5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in St. Lucie County, Florida.
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In Port St. Lucie, residential garbage and recycling carts must be kept indoors or screened from street view in a rear or side yard, and carts may only be placed curbside for collection.
Port St. Lucie Code Ch. 80 (Solid Waste)
Collection containers used for residential curbside collection shall be kept indoors or in a portion of the rear or side yard that is screened from view by walls, fences, or hedges, or otherwise stored out of view from abutting streets.
In unincorporated St. Lucie County, accumulated trash, junk, debris, stagnant water, overgrowth, and unsanitary conditions are declared a nuisance under the lot-cleanup ordinance and must be abated by the owner.
St. Lucie County Code Sec. 38-28(a)
The purpose and intent of this article is to prohibit the following: Accumulation of trash, junk, or debris, living and nonliving plant material, and stagnant water; Excessive and untended growth of grass, weeds, brush, branches, and other overgrowth; ... and The existence of all other objectionable, unsightly or unsanitary matter, materials, and conditions on property whether improved or unimp...
St. Lucie County's lot-cleanup ordinance applies to unimproved parcels, and mortgagees must register abandoned real property with the county within ten days of a foreclosure filing and keep it maintained.
St. Lucie County Code Sec. 38-27(a)(1)
Upon the filing of a lis pendens and/or any action to foreclose upon a mortgage or similar instrument, all mortgagees must register with the county code enforcement division ... all abandoned real property within ten calendar days after the mortgagee determines the real property is abandoned.
St. Lucie County sets no countywide garage-sale rule, but Port St. Lucie requires a free permit and limits each residence to three garage sales per calendar year, each lasting no more than three consecutive days.
Port St. Lucie Code Sec. 158.219(A)
No person shall conduct a garage sale in the City without first ... filing an application with the code compliance division and receiving a permit ... No more than three (3) garage sale licenses shall be issued to any one residence within any calendar year ... No permit shall be issue[d] for more than three (3) consecutive days.
In unincorporated St. Lucie County, grass, weeds, brush and overgrowth taller than 12 inches are prohibited and must be trimmed below 12 inches, including the adjoining right-of-way.
St. Lucie County Code Sec. 38-28(d)
Excessive growth of grass, weeds, brush, and other overgrowth that exceeds 12 inches in height is prohibited and shall be trimmed to a height below 12 inches.
1 cities in St. Lucie County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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