Seminole County, FL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

Sec. 90 splits the rule in two: subsection (a) bars planting or maintaining any tree, shrub or plant within County right-of-way, or on private property abutting it, in a manner that constitutes a traffic safety hazard. Subsection (b) separately bars plantings that damage or hazard a street, sidewalk, curb, driveway, water line, sewer line or other public utility. Once the County Traffic Engineer determines, after an engineering and traffic investigation, that a planting creates either hazard, the abutting property owner has ten days from notice to remove it at no cost to the County under Sec.

94(a). A companion rule at Sec. 91 bars any fence, wall, hedge or planting between two and six feet high within the sight triangle at a corner lot, measured 25 feet from the intersection of the street property lines. Notice must go by certified mail under Sec. 92, stating the Engineer's findings and advising the owner of a right to appeal to the Board of County Commissioners within ten days by filing a notice of appeal with the Office of the County Traffic Engineer. The Traffic Engineer may grant an extension for good cause under Sec. 93.