Jacksonville-Duval Ordinance Code Chapter 518 (Property Safety and Maintenance) requires property owners to maintain lots free of overgrowth, dead vegetation, and fire hazards. Code Compliance may order clearing; FL Forest Service defensible-space guidance (30 ft) applies in the rural western WUI areas.
§518.102 Jacksonville-Duval Ordinance Code obligates owners to keep premises free from weeds, dead/dying trees, and flammable debris exceeding 12 inches in height on improved lots. Code Compliance Division issues a Notice of Violation with typically 10 days to cure. Parcels in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) in western Duval and along the Ortega/Cedar River corridors should follow FFS defensible-space guidance: 0-5 ft non-combustible zone, 5-30 ft lean-clean-green zone. Pine-straw and palmetto fuel loads are the main WUI concern locally.
Notice of Violation with cure period. Failure to abate: county-contracted lot clearing billed to owner plus administrative fees, and daily fines accruing via Code Enforcement Board (up to $250/day residential, $500/day commercial).
Duval County, FL
Persistent dog barking is an animal-nuisance violation under Jacksonville Ordinance Code Chapter 462 (Animals). Barking continuously for more than 10-15 minu...
Duval County, FL
Jacksonville enforces decibel limits under Chapter 368: residential zones are limited to 70 dBA daytime and 60 dBA nighttime, measured at the receiving prope...
Duval County, FL
Construction noise is generally restricted to 7 AM - 7 PM Monday through Saturday countywide under Jacksonville Ordinance Code Chapter 368. Sunday and holida...
Duval County, FL
Commercial vehicles over 1 ton or with lettering may not be parked overnight in Duval residential zones per §656.404(d) Jax-Duval Code. Tractor-trailers, bus...
Duval County, FL
Barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fences are restricted in Duval residential zones under §656.407(g). Hurricane zones require fence materials and fast...
Duval County, FL
Fences over 6 ft tall, fences in the sight triangle, pool barriers, and retaining walls over 4 ft in Duval County require a building permit from Jacksonville...
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