Osceola County has no mandatory defensible-space or brush-clearance ordinance like California's. Vegetation clearance around homes is voluntary — the Florida Forest Service and county recommend keeping 30 feet cleared. Overgrown lots may still be cited under the county's nuisance/weed rules, not fire code.
Florida does not impose statewide wildland-urban-interface defensible-space mandates, and Osceola County's fire code does not require homeowners to clear brush by a set width. Instead, the Florida Forest Service (FDACS) and county emergency management promote voluntary Firewise USA practices — clearing flammable vegetation about 30 feet around a structure, pruning tree limbs, and using fire-resistant landscaping. Separately, tall grass, weeds and accumulated dead vegetation on developed lots can be enforced as a nuisance under the county's property-maintenance/lot-clearing code, and a burn ban restricts how you may dispose of cleared brush (no open burning). For rule text on overgrown lots, see the property-maintenance/weeds pages.
No fire-code brush-clearance fine exists; overgrown-lot nuisances are abated under the county property-maintenance code with notice and possible lien for county abatement costs.
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