Owners of vacant lots in unincorporated Escambia County must keep them clear of litter and overgrowth. An unauthorized accumulation of litter on any property, vacant or occupied, is a violation subject to county abatement and liens.
The litter-control article makes owners responsible for litter on vacant land, and businesses must keep adjacent vacant lots they own or lease free of wind-driven litter (section 42-158). Overgrowth on residentially or commercially classified vacant lands is also a nuisance under section 42-196(d), unless the parcel is one acre or larger, outside a platted or unplatted residential subdivision, and the owner records a good-faith affidavit to restore it to a natural vegetative state. Enforced by Code Enforcement under Chapter 30.
The county makes a written demand; uncorrected lots are cleared by the county with costs assessed as a lien under section 42-164, plus possible misdemeanor prosecution under F.S. § 125.69.
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