Environmental Rules in Florida (2026)

Florida law assigns the Department of Environmental Protection, the water management districts, and local governments…

Homestead enforces strict stormwater management requirements due to its flat terrain, high water table, and proximity…

Ocoee enforces NPDES MS4 stormwater program under EPA and SJRWMD oversight. Illicit discharges prohibited. Construction…

Chapter 9, Article II, rewritten by Ordinance 2024-001, applies to every area inside the city. Site perimeter grades…

Sunrise requires the first half-inch of rainfall from any site to be retained on-site using swales, trench drains, or…

Boynton Beach bans any discharge into the city's stormwater system that isn't composed entirely of stormwater, under…

Broward County requires a Public Works and Environmental Services Department license before constructing any stormwater…

Clearwater bans any discharge into the city stormwater system that is not composed entirely of stormwater, with limited…

Escambia County bars illicit discharges and illicit connections into its municipal separate storm sewer system under…

Jacksonville bans dumping anything but stormwater into its storm sewer system and funds citywide drainage management…

Jupiter Town Code § 20-278 bans any discharge into the town's stormwater system that isn't plain stormwater or that…

Leon County bans illicit discharges and illicit connections into its storm sewer system under Sec. 10-13.107, enforcing…

Miami-Dade County requires DERM Director approval and onsite stormwater retention before building driveways, patios…

Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances Section 94.02 bars anyone from placing material in a canal, culvert, catch basin…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, dumping anything but rainwater into the storm sewer system or receiving waters is…

Safety Harbor's stormwater ordinance bans any discharge into the municipal storm sewer system that is not pure…

Seminole County bans discharging anything but stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system (MS4) and prohibits…

Tampa's Stormwater Management Ordinance (City Code ch. 21) bars anyone from altering surface or subsurface drainage to…

West Palm Beach bans discharging anything but stormwater into its municipal separate storm sewer system under Code §…

Alachua County Code § 77.09 bans dry-weather discharges of specific wastewater types, car-wash and pressure-washing…

Building or altering a stormwater system in Bay County requires an Environmental Resource Permit. Under Fla. Stat…

Boca Raton's Initial Stormwater Control Ordinance bans discharging anything but stormwater into the city's storm…

Unincorporated Brevard requires every stormwater management facility to be designed, built, and maintained under the…

Cape Coral runs a dedicated Stormwater Management Utility under Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances, first enacted by…

Building or altering a stormwater system in Charlotte County requires an Environmental Resource Permit. Under Fla…

Citrus County runs its own stormwater utility under Code Chapter 99, created to meet the county's federal NPDES…

Clay County's illicit discharge ordinance bans dumping anything but stormwater into its municipal separate storm sewer…

Cocoa runs its drainage system as a stormwater utility created under Ord. No. 2-92, billing every developed and…

Collier County regulates stormwater discharges under Code Sec. 54-80.3, reaching industrial, commercial, residential…

Coral Gables imposes a mandatory stormwater management utility fee on every developed property in the city, priced by…

Coral Springs created a municipal stormwater collection utility under Code Sec. 26-3, funded by a non-ad valorem…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida requires new development to control stormwater so post-development runoff rates and…

The Town of Davie requires a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) with every building and engineering permit…

Daytona Beach requires an approved stormwater management plan before clearing, filling, subdividing or developing land…

Deerfield Beach bans dumping, spilling or discharging any non-stormwater material into the city's stormwater system or…

Deltona bans discharges that impair its municipal stormwater system (MS4) or violate NPDES permit terms, and requires…

Doral runs a stormwater management utility under Chapter 47, Article II, billing every developed property a monthly fee…

The Flagler County Drainage Ordinance requires anyone building in unincorporated Flagler County to control stormwater…

Every lot and parcel in Fort Lauderdale pays a stormwater management utility fee under Code section 28-195, sorted into…

Fort Myers bars dumping or discharging any nonstormwater material, paint, oil, wastewater, pool backwash, into surface…

New subdivisions in unincorporated Franklin County cannot be platted without an adequate stormwater management system…

Every development in Gainesville must treat the first inch of stormwater runoff on-site and control stormwater quantity…

Gulfport bans illicit discharges into its storm sewer system under Sec. 11-93, backed by a civil penalty of up to…

Building or altering a stormwater system in Hernando County requires an Environmental Resource Permit. Under Fla. Stat…

Hialeah runs its own Stormwater Utility, billing every developed residential and nonresidential parcel an ERU-based fee…

In unincorporated Highlands County, Division 4 of the Land Development Regulations governs every stormwater management…

New subdivisions in unincorporated Hillsborough County must design stormwater systems to SWFWMD water-quality standards…

Hollywood runs a citywide Stormwater Management Utility under Chapter 54, charging every lot a fee based on impervious…

Building or altering a stormwater system in Indian River County requires an Environmental Resource Permit. Under Fla…

Kissimmee prohibits illegal connections and discharges to its storm sewer system, and requires construction…

Any development activity in unincorporated Lake County that clears land, changes land use, alters a shoreline, or adds…

Largo bars anything but pure stormwater from entering its separate storm sewer system under Code § 23-215. Paint…

Every new development in unincorporated Lee County must control its own stormwater runoff, and the on-site system has…

Property owners in unincorporated Manatee County must maintain any stormwater drainage facility on their land that…

New structures and additions need an individual stormwater drainage plan approved by the County Engineer before a…

Martin County requires every new development to hold post-development runoff at predevelopment rate, volume, timing and…

Melbourne requires a permit from the city engineer before any activity that can alter stormwater runoff, from clearing…

Miami charges every developed lot a monthly stormwater utility fee: a $7.00 base rate per equivalent residential unit…

Miami Beach requires every residential, commercial and construction site to deploy best management practices that keep…

Miami Gardens operates a Stormwater Utility that manages the city's 20-square-mile drainage system. The Development…

Every parcel in Miramar pays a stormwater management utility fee scaled to its Equivalent Residential Units under Code…

In unincorporated Nassau County, any project that alters natural or man-made drainage collection, storage or conveyance…

New Port Richey controls what can be discharged into its storm sewer system to protect water quality, under its…

North Port requires every lot owner to maintain the stormwater swale in front of their property, including mowing…

Florida Statutes Section 373.413 requires a permit before anyone constructs or alters a stormwater management system…

Unincorporated Orange County requires an engineered stormwater management system on every new development before…

Every development in Orlando must control the extra stormwater runoff it generates from a 25-year, 24-hour storm with a…

Osceola County bans dumping anything but rain into its storm drains. Code section 9-193 lists twelve specific illicit…

Palm Bay property owners must build and maintain their own stormwater drainage facilities and get Public Works Director…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bans dumping anything but rainwater into county storm drains, covering illicit…

Palm Coast charges every property owner a monthly stormwater management fee under City Code § 24-136, billed in…

Pasco County bills a Stormwater Utility Fee to every developed parcel in the unincorporated area to fund its stormwater…

Polk County's Stormwater Quality Management Ordinance bars discharges that impair the county's storm sewer system or…

Pompano Beach Code § 53.13 bars discharging anything into the city's stormwater system without written permission from…

Most new construction and land-use changes in Port Orange need a stormwater development permit before work starts…

Port St. Lucie's Chapter 56 Stormwater Management code makes it unlawful to block, fill, alter or obstruct any swale…

New development in the City of Sarasota must meet the city's Engineering Design Criteria Manual (EDCM) for stormwater…

Sarasota County's Water Pollution Control Code bans dumping anything but stormwater into the county's storm sewer…

In the City of Satellite Beach, every development must design its surface water runoff to match natural…

St. Lucie County regulates what can enter its municipal separate storm sewer system under Article VI of the county…

Every development and redevelopment project in St. Petersburg must prepare a drainage and surface water management plan…

Development in unincorporated Sumter County must retain stormwater sized to a 25-year, 24-hour storm for open drainage…

Development that changes stormwater's predevelopment rate, volume or direction off-site needs approved treatment under…

Titusville, Florida requires a Stormwater Management Permit under Land Development Regulations Sec. 30-202 before…

Volusia County bars anyone from discharging polluted stormwater into its MS4 storm sewer system. Industrial, commercial…

Winter Haven requires most new development and redevelopment to submit a stormwater management plan and hold…

Florida runs its own federally approved NPDES stormwater permit program under Fla. Stat. 403.0885, requiring…

Erosion and sediment control in Bay County runs through the Environmental Resource Permit. Under Fla. Stat. §373.413…

Jupiter grading permits required for fill over 50 cubic yards or any change affecting neighboring drainage. Lots must…

Coral Gables bars construction runoff, erosion, and sediment from reaching stormwater drains, canals, and waterways…

Gulfport requires a city council permit, granted only after a public hearing, before anyone digs a borrow area or fills…

Before building or altering a stormwater management system, dam, impoundment, or similar water-control structure in…

Orange County requires a development approval and tree removal permit before any land clearing, mass grading, fill, or…

Any construction project subject to Alachua County's development review must submit an erosion and sedimentation…

Boynton Beach's property maintenance code requires every lot to be graded and maintained so soil does not erode and…

Brevard County requires sediment barriers to be built before any land disturbance, soil stabilization within seven days…

Filling, grading, or draining land in a flood hazard area of unincorporated Broward County requires a floodplain…

Cape Coral requires erosion control devices in the roadside swale on both sides of any lot undergoing construction or…

Grading and drainage in Charlotte County are governed by the Environmental Resource Permit and the county land…

Before clearing, grading, or filling a development site in unincorporated Citrus County, the Land Development Code…

Every excavation in unincorporated Clay County must use erosion and sedimentation control best management practices at…

Any utility digging in Clearwater's rights-of-way must follow the erosion and sediment controls in City Code Sec…

Cocoa requires a site development permit before clearing an acre or more of land, and no permit issues until the city…

Any commercial, development or private excavation permitted under Collier County's Excavation Regulations must go up…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, requires construction sites to control stormwater so sediment stays onsite and state…

Every lot and premise in the Town of Davie must be kept properly drained; if an owner won't fix it, the town can do the…

Before clearing, grading, filling, or building anything in Daytona Beach, developers must get a stormwater management…

Deerfield Beach requires every construction, development, excavation or alteration project to use best management…

Doral requires every construction site to keep the fronting roadway and rights-of-way clean of dirt, sediment and…

Escambia County requires erosion and sediment control on every construction site before land clearing begins. LDC §…

Development projects in unincorporated Flagler County that hold a stormwater permit from a state or federal agency must…

Fort Myers requires a written permit before filling, altering, or relocating any drainage canal, ditch, or easement, or…

Construction on a platted subdivision in unincorporated Franklin County must include an erosion and sediment control…

Gainesville can require developers to limit clearing and grubbing, control erosion and sedimentation during and after…

Erosion and sediment control in Hernando County runs through the Environmental Resource Permit. Under Fla. Stat…

Every construction site in unincorporated Highlands County that needs a Florida Building Permit or a county…

Grading, filling, excavating, or otherwise changing the topography of land in unincorporated Hillsborough County is…

Hollywood requires every site plan application to include an erosion and sediment control plan built to Florida…

Homestead requires an erosion and sediment control plan before issuing any building permit for land-disturbing…

Grading and drainage in Indian River County are governed by the Environmental Resource Permit and the county land…

Construction sites in Jacksonville must use best management practices to keep sediment on-site and control stormwater…

Kissimmee requires an early land preparation or site improvement permit before any grading, tree removal, or vegetation…

Construction sites in unincorporated Lake County that hold an NPDES industrial or construction stormwater discharge…

Every construction site in Largo that breaks ground must run erosion and sediment control from day one under Code §…

Construction disturbing more than one acre in unincorporated Lee County must have a Stormwater Pollution Prevention…

No clearing, grading, cutting, or filling can start in unincorporated Leon County until erosion and sediment control…

Marion County requires erosion control on every construction site to stop uncontrolled stormwater runoff, with drainage…

Martin County requires erosion and sediment controls on every construction site to be installed, operated, and…

Melbourne requires a stormwater management plan before most land-disturbing construction, and City Code Sec…

Miami requires a fill permit from the resilience and public works department before grading land that sits two feet or…

Any land-disturbing construction in Miami Beach, even on less than an acre, must use FDEP-standard sediment and erosion…

Miami-Dade County requires erosion and sedimentation controls for construction near rights-of-way or water bodies…

Any site in unincorporated Nassau County where construction disturbs natural cover or topography must control erosion…

New Port Richey requires a state-licensed civil engineer's signed and sealed drainage plan, approved in writing by the…

New one-and-two-family development in North Port must submit a site and drainage plan showing existing grades, swale…

Before Orlando approves a Final Site Plan or issues a building permit, the plan must include a drainage and erosion…

Before clearing, grading, or filling an undeveloped lot, Palm Bay requires a certified biologist's threatened-species…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, new construction must be graded to keep stormwater on the building site until it…

Palm Coast requires Best Management Practices to keep construction sites from eroding into the city's canals, ditches…

Pembroke Pines does not run a citywide construction erosion-and-sediment ordinance; its erosion-control standard is…

Plantation's erosion rules run through its stormwater and waterway sections rather than a slope ordinance. Construction…

Polk County requires construction sites to retain sediment on-site and follow the county's Best Management Practices…

Pompano Beach Code § 53.16(A) requires every construction site to maintain structural and non-structural best…

Construction sites in Port Orange must follow the city's erosion and sediment control standards, and any project…

Port St. Lucie requires a city-approved erosion and sediment control plan before any land-disturbing activity begins…

Safety Harbor requires every lot to be graded to prevent soil erosion and stop water from pooling on the property or…

City of Sarasota requires an erosion and siltation control permit from the city engineer before any land is cut…

Sarasota County's Earthmoving ordinance requires anyone excavating, filling, or stockpiling dirt on a permitted site to…

In the City of Satellite Beach, every site plan submitted for development review must include a plan describing the…

Seminole County requires any construction disturbing more than one acre to control stormwater on site under a permitted…

St. Lucie County requires an approved erosion and sediment control plan before any construction activity begins, under…

Lots created through St. Petersburg subdivision platting must be graded so all surface drainage complies with the…

Any land-disturbing activity in unincorporated Sumter County that could cause sedimentation or erosion must control it…

In flood-prone Sunrise, filling and grading count as floodplain development, and every site must retain its first…

Every environmental management permit application in Tallahassee must include a sediment and erosion control plan under…

Tampa Code Sec. 21-27 requires a drainage and earthwork permit before any excavating, grading, filling or stockpiling…

Titusville, Florida ties erosion and sediment control directly to its stormwater management permit: Sec. 30-213…

Volusia County requires a permit before anyone clears land, drains it, or changes a structure's size or use in the…

West Palm Beach requires a city-approved stormwater pollution prevention plan before breaking ground on any…

Winter Haven requires developers building under a site development plan, subdivision review, or infill single-family…

During construction in Deltona, developers must seed, mulch, or sod exposed soil and use temporary siltation basins as…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform…

Panama City Beach and Mexico Beach front the Gulf of Mexico. Under Fla. Stat. §161.053, an FDEP permit is required to…

Brevard County sets its own coastal setback line 25 feet west of the 1981 FDEP control line. No new major habitable…

Charlotte County wraps around Charlotte Harbor and fronts the Gulf at Manasota Key. Under Fla. Stat. §161.053, an FDEP…

Indian River County fronts the Atlantic on a barrier island and cradles the Indian River Lagoon. Under Fla. Stat…

Destin, Okaloosa Island, and Fort Walton Beach front the Gulf of Mexico. Under Fla. Stat. §161.053, an FDEP permit is…

Volusia County's 47 miles of Atlantic coast are governed by the FDEP Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) per F.S…

Sunrise is inland western Broward with no ocean coastline, so there is no coastal construction control line…

Florida adopts a single statewide building code that incorporates flood-resistant construction standards from FEMA and…

Boynton Beach has extensive FEMA AE and VE flood zones along the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway. NFIP…

Significant portions of Homestead are in FEMA-designated flood zones (AE, AH, X). Properties in Special Flood Hazard…

Jupiter extensively mapped in FEMA flood zones AE, VE (oceanfront), and X. Lowest floor elevation must be at or above…

The City of Miami has extensive FEMA flood zones due to coastal exposure, Biscayne Bay, and low elevation. Chapter 11…

Miami Gardens participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and enforces the 50% rule for structures in…

Ocoee participates in FEMA NFIP. Portions near Lake Apopka, Starke Lake, and Lake Johio lie in AE and A Zones. Base…

Palm Beach County has extensive coastal AE and VE flood zones requiring elevation above Base Flood Elevation (BFE)…

Plantation's floodplain ordinance in Chapter 9 requires buildings in special flood hazard areas to sit at base flood…

Most of low-lying Sunrise sits in FEMA flood zones. The city's Floodplain Management Ordinance requires construction…

Tampa prohibits new development, building expansions or fill inside the 100-year floodway, the 25-year floodway…

Any development inside a mapped flood hazard area in unincorporated Alachua County needs a floodplain development…

Bay County's Floodplain Management Ordinance requires a floodplain development permit for any construction, fill…

Any development in a Collier County flood hazard area, from subdivisions to swimming pools to manufactured-home…

Coral Gables requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, filling, or grading in a FEMA-mapped…

Any development activity in a Doral flood hazard area, from grading to new construction, needs a floodplain development…

Any development wholly or partly inside a mapped flood hazard area in unincorporated Highlands County, from subdividing…

Any development in a Hillsborough County flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work starts…

Any development wholly or partly inside a mapped flood hazard area in unincorporated Manatee County needs a floodplain…

Miramar regulates every form of development inside a mapped flood hazard area under Chapter 6 of its Land Development…

Nassau County's Floodplain Management Ordinance requires a floodplain development permit for any development within a…

Any development within a mapped flood hazard area in New Port Richey requires a floodplain development permit under the…

Chapter 158 applies to flood hazard areas across unincorporated Pinellas County and county-jurisdiction property…

Anyone starting development within Pompano Beach's flood hazard areas must first get a floodplain development permit…

Any development, wholly or partly within a Port Orange flood hazard area, needs a floodplain development permit from…

New construction and substantial improvements anywhere in Sarasota County's mapped flood hazard areas must be built…

Any development wholly or partly inside a St. Petersburg flood hazard area, new construction, additions, fill, pools…

Titusville regulates development in mapped flood hazard areas under its Floodplain Management Ordinance, Chapter 30…

Any development, from grading to new construction, inside a mapped special flood hazard area in Boca Raton needs a…

Brevard County requires new construction and substantial improvements in mapped flood hazard areas to sit at least 12…

Any development in a Broward flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work starts, under the…

Any development in a Cape Coral flood hazard area, filling, grading, utility work, or placing a manufactured home…

Any grading, filling, or construction in a Charlotte County flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit…

Any development wholly or partly inside a Citrus County flood hazard area, from grading to a new manufactured home…

Clay County amended the Florida Building Code to route every request to vary the state's flood hazard construction…

Any development, alteration, or land-disturbing work wholly or partly inside a mapped flood hazard area in Cocoa needs…

Development wholly or partly inside a Dade City flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work…

Any construction, fill, or grading wholly or partly within a FEMA-mapped flood hazard area in Davie requires a…

Development in a Daytona Beach flood hazard area needs a Floodplain Development Permit for structures exempt from the…

Before any site work in a flood hazard area, Deltona requires a floodplain development permit from the floodplain…

Any grading, subdivision, or construction inside a mapped flood hazard area in unincorporated Escambia County needs…

Unincorporated Flagler County regulates all development within mapped flood hazard areas under its Floodplain…

Fort Lauderdale maps its flood hazard areas from the FEMA-based Flood Insurance Study for Broward County and its Flood…

Fort Myers adopts FEMA's Lee County flood maps by reference and requires a floodplain development permit before any…

Any development wholly or partly inside a flood hazard area in unincorporated Franklin County, from grading and utility…

Any development wholly or partly inside a mapped flood hazard area in Gainesville needs a floodplain development permit…

Gulfport requires a floodplain development permit before any grading, construction, or utility work begins inside a…

Any development in a Hialeah special flood hazard area, from new buildings to filling and grading, needs a development…

Any development in a Hollywood flood hazard area, from grading and utility work to buildings exempt from the Florida…

Any development in a Jacksonville flood hazard area needs a floodplain permit, and new lowest floors must sit 2 feet…

Kissimmee requires a floodplain development permit for construction, filling, or grading in FEMA-mapped flood hazard…

Any development in a Lake County flood hazard area, from grading to building expansion, needs a floodplain development…

Any development in a Lee County flood hazard area, filling, grading, subdivision, manufactured homes, pools, even…

Leon County requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, fill, grading or manufactured home…

Every subdivision, building, fill operation and utility installation wholly or partly within a mapped Special Flood…

Any development wholly or partly inside a Melbourne flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work…

Miami Beach requires a development permit before any grading, filling, or construction activity in a mapped flood…

New homes and substantially improved residential structures in unincorporated Miami-Dade's Special Flood Hazard Areas…

North Port requires a floodplain development permit from the Floodplain Administrator for any construction, filling, or…

Okaloosa County's Floodplain Management Ordinance regulates all development within flood hazard areas in the…

Orange County regulates any development that sits wholly or partially inside a mapped flood hazard area in the…

Orlando's Floodplain Regulations, City Code § 63.220, govern nearly every kind of development touching a flood hazard…

Osceola County amended the Florida Building Code's flood provisions to set exact elevation floors by flood zone and to…

Any development wholly or partly inside a Palm Bay flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit from the…

Pembroke Pines requires a floodplain development permit before any construction or land-disturbing work in a mapped…

Port St. Lucie requires a floodplain development permit before any grading, filling, subdivision, or construction…

Any development within a flood hazard area in Safety Harbor requires a floodplain development permit before work…

City of Sarasota requires new buildings citywide to be built to a minimum finished floor elevation, tying the height to…

Satellite Beach's Floodplain Management Ordinance regulates all development in flood hazard areas, from subdivisions…

Before approving repairs, additions or alterations to an existing building in a Seminole County flood hazard area, the…

Unincorporated St. Johns County regulates all development in mapped Flood Hazard Areas under the Flood Damage Control…

Unincorporated Sumter County regulates every development activity in a mapped flood hazard area under Article XI, the…

Tallahassee requires a floodplain development permit before any development activity, including fill, grading, or…

Any development in a flood hazard area of unincorporated Volusia County, from grading and fences to home additions…

West Palm Beach requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, filling, grading, subdivision or…

Winter Haven requires a floodplain development permit for any construction, fill, grading, or utility work wholly or…

In unincorporated Citrus County, a boat dock can't go on a vacant lot lacking a principal use or structure unless the…

Fort Lauderdale prohibits private docks on city-owned waterway frontage, including street ends, municipal parks and…

Building a private boat dock on Hollywood city property requires a lease agreement with the city plus a building permit…

No dock, boathouse, seawall or other shoreline structure can go up on unincorporated Lee County waters without a County…

Building, repairing, or installing a dock, lift, or other mooring structure in Pompano Beach waterways requires an…

Port Orange, Florida requires a shoreline development permit before building a residential dock, then limits how far it…

The Sarasota County Water and Navigation Control Authority permits every dock, pier or boat lift in county waters…

Docks on unincorporated Alachua County waterfront are a limited use under ULDC Section 404.108, capped at 600 square…

Boca Raton limits how far a private dock can reach into a canal and how many a single waterfront lot can have. Under…

Residential boat docks in unincorporated Brevard need a county building permit and public works site plan approval…

Unincorporated Broward caps private docks at 5 feet past the property line into a waterway and 10 feet from a…

Cape Coral requires a building permit before any dock, wharf, mooring pile, or boat canopy is built on a waterfront…

A boat dock, lift, ramp or other boating structure in unincorporated Charlotte County needs a building permit before…

Coral Gables caps private docks on Biscayne Bay at 25 feet and requires a development services permit before any dock…

Daytona Beach allows one private dock per waterfront lot, with a second dock possible once frontage reaches 100 feet…

Doral requires a permit before building a residential dock under City Code Section 74-285, with plans and…

Docks, piers, and marinas anywhere in unincorporated Escambia County, from Perdido Key to Pensacola Beach, must sit…

Before building a bulkhead, boat dock or pier on waterfront property in unincorporated Flagler County, the owner must…

Fort Myers requires a city permit plus state/federal sign-off and bottom-owner consent before building, adding to…

Anyone building a residential dock or pier in unincorporated Franklin County must follow the site plan and construction…

Gulfport requires a permit before anyone builds, alters or removes a pier, dock, seawall, bulkhead, groin or jetty in…

Building or altering a dock or boathouse on a Highlands County waterway needs a building permit, and Development…

Boat docks and structures in Homestead canals require SFWMD permits and potentially Army Corps of Engineers…

Private boathouses on residential waterfront lots in Jacksonville are capped at 900 square feet as an accessory…

A private dock in Jupiter needs a town building permit before it goes in the water, and the Code sets hard numeric…

Private boat docks and ramps on the Harris Chain of Lakes and other unincorporated Lake County waterfront are allowed…

Martin County requires detailed construction drawings for any residential or commercial dock, built to Florida Building…

Building a dock, boat lift or covered mooring on Melbourne waterfront property requires a city building permit backed…

Miami requires a building department permit before constructing, reconstructing, or repairing any dock, pier, seawall…

Miami Beach caps how far a dock, wharf or mooring pile can extend into a canal or waterway, measured from the seawall…

Miami-Dade County requires a DERM environmental permit before building any dock, davit, boat lift, mooring or fender…

Miramar requires building department approval before anyone builds a dock, caps how far a dock can extend onto public…

North Port limits single-family docks to one per lot, caps mooring at two vessels, and requires a five-foot side…

A dock on a waterway in unincorporated Orange County needs a dock construction permit from the county's Environmental…

Orlando requires a City permit before any dock is built or repaired on a waterfront lot, and City Code § 58.977 caps…

Palm Bay requires a city building permit plus a state submerged-land authorization from DEP, the St. Johns River Water…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, accessory boat docks on a residential lot must clear a five-foot side setback, and…

Building a new dock or seawall, or enlarging, altering, repairing, or demolishing an existing one, requires a Pasco…

Pembroke Pines allows a private dock, boat landing, pier, or mooring pile as an accessory use in any residential…

Building any dock or other obstruction to navigation in Pinellas County's waters, from Tampa Bay to Lake Tarpon…

Private boat docks and boathouses on Port St. Lucie canal or waterway lots may protrude no more than 5 feet into the…

City of Sarasota limits new docks on Sarasota Bay, Big Pass, and New Pass to 100 feet in overall length and 500 square…

Private boat docks, piers and boathouses are a permitted accessory use in St. Johns County's residential and Open Rural…

St. Petersburg requires a permit before building, expanding or reconstructing a residential or commercial dock under…

Along the Indian River Lagoon in Titusville, Brevard County, piers, wharves and docks are allowed uses within the…

Volusia County caps residential boat docks at 750 square feet, including any boathouse, and limits walkways to eight…

West Palm Beach lets waterfront owners with riparian rights build one dock per lot under City Code § 94-313, capped at…

Boat docks, piers, bulkheads and boathouses are exempt from the county's standard mean-high-water-line setback in every…

Boca Raton bans idling a motor vehicle over 8,000 pounds for more than 2 consecutive minutes on private property within…

Trucks over 8,000 pounds may not idle for more than two minutes within 150 feet of residential property in Davie, with…

At Lakeland Linder Airport, Code § 14-41(c) requires every commercial ground transportation operator and transport…

Martin County caps truck tractor and refrigeration trailer engine idling at five minutes inside any approved truck stop…

Sarasota County's Unified Development Code requires every off-street loading area serving retail, warehouse, industrial…

Buildings in a Doral special flood hazard area must be elevated at least one foot above whichever is highest of three…

In unincorporated Highlands County's mapped flood hazard areas, new construction and substantially improved buildings…

Hillsborough County requires new critical facilities in flood hazard areas to sit three feet above base flood…

New and substantially improved homes in Pompano Beach must have the lowest floor at or above the base flood elevation…

Port Orange's local amendment to Florida Building Code Residential Section R322.2.1 requires the lowest floor of a new…

Alachua County requires the lowest floor of any residential structure on an existing lot of record in a flood hazard…

Unincorporated Bay County requires new buildings, structures and manufactured homes in flood hazard areas to sit at or…

Boca Raton adds a mandatory buffer above the federal flood map. Under City Code Sec. 19-238(2), new buildings in flood…

New construction and substantial improvements in Brevard County's special flood hazard areas must have their lowest…

Unincorporated Broward County ties new construction to FEMA's base flood elevation, requiring accessory structures and…

When FEMA's maps place a Cape Coral parcel in a flood hazard area but list no base flood elevation, Section 9.4.2 puts…

In unincorporated Citrus County flood hazard areas, non-elevated accessory structures must be built with flood…

Cocoa's local amendment to the Florida Building Code, Residential requires new homes in flood hazard areas to elevate…

Collier County requires most unincorporated homes to sit well above the road, not just above the base flood elevation…

Coral Gables bars any variance letting a building's lowest floor sit below the mapped base flood elevation, with…

Dade City's floodplain ordinance requires the floodplain administrator to pin down a base flood elevation before…

When FEMA flood maps don't specify an elevation for a site, Davie's floodplain ordinance sets the base flood elevation…

Daytona Beach requires new construction in flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor at least 1 foot above base…

New construction and substantial improvements in Deltona flood hazard areas must set the lowest floor at least 12…

Escambia County requires new construction and substantial improvements inside special flood hazard areas to sit at…

In unincorporated Flagler County's flood-prone subdivision areas, the minimum finish floor elevation must sit at least…

Buildings and structures in Fort Lauderdale that are exempt from the Florida Building Code, including substantial…

In flood hazard areas, Fort Myers requires below-grade accessory structures used for parking or storage to have…

Where FEMA has not published a base flood elevation for a mapped Zone A parcel in unincorporated Franklin County, the…

New buildings and substantial improvements inside a Gainesville flood hazard area must have their lowest finished floor…

Buildings exempt from the Florida Building Code in Gulfport's flood hazard areas must meet ASCE 24 flood-resistant…

New or substantially improved homes in Hialeah's special flood hazard areas must elevate the lowest floor to the ASCE…

New and substantially improved residential buildings in Hollywood must elevate the lowest floor at least 18 inches…

Any development in a Homestead flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit, and new buildings outside the…

Jacksonville requires new construction in flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor to 2 feet above base flood…

Jupiter requires new and substantially improved buildings in flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor to at least…

Kissimmee requires fill in special flood hazard subdivisions to raise the lowest floor at least 18 inches above the…

New homes in a Lake County flood hazard area must be built with 18 inches of freeboard above the base flood elevation…

Land Development Code § 10-253 sets the elevation floor for building in Lee County's floodplain: the first habitable…

Leon County requires buildings in flood hazard areas to meet ASCE 24 elevation standards or the county's flood…

Unincorporated Manatee County requires the lowest floor of new and substantially improved buildings in flood hazard…

Martin County requires accessory structures and utilities in Special Flood Hazard Areas to sit at or above the base…

Melbourne requires new and substantially improved buildings in flood hazard areas to elevate their lowest floor to the…

New construction and substantial improvements in Miami's special flood hazard areas must elevate the lowest floor to…

New construction and substantially improved buildings in Miami Beach's mapped flood zones must set their lowest floor…

New construction and substantially improved homes in Miami-Dade's Special Flood Hazard Areas must have their lowest…

Every structure built within a Special Flood Hazard Area in unincorporated Nassau County must set its finished floor at…

In flood hazard areas of New Port Richey, Florida, Pasco County's largest Gulf-side city, the Land Development Code…

North Port requires the lowest floor of any building on a special flood hazard area parcel to sit above the base flood…

Okaloosa County requires new and substantially improved buildings in flood hazard areas to meet minimum elevation…

In unincorporated Orange County, a manufactured home that is placed, replaced, or substantially improved in a flood…

Orlando requires the lowest floor of every new building, citywide, to sit at least 18 inches above the crown of the…

Unincorporated Osceola County requires homes and other Group R-3 buildings in flood hazard areas to raise the lowest…

When FEMA's flood maps don't list a base flood elevation for a site, Palm Bay's Floodplain Administrator defaults it to…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County requires new construction and substantial improvements in AE, AH, and VE flood zones…

Palm Coast requires new and substantially improved buildings in coastal high-hazard (Zone V) and Coastal A flood zones…

Pasco County amends the Florida Building Code to set its own design flood elevation rules: any repair, addition, or…

Pembroke Pines requires new and substantially improved buildings to elevate their lowest floor above the highest of…

New buildings in unincorporated Pinellas County's coastal high hazard and Coastal A zones must be elevated one to two…

Plantation requires new and substantially improved buildings in a special flood hazard area to be elevated to at least…

Port St. Lucie's Floodplain Management Regulations, Chapter 152, require development in flood hazard areas to be built…

New construction and substantial improvements in Safety Harbor's mapped flood hazard areas must meet base flood…

Unincorporated Sarasota County requires new construction and substantial improvements in Special Flood Hazard Areas to…

Where a mapped Zone A has no published base flood elevation, Satellite Beach's Floodplain Administrator can set it at…

In Seminole County flood hazard areas, builders must submit an elevation certificate the moment the lowest floor…

St. Petersburg's local amendment to the Florida Building Code Residential requires new and substantially improved homes…

Sumter County's local amendment to the Florida Building Code, Residential, Sec. 6-72, requires the lowest floor of…

Tallahassee requires new and substantially improved residential structures in a mapped flood hazard area to sit at…

Where FEMA's flood map shows a flood hazard area but no base flood elevation (Zone A), Tampa's floodplain administrator…

Titusville's own base flood elevation and freeboard standard for buildings comes through the Florida Building Code, but…

Structures built in a Volusia County flood hazard area must sit above the base flood elevation, not just at it. County…

West Palm Beach's Floodplain Management ordinance requires new and substantially improved manufactured homes to sit at…

Winter Haven Code of Ordinances Section 5-23 amends the Florida Building Code to require new buildings' lowest floors…