5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Lee County, Florida.
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If you own a home in unincorporated Lee County you must supply approved receptacles big enough for all your household waste. A can may hold up to 40 gallons or 50 pounds and needs a tight-fitting lid.
Code of Ordinances §§ 25-1921, 25-1926(1), 25-1938(1), 25-1941 and 25-1942(3)a.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to provide approved receptacles as defined herein adequate and sufficient to contain all solid waste generated from (a) residence(s) in accordance with the provisions herein. The owner shall not maintain nor permit on the property, any unsanitary nuisance injurious to the public health, as further defined.
Piles of garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, inoperative vehicles or abandoned property on private land in unincorporated Lee County are a declared public nuisance. So is grass over 12 inches on an unimproved lot near developed property.
Lee County Code of Ordinances §§ 18-91, 18-92, 18-94(d), 18-96, 18-125(1)
NUISANCE ACCUMULATIONS - means garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, inoperable vehicles, or abandoned or lost property which is located on private property where the Lee County Zoning Ordinance does not permit disposal of such items.
Grasses and weeds over 12 inches covering more than half an unimproved lot are a nuisance when within 150 feet of developed adjacent property in a platted subdivision or future urban area. The County can mow the lot and lien it.
Lee County Code of Ordinances §§ 18-123, 18-125, 18-128, 18-129 (Ch. 18, Art. V - Lot Mowing)
Grasses and weeds in excess of 12 inches in height and covering more than 50% of an unimproved Lot area, impair the economic welfare of property, contribute a fire hazard, or create a health hazard constituting a nuisance where any part of the growths are located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the boundary of any Developed and Adjacent Property where the Developed and Adjacent Property ...
The Land Development Code treats a garage or yard sale as a residential accessory use and caps it: no more than one week per sale, and no more than two garage or yard sales per year at a residence.
Lee County Land Development Code § 34-622(c)(42); § 34-2; § 30-6(1)e; § 34-4(a); § 1-5(c)
Owners, agents, custodians, lessees and occupants in unincorporated Lee County must cut and keep grasses and weeds to a height not exceeding 12 inches, including on the easements, alleys and rights-of-way adjoining their property.
Lee County Code of Ordinances §§ 18-123, 18-124, 18-126, 18-127, 18-129 (Ch. 18, Art. V - Lot Mowing)
All real property Owners, agents, custodians, lessees and occupants of real property within unincorporated Lee County will, in accordance with the published notice set forth in Section Five, cut and keep cut, to a height not exceeding 12 inches, all grasses and weeds on any property owned, controlled or occupied by them except as provided for in Section 4.
2 cities in Lee County have their own property maintenancerules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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