Landscaping Rules in St. Johns County, FL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of St. Johns County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Composting
St. Johns County doesn't regulate a household compost bin in your own backyard, but it does set hard numbers for a composting structure that serves more than one home. Land Development Code Section 2.02.04.B.15 requires fifty-foot yards on every side, one hundred feet next to residential zoning, and a six-foot opaque fence around any centrally located yard-waste composting site.
St. Johns County Shared Composting Structure Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 2.02.04.B.15
15. Residential Yard Waste Composting Structure Serving More Than One Single Family Residence. These Structures refer to centrally located facilities in which multiple residential properties may dispose of yard trash and wood fraction of solid waste and where such material is processed by natural or mechanical decomposition to aid microbial decomposition of the organic material. Centrally locat...
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