5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Osceola County, Florida.
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Osceola County curbside customers must use county-issued waste and recycling carts. Carts may go out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before pickup, must be out by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, and must be pulled back within 12 hours of collection.
Osceola County Code § 19-4(g)
Waste carts and recycling carts shall be set-out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day preceding the scheduled collection day and must be set-out by 6:00 a.m. on scheduled collection days to ensure collection. Waste carts and recycling carts shall be removed from the roadside within twelve (12) hours of collection.
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 and liens the property. Vacant structures must stay secured and blight-free.
Osceola County Code § 23-3
No owner, agent, custodian, lessee or occupant of any lot, tract, or parcel of land, improved or unimproved, shall keep, store, accumulate or allow to be kept, stored or accumulated on said property any junk, trash or garbage, other than at disposal sites which are legally licensed and zoned.
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 structure are a public nuisance the county can abate and lien.
Osceola County Code § 9-132
It is unlawful and prohibited for any person to suffer, cause or permit the existence of noxious, uncultivated or rank weeds, grasses, or undergrowth (other than undisturbed palmetto, cabbage palm and/or woody native vegetation) which is determined by the county's inspector to exceed eighteen (18) inches in height above the surface of the ground upon a substantial portion of any unimproved lot ...
Osceola County's code has no dedicated garage-sale permit chapter; rules come from the Land Development Code as an accessory home use, plus sign limits. Sale signs may not be placed in the public right-of-way, and merchandise must not create a nuisance or block traffic sight lines.
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 public nuisance; the county can mow and bill the owner.
Osceola County Code § 9-132
...exceeding twelve (12) inches in height above the surface of the ground upon a substantial portion of any improved lot within a five hundred (500) feet radius of a residential, commercial or industrial structure designed for human occupancy... constitutes a public nuisance.
1 cities in Osceola County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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