Lee County has no adopted wildfire-hazard overlay zone that imposes special building or vegetation rules on homeowners. Wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface (Lehigh Acres, coastal pine flatwoods) is managed through Florida Forest Service programs and drought-triggered countywide burn bans.
Florida does not use the mapped very-high-fire-hazard severity zones seen in western states, and Lee County has not adopted a wildfire overlay that dictates fire-resistant construction or mandatory clearance in specific mapped areas. Instead, wildfire risk - real in the county's pine flatwoods, palmetto scrub, and interface communities like Lehigh Acres - is addressed by voluntary Firewise/Ready-Set-Go preparedness, Florida Forest Service prescribed burning, and the Board of County Commissioners' authority to impose a countywide burn ban when the Keetch-Byram Drought Index reaches 600 or higher. Homeowners should keep defensible space voluntarily and monitor drought conditions and burn-ban status.
There is no wildfire-zone construction penalty; the enforceable restriction is the countywide burn ban, violation of which can bring citation and liability for suppression costs if a fire escapes.
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Lee County does not restrict residential rainwater harvesting. Under water Ordinance No. 24-01, rain barrels, cisterns, and other rain-harvesting devices may...
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Unincorporated Lee County limits landscape irrigation to set days by address and bans watering from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. year-round under Ordinance No. 24-01, su...
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