Franklin County, FL Ordinances (2026)

Motor vehicles and other powered vehicles are banned outright from any designated bike path or nature trail on county property or right-of-way in Franklin County, starting with the St…

Parking or leaving a motor vehicle, camper, water vessel or trailer unattended on a Franklin County public street or public property is prohibited only where the county has posted "No…

In Lanark Village, Franklin County bars parking motor homes, campers, boats, trailers, semitrailers and ATVs in streets or residential yards across most of Units One, Two and Three…

Franklin County caps propane and other petroleum product storage under its hazardous materials ordinance: an "excepted substance" storage site, including propane or liquefied petroleum…

Franklin County treats burning sea oats or dune vegetation on any public beach, and burning rubbish, trash, tires or construction debris on county property or right-of-way, as…

Franklin County confines adult cabarets, adult motion picture theaters and adult retail stores to the C-2 zoning district and imposes strict spacing rules under Code Section 3.5-29…

Unincorporated Franklin County retailers cannot display tobacco products on open, self-service shelving. The Merchandising of Tobacco Products Ordinance requires vendor-assisted sales…

Unincorporated Franklin County requires dogs off their owner's property to be under 'direct control,' defined in Code Section 4-6 as continuous physical restraint by leash, cord or…

Unincorporated Franklin County does not license cats, but its Animal Control Ordinance regulates them in two ways: Section 4-11(d) requires an owner to confine a female cat in estrus…

Franklin County does not mandate spay or neuter for every pet, but it requires sterilization in two specific situations. Section 4-19 requires any animal adopted from the county…

Franklin County requires every pet over four months old to carry identification showing the owner's name, address and phone number, and requires a rabies tag at all times under Section…

Franklin County requires a separate electrical permit in addition to the building permit before any electrical construction, repair or renovation begins, issued only to licensed…

In unincorporated Franklin County no building permit issues until the applicant first obtains a driveway connection permit from the county engineer, and the adopted 2010 Florida…

Any development in unincorporated Franklin County that needs a floodplain development permit or approval is subject to inspection by the floodplain administrator, including a…

Any development wholly or partly inside a flood hazard area in unincorporated Franklin County, from grading and utility work to building alteration and manufactured-home placement…

New subdivisions in unincorporated Franklin County cannot be platted without an adequate stormwater management system. The county requires design under state stormwater rules, an…

Construction on a platted subdivision in unincorporated Franklin County must include an erosion and sediment control plan as part of the stormwater management system. The county…

Anyone building a residential dock or pier in unincorporated Franklin County must follow the site plan and construction standards in Franklin County Code §§ 5-82 and 5-83: canal docks…

Where FEMA has not published a base flood elevation for a mapped Zone A parcel in unincorporated Franklin County, the Floodplain Administrator can set the base flood elevation at two…

Franklin County does not set fixed pickup days by ordinance; instead, Franklin County Code § 13-7 requires anyone collecting household solid waste for a fee, or delivering it to the…

In unincorporated Franklin County, homeowners may keep one yard trash pile per lot, capped at four feet wide, eight feet long and four feet high. Limbs, branches and trunks over four…

Franklin County regulates commercial solid waste collection in unincorporated Franklin County: haulers must deliver collected waste to the county landfill within 24 hours, pay tipping…

Franklin County's litter control article bans dumping litter or solid waste on beaches, roads, waterways and private property, with escalating penalties from a $100-a-day civil fine on…

A retaining wall, sidewalk or driveway that involves placing fill inside a regulated floodway in unincorporated Franklin County may not be built unless a floodway encroachment…

Franklin County levies a three percent tourist development tax on transient rentals countywide. Two cents come from the original Tourist Development Plan levy and an additional one…

Franklin County requires a peddling permit before selling merchandise, including food, from a vehicle, wagon or container on any county road, park or right-of-way in unincorporated…

Franklin County bans loitering, alcohol consumption and public nuisance conduct at the Eastpoint Pavilion, with civil penalties of $80 for a first violation, $150 for a second, and a…

Unincorporated Franklin County bans public consumption of alcohol at its own boat ramps and docks under Code Section 3-2. The rule applies only to publicly owned ramps and docks, not…

Franklin County prohibits smoking, chewing tobacco, and using an e-cigarette or vaping device, or carrying a lit pipe, cigar or cigarette, inside any building or on the grounds the…

Franklin County requires a special entertainment permit from the Board of County Commissioners for any musical or entertainment festival, or other public amusement, expected to draw…

Unincorporated Franklin County enforces its Code of Laws and Ordinances through the special magistrate system created by County Code Section 2-6. The county adopts Florida Statutes…

In unincorporated Franklin County, it is unlawful for an animal's owner or caretaker to let a dog, cat or other pet bark, meow, whine, howl or make other species-typical sounds…

Franklin County bans exterior lighting visible from the beach on all new coastal construction seaward of the coastal construction control line, to protect nesting sea turtles…

Before anyone obstructs an existing county ditch, swale or drain, they need a driveway permit from the Franklin County engineer under Franklin County Code § 5.5-1(d). The permit is…

In unincorporated Franklin County, major structures built in the coastal building zone and on the barrier islands (St. George Island, Dog Island, Alligator Point) must meet the 2010…

A manufactured home placed, replaced or substantially improved in a Franklin County flood hazard area must have its lowest floor elevated to or above the base flood elevation plus one…

Franklin County bars recording video or sound inside any county-owned, controlled or leased building without the consent of everyone whose voice or image is captured. The only…