Port St. Lucie, FL

Port St. Lucie writes no smoke-alarm rule of its own. It adopts the Florida Building Code in Sec. 150.001 and the state fire prevention code in Sec. 93.01, then enforces both through…

Port St. Lucie bans open burning outright. Section 93.02 makes it unlawful to burn trash, garbage or building materials inside the city, and Section 80.14(g) prohibits open burning of…

Port St. Lucie bans open burning of trash, garbage and building materials anywhere inside the city under Section 93.02, and separately bans open burning of solid waste under Section…

Port St. Lucie prohibits manufacturing fireworks outright and makes selling them unlawful except by a registered wholesaler licensed with both the state fire marshal and the city…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

Port St. Lucie's landscape code sets native-species quotas for regulated sites: at least 50% of required trees and 25% of shrubs must be native. Single-family lots instead owe a set…

On improved property in Port St. Lucie, owners must keep grass and weeds from exceeding 12 inches in length, and must also mow and clear the swale between the pavement and their…

You need a tree removal permit before cutting down, substantially altering, relocating or damaging a protected tree in Port St. Lucie: any tree of 12 inches D.B.H. or greater, or any…

Routine trimming and pruning that is not meant to kill the plant needs no permit in Port St. Lucie. Substantially altering or damaging a protected tree does: 12 inches D.B.H. or…

Port St. Lucie adopts the South Florida Water Management District's year-round landscape irrigation rules by reference in section 65.07. The city writes the daily no-water window into…

Port St. Lucie's landscaping code will not let artificial turf, or any synthetic tree, shrub, ground cover or vine, satisfy a site's required plant landscaping. Section 154.04(H) bars…

Port St. Lucie treats a backyard compost pile as recycling, not illegal waste disposal, under Code Section 80.14(f), as long as the pile doesn't turn into a nuisance. If a compost pile…

St. Lucie County lets residents water any plant material with rain barrels, cisterns, or similar rain-harvesting devices on any day and at any time, with no exposure to the…

Port St. Lucie sets decibel-based nighttime limits under Code of Ordinances Chapter 94: in residential areas the maximum drops to 55 dBA/60 dBC between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and…

Section 94.05(n) exempts construction noise between 7:00 a.m. and sundown once a building permit is issued. Work generating noise between sundown and 7:00 a.m. needs a special permit…

Sec. 92.09 bans keeping an animal outdoors that barks, howls or similar between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or that does so repetitively and habitually for five minutes or more. Indoor…

Port St. Lucie bans sounding a vehicle horn continuously for more than 30 seconds and car audio plainly audible 25 feet away. General motor-vehicle noise is exempted to the extent…

Port St. Lucie bans loudspeakers and amplifiers in or next to residential areas from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays when the…

Port St. Lucie's noise chapter expressly exempts noise from operating any aircraft, so overflight noise cannot be cited under Chapter 94. Model aircraft and drones are not exempt, and…

Leaf blowers and other lawn equipment are exempt from St. Lucie County noise limits during normal landscape maintenance from sunrise to sunset (Code § 28-111(12)). Port St. Lucie…

St. Lucie County Sec. 28-110 sets receiving-property dBA limits: residential 60 (day) / 55 (night), commercial 65 at all times, industrial 70 at all times, measured at the property…

Port St. Lucie does set maximum occupancy for every residential district in section 158.082, based on floor area, bedroom size and toilets. But subsection (E) exempts guests staying…

The Port St. Lucie code creates no short-term-rental permit or registration. What it does require is a City business tax receipt under Chapter 111 before you operate, plus proof of any…

St. Lucie County and its cities cannot set minimum-night stays or cap how many nights per year you rent. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) preempts any local rule regulating the duration…

St. Lucie County and its cities cannot restrict vacation rentals to a host's primary residence. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) bars local rules that prohibit rentals or regulate their…

Florida imposes a 6% state sales tax, plus county discretionary surtaxes of 0.5 to 1.5%, on rentals of living accommodations for six months or less, applying universally to short-term…

Port St. Lucie's code sets no clock-time overnight parking ban, but Section 90.01 makes it unlawful to leave a vehicle on public property or a road right-of-way for more than 36 hours…

Chapter 72 controls stopping, standing and parking in Port St. Lucie. Sec. 72.01 bans parking on sidewalks, in intersections, within 15 feet of a hydrant and in a residential swale…

Section 72.03 makes it unlawful to park a commercial vehicle, bus or heavy equipment in any residential zone or on streets abutting residentially zoned lots. Pickups and vans get one…

Recreational vehicles and boats may sit in a residential area only inside an enclosed structure, on a paved driveway, or to the side or rear of the home behind the ten-foot rear…

Port St. Lucie caps passenger curb loading zones at five minutes and freight curb loading zones at 30 minutes under City Code Sec. 72.09. Police officers and code enforcement issue…

Port St. Lucie bars leaving any motor vehicle unattended on public property, including road rights-of-way, for more than 36 hours under Code Section 90.01. A vehicle without a current…

Single-family homes on a designated arterial or collector street with two or more lanes must build a circular driveway under Port St. Lucie's off-street parking code. If Public Works…

St. Lucie County and Port St. Lucie have no ordinance banning home EV chargers; installing one at a house needs an electrical permit. Florida Statute 718.113(8) bars a condominium…

Residents may not paint public curbs or create their own parking restrictions in St. Lucie County. In Port St. Lucie, the city manager is the designated authority for establishing…

Florida caps the drop fee a tower can charge at half the posted rate if the owner shows up mid-tow, requires a signed itemized receipt, and forces storage lots within 10 to 15 highway…

Port St. Lucie requires every single-family home to have a garage or carport of at least 200 square feet at certificate of occupancy, so converting one to living space runs against…

Port St. Lucie sets a minimum house size in every residential district, so a very small dwelling will not qualify as a stand-alone home, and the code separately bans living in a…

Section 158.217(C)(2)p caps a carport at 200 square feet on lots under 18,500 square feet and 400 square feet of total carport area on larger lots, with height limited to the principal…

Port St. Lucie defines an accessory dwelling unit but does not list one among the accessory uses allowed in single-family districts, and Sec. 158.217(C)(2) prohibits every accessory…

Two sections govern. Zoning Code Sec. 158.229 caps domestic animals at five in residential zoning districts, with Vietnamese potbellied pigs restricted to one. Sec. 92.18 separately…

Port St. Lucie bans keeping livestock or fowl, including chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese, anywhere in the city except areas zoned as agricultural districts. Only the animals listed…

Port St. Lucie's animal chapter classifies dangerous dogs by what a dog has done, not by breed. The Sec. 92.01 definition turns on bites, attacks and menacing behavior, and no breed is…

Port St. Lucie zones an animal hospital or veterinary clinic as an enclosed "kennel" use. The city allows it by right in the General Commercial (CG) and Service Commercial (CS)…

Port St. Lucie Code § 92.20 bans pet shops from selling dogs, cats, or rabbits sourced from breeders, brokers, or wholesalers. Every animal a pet shop offers for retail sale must come…

Port St. Lucie doesn't require every pet to be microchipped, but Code Section 92.41(b) ties a lifetime pet license to proof the animal carries a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)…

Port St. Lucie authorizes trap-neuter-vaccinate-return colonies for community cats under Code Section 92.19, exempting properly cared-for community cats from licensing…

Port St. Lucie Code § 92.05(a) bars permanently housing any "captive wildlife" animal in the city unless the owner holds a permit from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…

Port St. Lucie makes it unlawful under Code § 92.03 to let any animal run at large or sit outside your home without proper restraint. Section 92.01 defines restraint precisely: a leash…

In city parks, Port St. Lucie bans giving food to any animal or bird, and bans hunting, trapping or disturbing wildlife, dens and nests. Outside parks the code prohibits hunting…

Port St. Lucie's code treats bee keeping as a zoning use, not an animal-control matter. It is listed as a permitted use only in the General Use district, and Section 158.041 prohibits…

Any cat or dog adopted from a county-funded shelter or authorized adoption agency in St. Lucie County must be sterilized before release, or the adopter must sign a written agreement…

Port St. Lucie caps residential fences at eight feet measured from finished grade. Decorative fencing in front of the building line is limited to four feet, and fences must sit at…

Residential fences in Port St. Lucie must be chain link steel wire (6-9 gauge), aluminum, vinyl coated steel, polyester powder steel, cedar, white oak, cypress, redwood or pressure…

A building permit is required before you install a fence in Port St. Lucie; the residential fee is $65.00, or $51.00 online. Section 158.216 sets the materials, height and setback your…

Port St. Lucie regulates retaining walls only where they sit in a mapped regulatory floodway. Sec. 152.16(c) ties retaining wall construction that involves fill placement to the…

Port St. Lucie requires every fence to sit inside the owner's own property line, on the plat the city adopted, under City Code § 158.216(F). The section also makes the property owner…

Pool fences in Port St. Lucie must comply with FL §515 Residential Pool Safety Act. Minimum 48-inch height, self-closing self-latching gates, at least one additional safety feature…

Any private pool, hot tub or spa holding water more than 24 inches deep must be completely surrounded by a fence or barrier at least 48 inches high, with self-closing, self-latching…

Port St. Lucie zoning treats a family day care home as a permitted residential use, not a special exception, in districts such as Estate Residential (RE). Sec. 153.01 caps the number…

Port St. Lucie permits home occupations in residential areas, but Zoning Code Sec. 158.217(F)(2) requires that the occupation not reveal from the exterior that the dwelling is being…

Home occupations are allowed in residential zones under Zoning Code Section 158.217(F). You may have up to two employees or independent contractors on site, and anyone advertising or…

Florida's Cottage Food Law lets St. Lucie County residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods from their home kitchen without a Department of Agriculture permit, as long as…

Port St. Lucie's code has no drone-specific ordinance. Its only aviation rule limits where aircraft may be operated, noise from a power model vehicle is not exempt from the noise…

Florida expressly preempts local regulation of drones, reserving authority to the state and federal government, with limited surveillance and trespass exceptions.

Any electrical installation, alteration, repair or replacement in Port St. Lucie must follow Chapter 27 of the Florida Building Code, Building Volume, and Part VIII of the Residential…

Port St. Lucie requires a building permit before anyone constructs, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves or demolishes a building or structure. The Florida Building Code, adopted locally…

Port St. Lucie applies the Florida Building Code, Plumbing to every installation, alteration, repair or replacement of plumbing systems and fixtures, adopted locally at Code § 150.001…

Port St. Lucie enforces the Florida Building Code's inspection sequence under Code § 150.001, which adopts the FBC 7th Edition with city amendments. Section 110.3 lists mandatory…

Port St. Lucie sells reclaimed (recycled) irrigation water through its own system, and Code Sec. 61.16 sets the terms: capacity is reserved in 1,000-gallon-per-day increments…

Every tattoo artist and tattoo establishment operating in Port St. Lucie must hold a City business tax receipt before opening. Sec. 111.45's Category IV schedule classifies 'Tattooist…

Secondhand dealers in Port St. Lucie need the same city business tax receipt pawnbrokers do, but Chapter 116 layers on dealer-specific rules: a 30-day hold on every item before resale…

Port St. Lucie bans selling e-cigarettes or liquid nicotine to anyone under 18 and forbids self-service displays of vape products under Chapter 119 of the Code of Ordinances. Retailers…

A massage establishment in Port St. Lucie needs the standard local business tax receipt under Code Sec. 111.45 Category III ($134.00 a year), not an adult entertainment permit, as long…

Adult entertainment establishments may open in Port St. Lucie only within the IN Industrial District, and only after the City Building, Police, Fire and Planning & Zoning departments…

A Port St. Lucie property owner can have an unauthorized vehicle towed from private property only if the tow company follows Code Section 90.03: storage within 15 miles, notice to…

Port St. Lucie requires every pawnbroker to obtain a city business tax receipt under Code of Ordinances § 116.04 before opening for business. Chapter 116 also puts pawnbrokers on the…

A Port St. Lucie structure is "unfit for human occupancy" under Property Maintenance Code § 41.05 when the code official finds it unsafe, in disrepair, unsanitary, vermin- or…

Owners of unimproved (vacant) lots in Port St. Lucie must keep weeds, grass, vines, Brazilian pepper and other invasive growth under 24 inches within 10 feet of side and rear lines…

Port St. Lucie Code § 95.17 makes it unlawful to dump litter or refuse on public roads, waterways, private property without consent, or construction sites. Section 95.20 backs the ban…

Every multi-family, commercial, industrial, office, and institutional property in Port St. Lucie must screen its refuse and recycling dumpsters behind a five-foot masonry enclosure at…

Port St. Lucie residents recycle exclusively through the city's franchise hauler under Code Section 80.06(c), setting recyclables out in a hauler-provided cart separated from garbage…

Port St. Lucie caps residential bulk waste, furniture, white goods, and large carpet pieces, at 2 cubic yards per curbside set-out under Section 80.06(d) of the Code of Ordinances…

Port St. Lucie limits curbside yard waste to 4 cubic yards per household per week under Section 80.06(e) of the Code of Ordinances. Branches and stumps must be cut to 4 feet or less…

Port St. Lucie requires every residential and commercial property to use the city's franchise hauler for garbage collection under Section 80.03 of the Code of Ordinances. There is no…

Port St. Lucie suspends garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulk waste pickup on Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas under Sections 80.02 and 80.06(a)(3) of the Code of…

Port St. Lucie requires garbage and recycling carts to be screened from the street between pickups and set at the curb only in a narrow window under Sections 80.09(b) and 80.06(a)…

Before a garbage or recycling cart goes to the curb in Port St. Lucie, Section 80.05 of the Code of Ordinances dictates exactly how the waste must be packed: household trash bagged…

St. Lucie County requires yard trash to be separated from other solid waste, and recyclable materials to go to authorized recycling. Port St. Lucie provides curbside recycling carts…

Port St. Lucie's Floodplain Management Regulations, Chapter 152, require development in flood hazard areas to be built to or above the base flood elevation shown on FEMA maps and…

Port St. Lucie's Chapter 56 Stormwater Management code makes it unlawful to block, fill, alter or obstruct any swale, canal, ditch or drainage course without a city, state or federal…

Port St. Lucie requires a city-approved erosion and sediment control plan before any land-disturbing activity begins, because uncontrolled runoff accelerates erosion and degrades the…

Port St. Lucie requires a floodplain development permit before any grading, filling, subdivision, or construction begins in a mapped flood hazard area. The City Engineer serves as…

Private boat docks and boathouses on Port St. Lucie canal or waterway lots may protrude no more than 5 feet into the waterway under City Code § 158.217(B), with wider canals allowing…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Port St. Lucie landlords who agree, even implicitly, to furnish heat must keep habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms at 68°F or warmer under Property Maintenance Code §…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Florida's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Chapter 83 Part II, exclusively defines lawful eviction grounds and procedures statewide, preempting cities from adding just-cause…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) preempts local regulation of vacation rental bans, duration, and frequency, while FS 83.425 (2023) preempts local regulation of residential tenancies…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

It is unlawful to consume or possess an open container of beer, wine or liquor within 500 feet of a licensed bar, restaurant or bottle club in Port St. Lucie unless you are inside a…

Port St. Lucie confines smoking to posted, designated smoking areas on city parks and other city properties under Code Sec. 96.26, added by Ord. No. 22-82 in September 2022. Lighting…

Skateboards, along with bicycles, scooters, self-balancing transporters, and rollerblades, are allowed throughout Port St. Lucie parks under City Code Sec. 96.60, except on athletic…

Filming a movie, TV show or documentary on a Port St. Lucie street, sidewalk or alley requires the same street closure permit as a parade or festival, issued by the chief of police…

Port St. Lucie allows fences, pools, patios, sheds and other removable improvements to extend into a city-owned 20-foot easement only under a revocable encroachment permit issued by…

Port St. Lucie bans placing barriers, berms, decorative walls, plantings other than turf grass, irrigation systems or loose rock in a public right-of-way, including sidewalks and…

Port St. Lucie's Property Maintenance Code puts sidewalk repair on the abutting property owner, not the city. Section 41.08(a) requires sidewalks, walkways, stairs, driveways, curbs…

Any public assembly, organized activity, or reserved gathering in a Port St. Lucie park or recreation center needs a permit from the Parks and Recreation director under City Code Sec…

A Port St. Lucie block party, defined in City Code Sec. 99.03 as an organized residential neighborhood gathering on a public right-of-way confined to a designated area, needs a street…

Any parade or procession on a Port St. Lucie street needs a street closure permit from the chief of police, who sets the route and can only approve parades on weekends, national…

A road festival or street fair on a Port St. Lucie street, sidewalk or alley needs a street closure permit under City Code Chapter 99. The city treats any admission-charging outdoor…

Port St. Lucie caps outdoor lighting fixtures at 25 feet and requires every fixture to be shielded so it does not create a visible nuisance or direct glare on adjoining residential…

Port St. Lucie requires every billboard's lighting to be shielded so it cannot beam toward residential, institutional, or commercial land, or onto any public or private road…

St. Lucie County's Treasure Coast beaches are protected by a sea-turtle lighting ordinance (LDC 6.04.02). Between the coastal control line and the Atlantic, no artificial light may…

Medical Marijuana Dispensing Facilities in Port St. Lucie must sit at least 500 feet from any existing public or private preschool, elementary, middle, or high school, measured under…

Port St. Lucie allows Medical Marijuana Dispensing Facilities as a permitted use in the General Commercial (CG) and Industrial (IN) zoning districts, and as a special exception in…

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may grow cannabis.

Port St. Lucie caps window signage at 40 percent of any window or door surface under Code of Ordinances Section 155.04(B)(18), with convenience stores held to a tighter 20 percent…

Digital billboards in Port St. Lucie are billboards, period, and every billboard needs a ten-year special exception under Code of Ordinances Section 155.08(S). The rule bans flashing…

Port St. Lucie requires a code compliance permit before any garage sale, and that permit itself doubles as the sign: it must be prominently displayed on the on-premises garage sale…

In unincorporated St. Lucie County, campaign signs are content-neutral non-commercial temporary signs. They must sit wholly on private property, and in single-family districts may not…

Port St. Lucie requires buildings and accessory structures in flood hazard areas to meet elevation standards tied to the base flood elevation. An accessory structure used only for…

After a declared disaster, Port St. Lucie manages storm debris under City Code Sec. 98.13, encouraging recycling and reuse of vegetative debris, authorizing temporary staging areas…

Port St. Lucie lets owners install storm shutters or hurricane protection devices year-round, but under Property Maintenance Code § 41.10(m) the devices can only be closed and secured…

Port St. Lucie's Estate Residential (RE) zoning district requires a 25-foot front setback, two 10-foot side setbacks, and a 25-foot rear setback under City Code § 158.071(I). Corner…

In Port St. Lucie's Estate Residential (RE) zoning district, no more than 30 percent of a lot can be covered by buildings under City Code § 158.071(F). RE lots must be at least 20,000…

Port St. Lucie caps residential building height at 35 feet in the Estate Residential (RE) district under City Code § 158.071(G), the same limit used in most single-family zoning…

Port St. Lucie's Florida-Friendly Fertilizer ordinance exempts bona fide farm operations from its fertilizer timing, content, and application rules under City Code § 44.09, deferring…

St. Lucie County's animal nuisance code excludes agricultural properties from its noise-based public nuisance definition. Animals on land zoned AG-1, AG-2.5, AG-5, or AR-1 with an…

Port St. Lucie's landscape code forces removal of Category 1 invasive plants before a project gets its certificate of occupancy. Code of Ordinances Section 154.03(L) names species such…

Port St. Lucie's subdivision code requires shade trees on both sides of every new street, with spacing tied to mature canopy size: large trees 50 to 60 feet apart and 4 feet from the…

Property owners in Port St. Lucie who do not want door-to-door solicitors can post a sign at the entrance to say so, and Sec. 112.06 makes it unlawful for any solicitor or peddler to…

Anyone going door to door in Port St. Lucie to sell goods, wares, merchandise or services must get a permit from the Police Department under Sec. 112.20 before making a single knock…

Port St. Lucie's noise code does not require a decibel meter to cite booming car or house stereos. Section 94.02 defines "plainly audible" so that detecting just the rhythmic bass…

Port St. Lucie's Property Maintenance Code makes rodent and insect control a standing duty. Section 41.14 requires every structure to stay free of infestation, with prompt…

Port St. Lucie parks stay open every day of the year on posted hours set individually for each facility, and City Code Sec. 96.07 lets the chief of police, with the city manager's…

Florida Statutes 877.20 through 877.25, the Juvenile Curfew Act, set a uniform statewide framework allowing counties to impose curfews on minors under 16 with specific hours…

Port St. Lucie caps residential garage sales at three per calendar year under Code of Ordinances § 158.219(A), and each permitted sale can run no more than three consecutive days. A…

Port St. Lucie routes code complaints through the Code Compliance Division of the Neighborhood Services Department. A code compliance officer must personally investigate a complaint…

Port St. Lucie bans mobile food trucks and temporary commercial kitchens from operating within any street, public right-of-way, drainage right-of-way, or city easement under Code of…

Port St. Lucie confines mobile food dispensing vehicles (MFDVs) and Temporary Commercial Kitchens to lots in the CN, CG, CS, IN, and WI zoning districts under Sec. 121.02. Vending is…

Mobile food trucks and temporary commercial kitchens in Port St. Lucie may only run from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. under Code of Ordinances § 121.03(b)(1), and must display written…

Port St. Lucie's code does not regulate homeless encampments as a distinct topic; the closest governing rule is the park camping ban in Sec. 96.66, which confines camping to areas the…

Port St. Lucie protects historic and prehistoric sites under City Code § 157.31: no archaeological or historic site in the city may be destroyed or altered without a city permit…

Port St. Lucie sorts every business, profession and occupation into one of nine local business tax categories under Code Sec. 111.45, with annual receipt fees running from $15.00 for a…

Port St. Lucie authorizes red light traffic cameras under Chapter 74 of its Code of Ordinances, added by Ord. No. 25-68 on November 24, 2025. The city uses "traffic infraction…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

Port St. Lucie treats residential solar panels as structures requiring standard building permits, with rooftop units exempt from height limits if set 2 feet from the roof edge and…

Florida law voids any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA agreement that bans or effectively blocks solar collectors on homes or condo units, and boards cannot deny installation…

Fires and grilling in Port St. Lucie parks are confined to park grills, privately owned grills, and other designated cook-out spots such as fire rings and barbecue areas under City…

St. Lucie County levies a 5% tourist development tax on rentals of six months or less in hotels, motels, apartments, condominiums, mobile home parks and RV parks countywide under Code…

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.3085, unpaid assessments become a lien on a parcel, and the homeowners' association may foreclose like a mortgage. Before recording the lien the association must…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Under Fla. Stat. §§ 720.303 and 720.3035, a Florida HOA enforces its recorded covenants and architectural standards, but only where authority is stated or reasonably inferred in the…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 403.7033 preempts the regulation of disposable plastic bags by local governments, prohibiting cities and counties from enacting bans or fees on retailers pending a…

Florida Statute 500.90 preempts the regulation of polystyrene products by local governments, blocking cities and counties from banning expanded polystyrene foam food containers, cups…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…