Leon County, FL Landscaping Rules: Tree Trimming (2026)

Sec. 211 sets maintenance duties for all landscaping, buffer areas, and trees required under the county's Environmental Management Act, and item (4) targets the sight triangle specifically, the wedge of land at a road intersection or driveway apron where clear sightlines keep drivers and pedestrians safe. The rule sets a cross-visibility band running from two feet up to ten feet above the level of the public right-of-way's centerline; nothing in that band may block a driver's view. A tree may still overhang the triangle, but only if its limbs and foliage are trimmed high and thin enough that the required sightline through the band stays open, and only if the tree's location doesn't itself create a traffic hazard.

This sits alongside the same section's broader landscaping maintenance duties: required plant material must stay healthy and pest-free or be replaced within 45 days of visible die-back, and no required landscape area may be used for parking, storage, or trash collection. The County Administrator or designee administers this maintenance obligation and can issue a notice of violation with its own compliance deadline when growth in a sight triangle isn't kept trimmed.