Largo cannot prohibit Florida-Friendly Landscaping that incorporates native plants and drought-tolerant species under Florida Statute 373.185, and the city's landscape standards in Chapter 10 of the CDC encourage native and Florida-Friendly designs.
Florida Statute 373.185 prohibits any local ordinance, deed restriction, or covenant from preventing a property owner from implementing Florida-Friendly Landscaping, which emphasizes native plants, low water use, and reduced fertilizer dependence. Largo's Comprehensive Development Code Chapter 10 reinforces this state policy by encouraging the use of drought-tolerant and native species in required landscape areas, particularly for new development and redevelopment subject to landscape plan review. While the city can still require minimum tree counts, buffers, and screening, it cannot impose ordinances that override the right to plant a Florida-Friendly yard on residential property.
No penalty for Florida-Friendly plantings on private property; failing to meet minimum tree, buffer, or screening counts under Chapter 10 may still trigger code enforcement.
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