Orlando, FL Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)

City Code § 60.232(h), "Watering Restrictions," states that "watering restrictions and schedules for times, days, volumes, and run times shall be as specified by the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)" and that "variances from SJRWMD watering restrictions, if needed for the optimum functioning of water-conserving sensors and controls, such as soil-moisture sensors and weather-based evapotranspiration (ET) controllers, must be obtained as needed from SJRWMD." This sits inside the broader Landscape Irrigation Requirements part (§§ 60.229-60.232), which requires functioning rain sensors on automatic systems (§ 60.229(b)(2)), and requires a licensed contractor working on an automatic irrigation system to test and confirm inhibiting/interrupting devices, repairing or replacing faulty ones before finishing other work, with routine sensor maintenance repaired within 30 days not counted as a violation (§ 60.232(i)).

Irrigation malfunctions such as broken or misdirected spray heads must be fixed "upon discovery or within five business days of delivery of written notification by City, County, or State personnel" (§ 60.232(g)). Contractors performing irrigation work must be licensed under Chapter 489, Florida Statutes, or hold a county or city license/business tax receipt covering irrigation work (§ 60.232(j)). These sections derive from Ord. No. 2013-74 (12-9-2013).