Port Orange, FL Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

' The ten-inch cap applies lot-wide on improved residential parcels, though the same subsection carves out a partial exception for larger lots that still contain natural, uncut areas: those pockets do not have to be trimmed shorter than ten inches even though the rest of the yard must meet the cap. The parallel commercial and industrial standard in subsection (c) sets a 12-inch limit instead of ten, folding in the same fallen-tree-and-limb duty. 'Undergrowth' is defined in subsection (a) as 'herbaceous plants, plants and grasses with stems that wither away annually as distinguished from trees or shrubs with woody stems that live from year to year,' so the rule reaches lawns and weeds rather than ornamental shrubs or trees.

Enforcement runs through Section 42-27: the city manager or a designee who finds a lot out of compliance mails the owner written notice and allows ten calendar days to cut the grass. If the owner has not acted, the city can send crews to mow the property and bill the owner for the cost, and unpaid bills after 20 days become a lien bearing 12 percent annual interest, collectible the same way as a foreclosed mortgage lien.