Weston, FL Landscaping Rules: Native Plants (2026)

Weston's zoning code sets its native-species landscaping mandate district by district rather than citywide. Section 124.27(C)(2)(j)1.c.2.p, inside the Town Center Overlay District, states that "50% of the required planting areas within Town Center shall be native Florida species," and credits "the existing on-site native plant communities (littoral shelves)" toward "the native shrubs requirement for the Town Center Core." The nearly identical Section 124.28(B)(12)(b)13, inside the Weston Commons Planned Employment Center District, requires that "Fifty percent of the required planting areas within Weston Commons shall be native Florida species," again letting "the existing On-Site native plant communities" satisfy the requirement.

Both provisions let a developer bank credit for native vegetation that already exists on a parcel instead of installing new native stock, which matters most on the Town Center's lakefront parcels near Arvida Parkway and Bonaventure Boulevard where littoral shelf plantings already meet the standard. Outside these two overlay districts, Chapter 123's general landscape code does not impose a native-species percentage; Section 123.19(B) only encourages using mulch from invasive species removal "to preserve the remaining native plant community," a softer, non-mandatory nod rather than a planting quota.

Landscape plans for both overlay districts must be prepared by a Florida-registered Landscape Architect and are checked against these standards before final landscape approval is granted.