Osceola County, FL Ordinances (2026)

On unincorporated county roads, Osceola County allows brief stopping to load or unload, but you can't park within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, in front of a driveway, within 15 feet…

In unincorporated Osceola County, parking any vehicle in front of the dwelling or in the front yard is prohibited unless it's on the authorized, approved paved parking area. Boats, RVs…

On county roads, Osceola County requires you to park off the traveled roadway when practicable, leaving a clear lane and 200 feet of visibility, and to park with right-hand wheels…

Osceola County prohibits leaving an abandoned, inoperable or discarded vehicle on private property in the unincorporated county for more than 7 days, and declares it a public nuisance…

Inside the Indian Ridge subdivision (Units 1-5) in unincorporated Osceola County, residential driveways can't exceed 24 feet in width without conditional-use approval, and building or…

Osceola County has no blanket overnight street-parking ban, but on-street parking requires an HOA-displayed permit, and you can't block driveways, park on vacant lots or the…

Recreational vehicles in Osceola County are defined as travel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers and motor homes. They can't be parked in a front yard or on unpaved areas, and…

Unincorporated Osceola County allows one accessory living unit (ALU) or guest home per conforming lot. It may be rented only if the primary home has a homestead exemption, and only for…

Osceola County has no dedicated 'tiny home' category. A permanent tiny house is treated as a dwelling that must meet zoning density, setbacks and the Florida Building Code; RVs…

Converting a garage into living space in unincorporated Osceola County is treated as an accessory living unit or added habitable area: it needs a building permit, must meet the Florida…

In unincorporated Osceola County, ancillary accessory structures such as sheds must sit at least 5 feet behind the front entry of the main house and at least 5 feet from the rear and…

Osceola County's Land Development Code requires exterior site lighting to be designed so it does not bleed onto adjacent properties or rights-of-way, photometrics must read 0.0 (or the…

Despite sitting beside Walt Disney World and the dark Kissimmee chain-of-lakes, Osceola County's Land Development Code expressly states 'Dark Sky principles are not required.' Instead…

Osceola County collects carts at the curbside: within 3 feet of the curb, or within 6 feet of the pavement or public right-of-way where there is no curb. Carts go out no earlier than…

Osceola County curbside customers may set out white goods and up to 3 cubic yards of bulky waste at the curb. Bulky waste must be usual to housekeeping and previously used at the home…

Osceola County provides weekly curbside recycling. If you have a county recycling cart, program recyclables must go only in that cart, not the trash cart, and only the materials the…

Osceola County provides once-a-week curbside collection of household waste, yard waste, bulky waste, and recyclables to residential units in the curbside area. Disposing of residential…

Discarding or accumulating solid waste in unincorporated Osceola County anywhere but an authorized disposal site is prohibited by county code. Florida's litter law (FS 403.413) makes…

Osceola County Code § 19-4(i) lets curbside customers set out yard waste like twigs, small branches, grass clippings, and leaves in waste cans or yard waste containers capped at 50…

Unincorporated Osceola County requires every commercial property to use a dumpster or compactor sized to hold all the waste the business generates, unless the county approves another…

You may place political signs on your own private property in unincorporated Osceola County, but the Land Development Code bars all temporary signs, including political campaign…

Garage, yard and similar sales are permitted as an accessory use throughout unincorporated Osceola County, limited to one per six-month period lasting no more than three days…

County parks, public boat ramps and other Osceola County recreational areas are open only during hours set by the county manager. Being on the premises outside those posted hours is…

Small recreational backyard fires are allowed in unincorporated Osceola County when no burn ban is active, kept 25 feet from structures and constantly attended (NFPA 1). During a…

Osceola County bans detonating, exploding or using fireworks anywhere in the unincorporated county unless the board of county commissioners has issued a fireworks permit for the…

Osceola County does not use California-style mapped wildfire hazard zones with construction mandates. Instead, wildfire risk is managed through Florida Forest Service coordination and…

Florida law, not a separate Osceola County ordinance, sets the smoke alarm standard that applies here: when a one- or two-family home or townhome in the unincorporated county gets a…

A home occupation in unincorporated Osceola County must meet strict LDC conditions: no employees beyond residents, no more than 25% of the floor area, no more than 25 square feet of…

Florida lets you make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from your Osceola County home kitchen without a state food permit, as a cottage food operation, as long as annual gross sales…

Running a family day care home in Florida means registering with (or being licensed by) the Department of Children and Families. State law caps a family day care home at a maximum of…

Osceola County requires fences to be built of durable, uniform, weather-resistant, and rust-proofed materials, and to be maintained in good condition. Barbed wire is prohibited except…

Osceola County's Land Development Code requires fences to comply with siting and material standards, and the property owner must locate all property lines before building. A building…

In unincorporated Osceola County, fences in the front yard of single-family homes may not exceed four (4) feet. Rear and side yard fences have no numeric height cap in the code, but…

Osceola County's LDC makes the fence owner responsible for correctly locating all property lines before building. The county does not require you to share cost with a neighbor…

Outdoor music and amplified sound must stay within 45 dBC (7 a.m.-sunset) or 40 dBC (sunset-6:59 a.m.) at the property line under § 9-110(b). Outdoor loudspeakers and PA systems may…

Unincorporated Osceola County enforces a nightly noise curfew: sound crossing your property line cannot exceed 45 decibels on the A-scale from one minute after sunset until 6:59 a.m…

Air conditioning, mechanical, ventilating, refrigerating equipment, pumps and similar machinery may not exceed 50 dBC (7 a.m.-sunset) or 45 dBC (sunset-6:59 a.m.) at the property line…

Osceola County makes it unlawful for an owner to let an animal bark, howl, or make other objectionable noise repeatedly enough to disturb neighbors under Code § 4-31(a), and separately…

Every motor vehicle in unincorporated Osceola County must run through a manufacturer-approved muffler; Sec. 9-110(d) bans unmuffled exhaust outright. On public roads, vehicle sound is…

Construction crews in unincorporated Osceola County get a narrow noise exemption: work is exempt from every decibel limit in the noise ordinance only between 7:00 a.m. and sunset. Once…

Aircraft noise is not regulated by Osceola County's noise ordinance at all. Sec. 9-110(h)(5) exempts 'locomotives and other railroad equipment, and aircraft' outright from every…

Osceola County sets no separate leaf-blower ordinance. Gas and electric lawn, garden and household maintenance tools, including leaf blowers, are exempt from noise limits only between…

Every new residential pool in unincorporated Osceola County must have at least one of five state safety features: a barrier, an approved safety cover, exit alarms…

A building permit is required to build a residential swimming pool in unincorporated Osceola County, and the pool must pass final inspection with at least one state-mandated safety…

No permit is required to remove a documented-danger tree on your own residential lot; Florida Statute 163.045 preempts it. Clearing trees for development, subdivision, or commercial…

Osceola County limits weeds, grass, and undergrowth to 12 inches on improved lots and 18 inches on unimproved lots within 500 feet of an occupied structure. Exceeding the limit is a…

Florida law strips Osceola County's authority to require a notice, permit, fee or replanting for pruning, trimming or removing a tree on single-family residential property once the…

State law protects your right to install Florida-Friendly, native, drought-tolerant landscaping. Neither Osceola County nor an HOA may prohibit it. County landscape-buffer rules for…

No on-site host is required, but Osceola County (like most Florida jurisdictions) expects a responsible party or 24-hour local contact reachable to handle complaints. Florida bars…

No. Osceola County cannot require a short-term rental to be the owner's primary residence. Florida's FS 509.032(7)(b) bars counties from prohibiting vacation rentals or restricting…

Florida lets counties regulate parking for vacation rentals as long as the rule applies uniformly to all homes. Osceola County requires off-street parking for licensed short-term…

Florida law bars Osceola County from capping how many nights a year a short-term or vacation rental can operate, or from banning them outright. Fla. Stat. § 509.032(7)(b) preempts any…

Florida law strips Osceola County of authority to ban short-term rentals or limit how often or how long a house can be rented, so the county's own rule is narrow: Sec. 13-48 just…

Every short-term rental in unincorporated Osceola County, house, condo or room booked for six months or less, owes a 6 percent tourist development tax on top of the rent. Osceola…

Backyard gas and charcoal grilling is allowed in Osceola County, and contained-grill cooking is even permitted during a burn ban. Under the Florida Fire Prevention Code, charcoal or…

Setbacks in unincorporated Osceola County depend on the zoning district. In residential districts, front setbacks run about 10-25 feet and rear setbacks up to 25 feet. Ancillary…

In unincorporated Osceola County residential zoning districts, residential structures are limited to three (3) stories under the Land Development Code district development standards…

Osceola County's Land Development Code controls buildable area in residential districts mainly through minimum lot size, density, and setbacks rather than a single lot-coverage…

Osceola County has no breed-specific ban; instead, Code § 4-36 lets Animal Services classify any individual dog as 'dangerous' after an investigation and hearing, triggering mandatory…

Osceola County does not require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but County Code § 4-9(e) mandates sterilization once a fertile dog or cat has been impounded three or more times…

Osceola County bans traditional pet-store sales of dogs and cats: any pet shop must source every dog and cat it offers from an animal shelter or rescue, never from a commercial…

Osceola County caps backyard flocks at six chickens per residence in non-agricultural zones inside the urban growth boundary, bans roosters outright, and requires coops set back 25…

Unincorporated Osceola County caps ordinary households at twelve domesticated animals total, with no more than four dogs, eight cats, or two potbellied pigs, under County Code §…

Osceola County bans letting a dog or cat run at large on public or private property without consent, and requires every dog and cat off its own property to stay under an owner's direct…

Osceola County bars leaving pet or community-cat food outside after dark because it can attract wildlife capable of carrying rabies, under Code § 4-31(h), though registered community…

Osceola County requires every cat four months or older to carry a rabies vaccination and a county license tag, but community cats, defined as free-roaming cats cared for by residents…

In unincorporated Osceola County, letting a lot accumulate junk, trash, or garbage is a declared public nuisance. Owners must abate within 15 days of a code notice or the county abates…

Vacant lots in unincorporated Osceola County must stay clear of junk, debris, and overgrown weeds. Weeds and grass over 18 inches on unimproved lots within 500 feet of an occupied…

Osceola County pawnbrokers must issue a loan receipt disclosing the interest rate, hold pledged property unaltered for six months if payments lapse, and report every pledge to the…

Osceola County requires every secondhand, antique and jewelry dealer to log each item bought or taken on consignment, hold it 14 days before resale, and report acquisitions to the…

Osceola County Code § 22-1 governs every nonconsensual and trespass tow that starts in the unincorporated county. A tow truck must wait ten minutes for a returning owner and can charge…

Osceola County bans self-service tobacco and e-cigarette displays anywhere in the unincorporated county: cigarettes, vape devices and liquid nicotine must stay behind vendor-assisted…

Osceola County confines adult bookstores, theaters and dancing establishments to the industrial general zoning district and bars them from operating within 500 feet of a church…

Effective December 2024, Osceola County Code § 18-3 makes it unlawful to camp or sleep overnight on any county-owned building, grounds, street, sidewalk, or right-of-way unless the…

Osceola County enforces the adopted Standard Building Code through the county administrator's office, and starting construction before a permit is issued triggers a specific extra…

Osceola County requires a permit for nearly all electrical construction under its adopted 1996 National Electrical Code, with narrow carve-outs for utility work, minor repairs, and…

Osceola County caps medical marijuana treatment centers at one certificate of approval per 100,000 residents, and even an approved operator can only open in a multi-tenant building…

Osceola County bars a medical marijuana treatment center from locating within 250 feet of any school or licensed daycare, or within five miles of another treatment center, measured…

Agriculturally zoned land in unincorporated Osceola County plays by different animal rules than residential subdivisions: Code § 4-30(b) and (d) allow up to two swine per parcel for…

Unincorporated Osceola County requires homes and other Group R-3 buildings in flood hazard areas to raise the lowest floor to the base flood elevation plus one foot, or higher in…

Osceola County amended the Florida Building Code's flood provisions to set exact elevation floors by flood zone and to route flood-hazard variances to the Board of Adjustment rather…

Osceola County bans dumping anything but rain into its storm drains. Code section 9-193 lists twelve specific illicit discharges, from motor oil to construction debris, that cannot…

Osceola County makes it unlawful to loiter in or near any public place with intent to commit or solicit prostitution under Code § 14-3, but officers must first give the person a chance…

Osceola County lets deputies issue a $100 civil citation, instead of a criminal charge, for possessing 20 grams or less of cannabis or cannabis paraphernalia under Code § 14-11…

Osceola County Code § 16-39 bans purchasing, selling, or drinking alcohol, and carrying any open alcoholic container, inside four named recreation sites: Oren Brown Park, Archie Gordon…

Osceola County Code § 18-4 makes it unlawful to stand in or enter any public road, including medians and interstate ramps, to display information, distribute goods, or solicit business…

Osceola County lets residents block door-to-door handbills and solicitation by posting a conspicuous "no handbills" or "no solicitation" sign; delivering handbills onto posted…

Osceola County requires a working deadbolt on the primary entry door of every rented dwelling, rooming, or housekeeping unit, on top of its general rule that a structure's exterior…

Osceola County Code §§ 18-130 through 18-134 let shared micro-mobility devices such as motorized scooters operate on county rights-of-way only where the Board of County Commissioners…

Osceola County Code § 19-8 lets the county remove disaster debris from private residential communities after a declared emergency when the board finds an immediate threat to health…

Osceola County lets restaurants admit patrons' dogs into a designated outdoor dining area only after obtaining an annual permit under the county's local exemption to the FDA Food Code…

Show promoters and event organizers running shopping-mall shows, art shows, circuses, tent shows or similar exhibits in unincorporated Osceola County need a daily $225 permit, or an…