Jacksonville Beach, FL

Jacksonville Beach prohibits livestock outright but permits up to five backyard hens on a permit. Code § 5-81 bars roosters and all other fowl, and requires a pen of at least ten…

Jacksonville Beach regulates free-roaming cats through the community cat provision in § 5-35(2). A managed colony must sit on the caregiver's private property or on another landowner's…

Jacksonville Beach does not order owners to microchip a pet, but its animal code gives the chip legal weight. Under Code § 5-2, a name registered to an animal's RFID chip carries a…

Chapter 5 of the Jacksonville Beach Code names no restricted breed. A dog is classified as dangerous by what it has done, through an animal control officer's investigation and a…

A dog in Jacksonville Beach cannot be off its owner's property unless it is on a leash of dependable strength not longer than eight feet. The leash must be held by a person capable of…

All of Jacksonville Beach inside the corporate limits is a designated bird sanctuary under § 5-3. Trapping, hunting, shooting at or molesting any bird, and robbing birds' nests, is a…

Jacksonville Beach permits veterinary services and kennels as of right in the C-2 commercial general district, provided animals are housed in enclosed, soundproof buildings per the…

Effective August 17, 2015, no pet dealer, pet store or pet store operator in Jacksonville Beach can display, sell, trade, barter, rent, auction or give away dogs and cats. Pet mills…

Jacksonville Beach caps household pets at three animals over six months in age, and Code § 34-716(b) treats the keeping of four or more dogs six months of age or older as a kennel…

Florida law requires every beekeeper to register their honeybee colonies with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, obtain inspection certificates, and renew annually…

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) regulates exotic and captive wildlife statewide. Possession of Class I, II, and III wildlife requires FWC permits, and state law…

Florida law prohibits intentional feeding of black bears, alligators, crocodiles, sandhill cranes, foxes, raccoons, and pelicans. These FWC rules apply statewide regardless of local…

Jacksonville Beach bars anyone in charge of property from letting an inoperable or wrecked motor vehicle stay on private or public property longer than 72 hours. Section 14-18 declares…

In residential areas of Jacksonville Beach, semi-trailer trucks and cabs, and commercial vehicles longer than 20 feet, wider than 7 feet or taller than 7 feet, cannot be parked or…

On residential lots in Jacksonville Beach, no more than two boats, no boat over 20 feet, and no hauling trailer, travel trailer, motor home or camping trailer can be parked or stored…

Jacksonville Beach section 34-728 bars boats, boat trailers, hauling trailers, travel trailers, motor homes and camping trailers from residential street right-of-way. In the front…

In Jacksonville Beach, a vehicle in a marked loading zone can stop only for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials during the hours loading-zone…

In Jacksonville Beach, no one can stop, stand or park on a street other than an alley so that less than ten (10) feet of roadway width stays open for traffic. In an alley, parking past…

In Jacksonville Beach, no one can park a vehicle on any street or alley for more than a consecutive period of sixty (60) hours. In marked spaces along State Road A1A south of 25th…

Florida law protects condominium unit owners' rights to install electric vehicle charging stations in their designated parking areas under Fla. Stat. 718.113(8), while commercial…

Florida caps the drop fee a tower can charge at half the posted rate if the owner shows up mid-tow, requires a signed itemized receipt, and forces storage lots within 10 to 15 highway…

Section 18-3(f) makes it unlawful in Jacksonville Beach to erect, excavate, demolish, alter or repair any building other than between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday…

Jacksonville Beach's noise chapter exempts aircraft. Section 18-3(g)(9) takes any aircraft operated in conformity with federal law, federal air regulations and air traffic control…

Under section 18-6, a Jacksonville Beach driver commits an offense when a vehicle's sound amplification system is plainly audible outside the vehicle from fifty (50) or more feet…

Jacksonville Beach caps noise at 70 dB(A) by day and 65 dB(A) at night in residential areas, 75 dB(A) day and night in commercial areas, and 70 and 65 in manufacturing areas. Day runs…

Jacksonville Beach defines nighttime in residential use occupancies as 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and daytime as 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Premises with habitually occupied sleeping…

Jacksonville Beach licensed establishments need a low volume outdoor amplified and acoustic sound permit for any outdoor music, including background music. Sound must stay low enough…

In Jacksonville Beach it is unlawful to let an animal bark, meow, whine, howl or make other sounds common to its species persistently or continuously for 20 minutes or longer unless…

In Jacksonville Beach, a recreational or warming fire needs a UL approved container or one approved by the fire official, a garden hose connected to water within 25 feet, cleared…

In Jacksonville Beach, any open burning needs a permit from the fire official, and the permit carries fixed conditions: a responsible party on site, a hose or extinguishing agent, 50…

Section 16-11 makes it unlawful to sell, possess, use or explode any fireworks within Jacksonville Beach, and fireworks found in violation are confiscated and destroyed. Sparklers are…

Jacksonville Beach adopts the Florida Fire Prevention Code in its entirety, with the 8th Edition effective June 1, 2024, and adds a local power rule in § 10-3.18: smoke detectors that…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

In Jacksonville Beach, weeds, grass, vines, palmetto scrub or similar growth that reaches a height of ten (10) inches or more is a public nuisance on any property in a developed area…

Jacksonville Beach limits sprinkler watering to set days by address and bars it between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. During Daylight Savings Time, odd addresses water Wednesday and…

In Jacksonville Beach, an owner can accumulate yard waste as a mulch or compost pile in the rear of the premises where it accumulated, but only if the waste contains no combustible…

Nobody in Jacksonville Beach can cut down, remove, damage or destroy a protected tree, or clear a site, without first holding a site clearing and tree removal permit from the Planning…

In Jacksonville Beach, trees inside a driveway sight triangle must have their limbs and foliage trimmed so nothing extends into the cross-visibility area, which must stay unobstructed…

Jacksonville Beach requires landscape plants to be drought tolerant, suited to the ecological setting and non-invasive to the greatest extent possible. Table 34-745.1 marks which trees…

Jacksonville Beach defines a family day care home as an occupied residence providing regular child care for a payment, fee or grant, and caps it at ten children in total under the…

Home-based businesses are permitted in all residential zoning districts in Jacksonville Beach, but each one needs a business tax receipt and has to meet the nine standards in Land…

A home-based business in Jacksonville Beach cannot generate or attract unsafe, excessive or hazardous vehicular or pedestrian traffic, and its parking need cannot exceed what a similar…

Florida's Cottage Food Operations Act preempts local regulation, allowing home production of non-potentially hazardous foods up to a statewide gross sales limit.

Residential fences in Jacksonville Beach must be pressure treated wood, composite wood, PVC wood, metal or masonry, and barbed wire and chainlink fences are not permitted. Every fence…

Every fence in Jacksonville Beach needs approval from the Planning and Development Department and a building permit, under Land Development Code § 34-722. The same section sets the…

Residential fences in Jacksonville Beach top out at six feet and must sit inside the property boundaries, with a four-foot limit in a designated front yard and a two-foot setback from…

Florida's one statewide fence statute, §588.011, defines a legal fence as at least 3 feet high with three strands of wire on posts no more than 20 feet apart. Residential height…

Jacksonville Beach allows an accessory dwelling unit only as a conditional use, and only in the RM-1 and RM-2 zoning districts. The parcel must hold one single-family home on at least…

In Jacksonville Beach, a shed is a detached accessory structure under Code § 34-716. It must sit no closer than five feet to an interior lot line, stay within fifteen feet in height…

Florida Statute 553.73 makes the Florida Building Code the single, uniform construction standard for all permanent dwellings statewide, including tiny homes, preempting cities from…

A Jacksonville Beach short-term vacation rental is limited to two persons per bedroom plus two, and never more than twelve occupants per unit. Only individuals over the age of…

Jacksonville Beach enforces its short-term rental rules through a progressive program: a warning with time to correct for first-time violations, then a notice of violation or citation…

No one in Jacksonville Beach can rent all or any portion of a dwelling unit as a short-term vacation rental without first obtaining a city registration certificate, plus county and…

Jacksonville Beach's short-term rental section centers on a designated responsible party instead of an on-site host. That person must be reachable by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a…

A Jacksonville Beach short-term vacation rental needs one off-street parking space for every four transient occupants of its maximum occupancy, rounded up to the next whole number. No…

Every short-term vacation rental in Jacksonville Beach must post a one-page notice telling guests that quiet hours run from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily, or as required by city…

Jacksonville Beach requires short-term rental operators to register with the Florida Department of Revenue for transient rental taxes and keep an active Duval County Tax Collector…

All swimming pools in Jacksonville Beach must be enclosed by a fence at least 4 feet high with a self-closing, self-locking gate, under Land Development Code § 34-722(a)(4). The fence…

In Jacksonville Beach, a mobile food dispensing vehicle needs no separate local permit under F.S. § 509.102, but it must hold an annual local business tax receipt for each vending…

Mobile food dispensing vehicles in Jacksonville Beach operate only on lots of 6,000 square feet or more that already hold a principal building or use, in the C-1, C-2, CS, CBD and I-1…

In Jacksonville Beach, no peddler can take up space in the public streets or other public places for a stand to sell wares or foodstuffs. Sellers must keep moving with reasonable…

In Jacksonville Beach, patio heaters are allowed at one- and two-family dwellings when used in accordance with their listing, applicable codes, recommended fuel and the manufacturer's…

Restaurants in Jacksonville Beach need two permits to serve on a public sidewalk: a sidewalk dining permit and a revocable right-of-way permit under Sec. 28-12. The designated area…

In Jacksonville Beach, sales of ice cream and similar frozen products under Article II of Chapter 12 are prohibited at all times on the boardwalk and the public beach, and during…

Park property in Jacksonville Beach is limited to its intended use unless the city manager or designee grants written permission. Athletic fields posted permit-only need a valid…

In Jacksonville Beach, a funeral, procession or parade of 200 or more persons or 50 or more vehicles needs a permit issued by the city manager before it occupies, marches or proceeds…

In Jacksonville Beach, the franchisee does not have to pick up on the city observed New Years Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or other holiday listed in the solid waste franchise…

Section 16-7 makes it unlawful in Jacksonville Beach to throw trash, garbage, bottles, glass or any other matter upon the beach, upon any street, lane, alley or thoroughfare, or into…

In Jacksonville Beach, household and small business trash goes out in approved receptacles only, while multifamily and commercial properties use dumpster-type collection containers…

In Jacksonville Beach, customers must place solid waste in approved receptacles at the appropriate location for collection before 7:00 a.m. on the collection day. Receptacles go at the…

In Jacksonville Beach, yard waste that fits in a container goes out in an approved receptacle, and limbs and trimmings cannot exceed six (6) inches in diameter or five (5) feet in…

In Jacksonville Beach, large noncombustible items that cannot go in a container are set out in neat piles within ten (10) feet of the street, and the city collects noncombustible…

Solid waste collection is mandatory in Jacksonville Beach and is performed by the city's franchisee. Customers must have waste in approved receptacles at the collection location before…

In Jacksonville Beach, recyclables means the items on the approved recycling list, such as newspapers, metal cans, plastic and soda bottles. The occupant must hold recyclables at the…

Jacksonville Beach does not write curbside recycling as a stand-alone program. The occupant of the premises, whether landlord, owner, tenant, sub-tenant or custodian, is the…

In Jacksonville Beach, every dumpster and compactor must be located and designed so it is not visible from adjacent streets and properties, with the screening type set by site…

In Jacksonville Beach, section 34-728(e) of the Land Development Code bars major repairs and maintenance on oversized and other registered vehicles stored or parked in residential…

Jacksonville Beach defines tattoo parlors and body piercing salons in Sec. 15-1 and places tattoo parlors in SIC code 7292 in the Sec. 15-13 schedule at an annual local business tax of…

Jacksonville Beach runs a rotating wrecker call list under the chief of police and city manager. Under Code Sec. 31-54, every wrecker needs amber flashing lights and listed tools…

Pawnbrokers in Jacksonville Beach are barred from doing business between 10:00 p.m. Saturday and 8:00 a.m. Monday and between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on other days, with a December…

Florida Statute 569.315 expressly preempts the regulation of the marketing, sale, and delivery of nicotine products and dispensing devices to the state, voiding most municipal…

Jacksonville Beach owns and operates its reclaimed water system and reserves sole authority to permit a property owner or user to connect. Only city-authorized persons can tap…

In Jacksonville Beach, the owner, tenant or occupant is continuously responsible for keeping the water pipe between the building's plumbing and the city main in good repair and…

In Jacksonville Beach, section 20-13(c)(17) makes it unlawful to loiter or prowl in or around any park, park property or park area, including playgrounds, restrooms, picnic shelters…

In Jacksonville Beach it is unlawful to drink beer, wine, liquor or any other alcoholic beverage on a public street, sidewalk, boardwalk or other public place that is not licensed for…

In Jacksonville Beach, skateboarding and roller skating are unlawful where signs are posted on public or private property and on any part of Beach Boulevard, Third Street, A1A, Penman…

In Jacksonville Beach it is unlawful to discharge or deposit human waste anywhere in a city park except in toilet facilities the city provides. Section 20-13(c)(19) sits in the park…

Smoking is banned on the Atlantic Ocean beach in Jacksonville Beach, where the rule covers inhaling, exhaling, burning, carrying or possessing any lighted tobacco product. City parks…

Jacksonville Beach makes it unlawful to solicit money or the sale of goods or services in an aggressive manner in a public area, on public transportation, within fifteen (15) feet of a…

In Jacksonville Beach, bicycle riding is allowed on public sidewalks and crosswalks, but riders must yield to pedestrians, give an audible signal before passing, and obey…

It is unlawful in Jacksonville Beach to operate a motorized scooter, micromobility device, motorized bicycle or any other motorized device on the Atlantic Ocean beach. Micromobility…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

In Jacksonville Beach, private use of the public street right-of-way needs a written easement from the city manager under Sec. 28-9. The city manager grants it on written application…

In Jacksonville Beach, placing, parking, leaving or displaying goods, boxes, furniture, building material or any other obstruction on a street, alley, sidewalk, footway, park, beach…

In Jacksonville Beach the owner of abutting property carries the duty to build, rebuild, and keep in repair the sidewalk in front of the parcel, triggered when the city council directs…

In Jacksonville Beach, a peddler who enters private premises posted "No Peddlers Allowed" or "No Solicitations Allowed", or who stays after the owner or occupant says to leave and not…

Anyone peddling or soliciting sales in Jacksonville Beach needs an individual permit first. The fee runs from $5.00 for a day to $100.00 for twelve months, the application must come…

Jacksonville Beach requires beachfront lighting to be shielded and sea-turtle friendly. Code § 6-8 covers the strip from 20th Avenue North to the St. Johns County line and 500 feet…

In Jacksonville Beach, lighted off-street parking areas must prevent harsh glare or excessive light from spilling onto adjacent property and streets. Light projected onto residentially…

In Jacksonville Beach, nobody can sell or handle ice cream and similar frozen products under Article II of Chapter 12 without a physician's certificate showing freedom from any disease…

Jacksonville Beach treats any condition which provides harborage for rats, mice, snakes, and other vermin as a public nuisance under section 19-1(b)(3). Trash piles, animal carcasses…

A single-family home in the RS-1 district in Jacksonville Beach needs a 25 foot front yard, 10 foot side yards and a 30 foot rear yard. A corner lot's street-side yard is 20 percent of…

Residential structures in Jacksonville Beach top out at 35 feet in the RS-1 district, and RS-2, RS-3 and RM-1 print the same 35 foot maximum. Accessory buildings, accessory dwelling…

In the RS-1 district in Jacksonville Beach, the primary structure plus required driveway can cover no more than 35 percent of the lot, and total impervious surface is capped at 50…

In Jacksonville Beach, buildings other than one- and two-family dwellings ban hibachi grills and similar cooking or heating devices on balconies, under overhangs, and within 10 feet of…

In Jacksonville Beach, open-flame cooking is allowed at one- and two-family dwellings in approved containers, chimeneas, and charcoal, gas or electric grills, used per their listing…

Jacksonville Beach lists outdoor kitchens as a permitted accessory use in its RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RM-1 and RM-2 residential districts. In RS-1 an accessory structure goes only in a side…

Section 16-10 bars camping, occupying camp facilities and using camp paraphernalia in any public park, street, sidewalk, parking lot or public area, and on any public beach in…

In Jacksonville Beach, no property owner can let bare, uncontrolled earth wash soil and debris into any stormwater system, and every construction firm and contractor must follow the…

In Jacksonville Beach, section 34-771 of the Land Development Code bars anyone from subdividing land, changing contour lines, altering drainage or building a stormwater system without…

In Jacksonville Beach, section 34-772 is the Floodplain Management Ordinance. It covers all development wholly or partly inside a flood hazard area, with those areas drawn from the…

In Jacksonville Beach, section 34-772 sets the fallback when a mapped flood area has no base flood elevation: the floodplain administrator can require engineered data or specify a base…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

When Jacksonville Beach finds a public nuisance, the building official or code enforcement officer serves a written notice giving the owner or occupant twenty (20) days to remove…

In Jacksonville Beach, the special magistrate hears alleged violations of thirteen listed areas of the city code, from advertising and alcohol hours to junked property, nuisances…

In Jacksonville Beach a city hen permit does not override a recorded deed restriction. Code § 5-80 says nothing in the hen article supersedes an effective, recorded deed restriction…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.3085, unpaid assessments become a lien on a parcel, and the homeowners' association may foreclose like a mortgage. Before recording the lien the association must…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Jacksonville Beach writes its downtown design rules into the Central Business District section, Code § 34-623. Streets are sorted into "A", "pedestrian oriented" and "B" types…

In Jacksonville Beach, the city or its contractor removes widespread disaster debris from public land and from public or private roadways that the city manager finds to be a threat to…

Jacksonville Beach declares the sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile or other vehicle an unnecessary noise, except as a danger warning. The rule also reaches…

Jacksonville Beach defines plainly audible sound as anything heard clearly with unaided hearing, and for music it says detecting rhythmic bass tones is enough. Bass that carries past…

Jacksonville Beach exempts air conditioners from its decibel limits, but only while the equipment is functioning in accord with the manufacturers' specifications and with all…

Jacksonville Beach prints no separate delivery-truck noise rule. A delivery truck is a truck, so it falls under Table II of Sec. 18-3(d)(2): eighty-five (85) dB(A) measured fifty (50)…

A bar, restaurant or other licensed establishment in Jacksonville Beach that plays music outdoors must hold a low volume outdoor amplified and acoustic sound permit from the city…

Jacksonville Beach sets its annual local business tax by classification in Sec. 15-13, using the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual to assign each business its class and…

In Jacksonville Beach, a person sixteen (16) or less cannot be in a public place from 12:30 a.m. until 5:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, or from 11:30 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. on…

City parks in Jacksonville Beach are open from sunrise to sunset. Paws Dog Park runs 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Wingate Park hosts athletic events on lighted fields. Trespassing when…

In Jacksonville Beach, no one can cut down, damage or destroy a protected tree (6 inches DBH or more) without a site clearing and tree removal permit from the Planning and Development…

Jacksonville Beach protects trees by size, not by a named species list: a protected tree is any tree with a DBH of six (6) inches or more. Section 34-744(b) carves out pine other than…

Jacksonville Beach requires every day nursery, kindergarten and child care center to show proof of state licensure, sit on a lot of at least 7,500 square feet (older platted lots…

Section 10-3.16 requires a complete automatic sprinkler system in new buildings, and existing buildings getting new additions or expansions, in Jacksonville Beach where occupant load…

Jacksonville Beach adopts the latest edition of the Florida Building Code for the construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings, including permits and penalties, so that code…

In Jacksonville Beach, no inspection is made and no installation approved until every fee due under the permit has been paid, and extra inspection trips caused by the permit holder…

Jacksonville Beach prohibits billboards and off-site commercial signs outright, along with animated, flashing and holographic display signs. Section 34-754 bars them from being…

Window signs in Jacksonville Beach are permitted if they cover no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the area of any window. They can be internally illuminated and need no sign…

Florida has no statewide statute that fully preempts municipal regulation of political signs on private property, but F.S. 720.304(2) protects homeowners' rights to display one…

A medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facility in Jacksonville Beach may not be located within 500 feet of the real property of a public or private elementary, middle or…

In Jacksonville Beach, medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities are permitted as of right in the C-2 commercial general district under Land Development Code §…

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may grow cannabis.

Jacksonville Beach requires a property owner who wants to use a dwelling unit as a short-term vacation rental to apply for and receive a registration certificate from the City first…

Jacksonville Beach sets its habitability baseline by adopting the latest edition of the International Property Maintenance Code to establish minimum standards for occupancy of…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Florida's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Chapter 83 Part II, exclusively defines lawful eviction grounds and procedures statewide, preempting cities from adding just-cause…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

Jacksonville Beach declares a building a public nuisance when it is so dilapidated that it is unfit for human habitation, kept so unsanitary that it menaces neighbors, or a more than…

Commercial drone operations in Florida are regulated by federal FAA Part 107 and state law; local governments cannot impose additional commercial operation restrictions.

Florida expressly preempts local regulation of drones, reserving authority to the state and federal government, with limited surveillance and trespass exceptions.

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statutes 823.14 and 163.3162 restrict local governments from adopting zoning rules that inhibit established farms on agriculturally classified land, preserving agricultural…

Florida Statute 823.14, the Florida Right to Farm Act, protects established bona fide farm operations from nuisance suits and local ordinances that would inhibit standard agricultural…

Florida Statute 403.7033 preempts the regulation of disposable plastic bags by local governments, prohibiting cities and counties from enacting bans or fees on retailers pending a…

Florida Statute 500.90 preempts the regulation of polystyrene products by local governments, blocking cities and counties from banning expanded polystyrene foam food containers, cups…

Florida law voids any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA agreement that bans or effectively blocks solar collectors on homes or condo units, and boards cannot deny installation…

Florida statute 163.04 prohibits any ordinance, deed restriction, or covenant from preventing installation of solar collectors. Local building permits are required but cannot…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…