On developed lots, Charlotte County treats grass or weeds over 12 inches covering half the mowable area as excessive growth. Vacant lots are notably not covered, and Florida Statute 373.185 still shields a tended Florida-Friendly yard.
Across Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, and Englewood, Section 2-5-70 of the Code of Laws and Ordinances defines excessive growth on a developed lot as weeds or grass exceeding 12 inches in height and covering 50 percent or more of the mowable area cleared of native vegetation. Code compliance runs by written notice and a cure deadline before the county abates and bills the owner. Charlotte County stands out in Southwest Florida for not regulating overgrown vacant lots at all, a gap made visible on hurricane-emptied parcels. The height rule cannot outlaw a low-mow native yard: Florida Statute 373.185 bars any local ordinance from prohibiting Florida-Friendly Landscaping.
Code compliance issues written notice with a cure deadline on developed lots. Miss it and the county abates the growth, bills the owner, and can lien the property plus add fines set by ordinance.
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