Weston, FL Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

Section 52.24(B) prohibits any Person from throwing, depositing, or dumping litter on open or vacant private property within Weston, whether or not that Person owns the lot, a rule written separately from 52.24(A)'s ban on occupied property to reach undeveloped and unimproved parcels specifically. Section 52.24(C) then imposes an ongoing maintenance duty: the owner or Person in control of any private property must at all times keep the premises free of litter, though the section carves out an exception allowing litter to be stored in authorized private receptacles pending collection.

Read together, a vacant-lot owner in Weston faces two distinct obligations: keeping third parties from dumping on the lot is a shared prohibition on anyone, while keeping the lot itself litter-free is the owner's or controlling party's own continuing duty regardless of who caused the litter. A related duty appears in Section 52.29, which requires Persons owning or occupying property to keep the sidewalk fronting their premises free of litter as well. These sections were adopted by Ordinance 2010-12 on October 4, 2010, and amended by Ordinance 2024-09 on May 20, 2024.

Chapter 52 sets no separate fine for a vacant-lot violation, so it is enforced under the Code's general penalty, Section 2.99: up to $1,000 per day for a first violation, up to $5,000 per day for a repeat violation, and up to $15,000 per violation if deemed irreparable, or up to 60 days in jail.