Flagler County, FL Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, the Land Development Code bans outdoor parking of trucks over one ton capacity, tractors and commercial recreational vehicles in the R-1b…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, recreational vehicles, boats and boat trailers may be parked or stored in the R-1b, R-1c, R-1d and R-2 residential districts, but not within…

In unincorporated Flagler County, a residential driveway connecting to a paved county road must meet county engineer specifications under Sec. 26-42: portland cement concrete or an…

In unincorporated Flagler County, an abandoned vehicle left on public or private property counts as litter under the county's Litter Control article, Sec. 27-29(k), and allowing that…

Along the unincorporated stretch of State Road A1A between Beverly Beach and Marineland, Flagler County's A1A Scenic Corridor Overlay requires loading docks on nonresidential buildings…

In the Daytona North Service District of unincorporated Flagler County, Sec. 29-61(a) bans parking any vehicle, commercial, private passenger or a disconnected trailer, in the paved or…

In the Daytona North Service District of unincorporated Flagler County, Sec. 29-61(b) bars parking a vehicle or disconnected trailer in the unpaved right-of-way, the swale, between…

In unincorporated Flagler County, an accessory dwelling unit only gets its county impact fees waived if it is part of a qualifying affordable-housing project under Code Sec. 16-79, not…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, a detached shed or accessory building is capped at 12 feet in height, must sit at least 10 feet from the rear lot line and 10 feet from any…

Unincorporated Flagler County does not allow a general accessory dwelling unit; it permits 'guest/servant quarters' only as a special exception in the AC Agriculture district, and only…

Unincorporated Flagler County does not issue its own tobacco retail license; that comes from the state under Fla. Stat. ch. 569. What county Code Sec. 19-2 does regulate is display…

Unincorporated Flagler County confines adult entertainment establishments and sexually oriented businesses to the industrial zoning district and bans them within 1,000 feet of another…

Flagler County caps nonconsensual tow, storage and wrecker fees by resolution under Chapter 20, Article VI, and runs a sheriff's-office rotation list for law-enforcement-requested…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, the Land Development Code names tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments as a prohibited use in the R/C (Residential/Limited…

Unincorporated Flagler County bars regularly camping or sleeping on public property under Sec. 20-2, adopted November 2024. A trespass warning, valid up to two years, is the…

Flagler County bans all solicitation of alms or contributions, public or private, inside county parks and recreation areas under Sec. 23-2(21). The rule is a blanket ban tied to park…

Flagler County bars carrying an open container of alcohol sold at a county-permitted special event beyond that event's designated site boundary. The rule is scoped to alcohol sold on…

Flagler County bans smoking cigarettes, filtered cigars, pipes and vaping in county parks and recreation areas under Sec. 23-2(34), except in areas posted for smoking or vapor use…

Skateboarding, inline skating and off-road bicycling are allowed in Flagler County parks only in areas the parks and recreation manager specifically posts for that use under Sec. 23-6…

Unincorporated Flagler County levies an occupational (local business tax) under Code Sec. 19-26, with the tax classification and amount pegged to Florida Statutes Chapter 205 as it…

Flagler County imposes a tourist development tax on short-term rentals of six months or less, now totaling 5 percent countywide (including incorporated cities) after four separate…

The Flagler County Drainage Ordinance requires anyone building in unincorporated Flagler County to control stormwater on their own lot, grade so runoff does not spill onto neighbors…

In unincorporated Flagler County's flood-prone subdivision areas, the minimum finish floor elevation must sit at least one foot above the projected 100-year flood elevation, with…

Unincorporated Flagler County regulates all development within mapped flood hazard areas under its Floodplain Management Ordinance, covering land subdivision, grading, building work…

Before building a bulkhead, boat dock or pier on waterfront property in unincorporated Flagler County, the owner must get a construction permit from the county building official, and…

Development projects in unincorporated Flagler County that hold a stormwater permit from a state or federal agency must also use best management practices for erosion and sediment…

Unincorporated Flagler County's irrigation-schedule limits do not apply to reclaimed or recycled water. Sec. 20-274 exempts irrigation from a reclaimed water system and irrigation from…

Unincorporated Flagler County limits sprinkler irrigation to two assigned days a week under Sec. 20-273, tied to an address's odd or even number, with a 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows a residential compost pile as an exception to its Litter Control article, but only if it is screened or blocked from public view and smell under…

Flagler County's lot maintenance ordinance defines nuisance weeds as grass, weeds, brush and undergrowth left uncontrolled and growing past twenty inches tall, and declares that height…

Unincorporated Flagler County bars trees and plants on private property from overhanging a road right-of-way in a way that screens traffic sight distances at intersections, under Sec…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires a permit before removing or clearing any protected tree, defined as a listed species with a trunk six inches or greater in diameter. The rule…

Unincorporated Flagler County has no garage sale ordinance. Its former Article V, Garage Sales, sections 20-321 through 20-328, was repealed in its entirety by Ord. No. 2008-27 in…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires a special event permit under Sec. 21-52 for any commercial gathering expected to strain county services or drawing 100 or more people with…

Vendors, concessions and itinerant merchants at a permitted Flagler County special event each need a separate itinerant merchant license under Sec. 21-55; no two vendors can share one…

Flagler County controls temporary closures of county streets for permitted special events, including a neighborhood gathering large enough to qualify, through its Special Events…

Anyone seeking to hold an event, reserve a facility, or engage in an otherwise-restricted activity in a Flagler County park must get written county authorization first. Sec. 23-3…

When a Flagler County code enforcement officer issues a warning notice of violation in the unincorporated county, the property owner gets no more than thirty days to fix it. If a…

The most commonly reported code violations on Flagler County's Sec. 22-31 nuisance list are overgrown nuisance weeds past twenty inches, and accumulations of waste, yard trash, rubble…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, the Land Development Code's industrial performance standards require outdoor lighting on I-Industrial zoned property to be designed to…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires new beachside development to shield, position or turn off exterior lighting so it cannot be seen from the beach during the May 1 to October 31…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, a building permit is required before erecting any fence or wall valued over $100 in residential, commercial or industrial districts. All…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, residential fences cannot exceed four feet in a required front yard setback or six feet in side and rear yards, with posts allowed to reach…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, barbed wire and electrically charged fences are banned in every district except R-1 rural residential and MH-1 rural mobile home, and only…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires every food vendor working a county-permitted special event to hold an itinerant merchant license (IML) from the Development Services Department…

Flagler County treats mobile roadside vending as a special exception, not a by-right use. In the unincorporated county's AC Agriculture and C-2 General Commercial districts, a roadside…

Unincorporated Flagler County bars outdoor amplified sound at any county-permitted special event after 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and after 1:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday…

Unincorporated Flagler County caps outdoor sound by zoning use category and time of day: 60 dBA daytime and 55 dBA nighttime for residential areas, 70/65 dBA for commercial and…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts construction noise from the county's general decibel limits under Sec. 22-56, with no fixed curfew outside industrial land. Within…

Unincorporated Flagler County caps outdoor sound at 55 dBA overnight (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.) and 60 dBA during the day in residential areas, measured at the property line. Commercial and…

Flagler County's lot-maintenance nuisance ordinance reaches a truly vacant, undeveloped lot only if it sits adjacent to a developed lot; a stand-alone vacant parcel not next to…

Unincorporated Flagler County can condemn, placard and ultimately order the demolition of any building the Chief Building Official finds unsafe, unfit for human habitation or a hazard…

In unincorporated Flagler County, the Chief Building Official and Code Official enforce building inspections under Chapter 8 of the county code. Permit and inspection fees follow a…

Flagler County requires every short-term vacation rental unit east of U.S. Highway 1 in the unincorporated county to have an interconnected, hard-wired carbon monoxide alarm system…

Unincorporated Flagler County builds under the Florida Building Code, adopted with local amendments by Sec. 8-31. Sec. 8-17(13) bars starting any work that needs a permit before the…

Flagler County has no cat licensing program or feral-colony ordinance. Two rules cover cats in unincorporated Flagler County: the general animal at-large restraint duty in Sec. 5-26…

Flagler County bans feeding any wildlife on county-owned land without prior approval. The rule sits alongside bans on cutting vegetation, taking soil, camping overnight and lighting…

Flagler County bans hunting, harming, trapping or killing any wildlife, reptile or bird, and disturbing their eggs or nests, inside county parks and recreation areas under Sec…

Flagler County has no breed ban; Florida law preempts breed-specific ordinances, so a dog is regulated on behavior, not breed. Sec. 5-67 adopts the state's dangerous-dog statute, F.S…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, every dog must stay on its owner's property or be leashed and under direct control; letting a dog run at large violates Sec. 5-61 of the…

Unincorporated Flagler County confines commercial-scale poultry and livestock keeping to the AC Agriculture and AC-2 Agriculture/Forestry zoning districts. Animals other than typical…

Flagler County treats veterinary clinics differently by zoning district. In the AC Agriculture district a clinic needs special exception approval alongside animal hospitals and…

Unincorporated Flagler County does not ban owning an exotic animal outright, but any noncommon household pet or wild-animal sanctuary and shelter facility may operate only in the AC…

After a hurricane or other disaster, Flagler County will clear debris from private roads and, in narrow circumstances, private property when the Board of County Commissioners finds it…

Flagler County amends the Florida Building Code's wind design map for unincorporated territory, splitting the county into four ultimate design wind speed lines under Sec. 8-32(a): 120…

New construction in unincorporated Flagler County must clear FEMA-based flood elevation standards: the minimum finish floor must sit at least one foot above the FEMA base flood…

Causing, permitting or contributing to an act of litter anywhere in unincorporated Flagler County, including illegal dumping, violates Sec. 27-30 of the county's Litter Control…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires solid waste generated on residential property to go through an authorized collector under the Mandatory Solid Waste Collection and Disposal…

Unincorporated Flagler County caps bulk trash, oversized yard cuttings too big for a container, at three cubic yards per collection under Sec. 27-257(a). The rule sits inside the…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Sec. 27-257(f) tells customers exactly where to set out garbage containers and how long they can sit at the curb: within ten feet of the roadway…

Sec. 27-257(a) of the Flagler County Code spells out curbside pickup basics in the unincorporated county: garbage and rubbish go in containers on your designated collection day, while…

Unincorporated Flagler County caps yard waste at four cubic yards per household per collection under Sec. 27-257(b), with bagged loads limited to eight 96-gallon bags or fourteen…

In the unincorporated stretch of State Road A1A between Beverly Beach and Marineland, Flagler County requires dumpsters and other waste containers to be screened by a wall or fence…

Any public fireworks display in unincorporated Flagler County needs a permit from the Department of Emergency Services before it happens. Applicants file plans, licenses and fees with…

Unincorporated Flagler County closes its parks, preserves and community centers between 11:00 p.m. and dawn under Sec. 23-1, unless a facility posts different hours. Boat ramps at…

Flagler County's Encroachment Ordinance, Sec. 26-4, bars placing any item deemed a safety hazard within the public right-of-way throughout the unincorporated county. Contractors get a…

Anyone installing, constructing, maintaining or repairing a facility or structure within an unincorporated Flagler County road right-of-way, including near sidewalks, must first obtain…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts farms and timberland from its Litter Control article under Sec. 27-31(1), deferring to the state's Florida Right to Farm Act, Section 823.14…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts farms and timberland from its litter ordinance under the Florida Right to Farm Act, and zones an AC Agriculture district specifically to protect…

In the AC-2 Agriculture/Forestry zoning district, unincorporated Flagler County caps the share of a lot that principal and accessory buildings can cover at 25 percent. Other districts…

Unincorporated Flagler County caps building height at 35 feet in its R-1 Rural Residential zoning district, the county's baseline standalone single-family district for areas without…

In the R-1b Urban Single-Family Residential district, unincorporated Flagler County requires a 25-foot front setback, 20-foot rear setback, ten feet for pools, and a 7.5-foot interior…

In unincorporated Flagler County, a spa, hot tub or swimming pool deeper than twenty-four inches falls outside the general finished-product installation exemption, so it must be built…

Every short-term vacation rental in unincorporated Flagler County must post a required quiet-hours notice inside the unit, telling guests that quiet hours run from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00…

Renting a single-family or two-family home short term in unincorporated Flagler County east of U.S. Highway 1 requires a Short-Term Vacation Rental Certificate from the county, on top…

Flagler County caps short-term vacation rental occupancy at ten transient occupants in single-family and two-family zoning districts, and sixteen in all other zoning districts…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires one off-street parking space for every three transient occupants permitted in a short-term vacation rental, and bans on-street parking outright…

Flagler County short-term vacation rental owners must register with the Florida Department of Revenue to collect and remit tourist development, sales surtax and transient rental taxes…

Flagler County runs short-term vacation rental enforcement as a graduated strike program: a first violation of Sec. 3.06.14 draws only a written warning, and each further offense…

Unincorporated Flagler County declares a lot a nuisance under Sec. 22-31 when it holds accumulated waste, yard trash or debris that could harbor rats or snakes, or standing water that…

Flagler County's R-3b Multifamily Residential district allows a base density of 9 units per acre, plus an affordable multifamily density bonus of 1 additional unit per acre, for a…

Unincorporated Flagler County bans off-site advertising billboards outright and prohibits digital or electronic message signs everywhere except as a narrowly defined subdivision…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts temporary window signs advertising special sales or events from its sign permit requirement, while a permanent sign affixed to or painted on glass…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows political campaign signs in every zoning district if they meet setback, size and height caps, and the candidate or committee registers with the…

Unincorporated Flagler County bans medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities outright. Land Development Code Sec. 3.06.15, adopted by Ordinance 2018-01 in January 2018…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows a home-based business as an accessory use in every residential district, provided the business stays secondary to the home's residential character…

Anyone planting landscaping in an unincorporated Flagler County road right-of-way, including a parkway or median strip, needs a right-of-way utilization permit approved by the county…

Flagler County's Land Development Code singles out its largest trees for extra protection: a 'historic tree' is any protected species with a trunk 36 inches or more in diameter, and…

Flagler County's Land Development Code names 24 native tree species, from live oak and southern magnolia to bald cypress and sweetgum, as protected once their trunk reaches six inches…

Flagler County bars planting poisonous or exotic pest plant species in any planned or dedicated public right-of-way in the unincorporated county, as part of the same section that…