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Right to Farm in Pinellas County, FL (2026)

1 rule for unincorporated Pinellas County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Pinellas County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Agricultural Zoning Protection

Pinellas County's Land Development Code treats commercial farming, raising crops, livestock, poultry or dairy for sale, as its own zoning use under § 138-3330, separate from backyard gardening or chickens kept for personal use. The section exempts standalone nurseries, community gardens and state-regulated beekeeping, and layers on the county's farm-animal standards in § 138-3350.

Pinellas County Commercial Farm Use Standards

Some Restrictions

Pinellas County Code of Ordinances § 138-3330(a)

(a)Purpose. Commercial agricultural activities may include the utilization of land to raise, harvest, or sell crops; feed, breed, manage, and sell livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals, or their produce; dairy and sell dairy products; or any other agricultural or horticultural use, animal husbandry, timber agricultural use, or combination thereof.(b)Applicability. The provisions of this secti...

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