Orlando, FL Invasive Plant Rules: Front Yard Gardens (2026)

223(a)(1)-(2) governs one-family and two-family lot planting design. 223(j): no vegetable gardens are allowed in the public right-of-way; a garden left fallow or uncultivated for three months must be replanted with permanent landscaping, other annuals or turfgrass; and any front or street-side garden must use one of four edge treatments along the right-of-way, a 3-to-4-foot fence, an enclosed planter box set back at least 18 inches, a 3-foot permanently planted buffer, or another Zoning Official-approved feature like a swale or rain garden. A separate 3-foot permanently planted buffer (excluding annuals, tender perennials or vegetable gardens) is also required at neighboring property lines in front and street side yards unless a fence runs the full yard length. These standards trace to Ord. No. 2013-74 (12-9-2013), amended by Ord. No. 2017-17 (4-10-2017) and Ord. Nos. 2021-48/2021-49 (8-23-2021).