation from an arborist certified by the ISA ... that the tree poses an unacceptable risk to persons or property.

Escambia County LDC §§ 2-3.6, 5-7.4, 5-7.6; DSM Ch. 2 §§ 2-1(e), 2-3.1, 2-5.1, 2-5.2

A tree removal permit is required prior to removing or otherwise causing unnatural decline by irreparable injury to any protected tree unless that activity is authorized through site development or other compliance review provisions of this chapter. The process to authorize the removal of a protected tree is established in the DSM. [...] Each proposed removal of a protected tree must be shown n...

Escambia County Code § 42-196(d)

(d)The existence of overgrowth on any residentially or commercially classified lands, except on lands classified agricultural, or on undeveloped and uncleared land in its natural vegetative state, or on land in which the property owner is in the process of restoring to its natural vegetative state and for which there are no plans to build upon and upon which no building structures or signs of s...

F.S. sec. 373.185(3)(c)

A local government ordinance may not prohibit or be enforced so as to prohibit any property owner from implementing Florida-friendly landscaping on his or her land.

Escambia County Code § 82-1 (definitions); § 82-102

Unauthorized accumulation means any accumulation of trash, garbage, or putrescible waste for more than seven days on any residential or commercial properties, excluding noncommercial composting and commercial composting for which a valid permit has been obtained in accordance with section 82-102. Unauthorized accumulation shall not include building materials used in constructing or repairing a ...