Landscaping Rules in Florida (2026)

In unincorporated Pasco County a Tree Removal Permit is required to remove any tree five (5) inches diameter at breast…

Cutting, pruning, or trimming any tree, shrub, or vine in a Coral Gables street, city right-of-way, or park requires a…

Anyone who trims trees for hire in the Town of Davie, Broward County must hold a current Broward County Tree Trimmer's…

Fort Myers bans trimming, cutting or removing street trees in the right-of-way or required street trees without city…

Jacksonville requires written permission from the Director of Public Works before anyone trims or removes a tree along…

Martin County bans letting vegetation hang across or above a public sidewalk or bicycle path if it blocks pedestrians…

Broward County bans hatracking, topping, flush cuts, and non-ANSI pruning cuts as "tree abuse" countywide, whether or…

Cape Coral's Land Development Code lets the power company trim or remove any canopy tree branch or palm frond that…

Pruning a tree on your own Charlotte County home draws no county permit, and Florida Statute 163.045 blocks permit or…

Clearwater treats a tree, shrub, or object on a parkway or private property near a street intersection as an unlawful…

Florida law preempts Collier County here. On your own single-family residential property you may prune, trim or remove…

No one may cut, trim, or remove a tree or shrub on Daytona Beach public property without prior city approval except in…

Deerfield Beach prohibits letting trees, bushes or shrubs grow so they encroach on the public right-of-way. City Code…

Tree trimming in Delray Beach must follow ANSI A300 standards per City Code Chapter 100 and the Land Development…

Doral property owners must maintain the landscaping on the right-of-way strip in front of their lots, and Section…

For a single-family home, if a certified arborist documents that a tree is a danger, Escambia County cannot require a…

Unincorporated Flagler County bars trees and plants on private property from overhanging a road right-of-way in a way…

On single-family residential property, Florida Statute 163.045 preempts Fort Lauderdale from requiring a permit, fee…

Gulfport property owners must prune and maintain their trees so they don't block a public right-of-way, visibility…

Trees growing in county road rights-of-way in unincorporated Highlands County cannot be cut or damaged except for…

Owners of property next to a public swale must keep required street trees pruned to a minimum seven-foot clearance…

Homestead's landscape code caps how much of a tree property owners and contractors can cut at once: no more than…

Pruning a tree on your own Indian River County home draws no county permit, and Florida Statute 163.045 blocks permit…

Jupiter's landscape maintenance ordinance sets a hard clearance line for trees that overhang a street or sidewalk…

Kissimmee requires property owners to keep tree and shrub branches trimmed to at least seven feet above sidewalks and…

Routine trimming and pruning of your own residential trees needs no county permit. Florida law bars local governments…

Lakeland Code Sec. 38-56 declares any tree, palm or vegetation that grows within five feet of an electric wire a public…

Vegetation the Code requires may only be pruned to promote healthy, uniform, natural growth, following ANSI A300 Part 1…

Trees and landscaping inside a Leon County sight triangle must be trimmed so drivers get an unobstructed view between…

Manatee County requires every tree and shrub on a property to stay clear of pedestrian and vehicle traffic, and Sec…

A tree removal permit from the County's Landscape Architect is required to remove any Regulated Tree in unincorporated…

Trimming, pruning, or removing any tree on a Miami street, sidewalk, median, or right-of-way requires a permit from the…

Miami Beach declares street-side trees a hazard once they block a sidewalk, obscure traffic signage, or cut sight lines…

Tree trimming in Miami-Dade County does not require a permit if done per ANSI A-300 standards. However, excessive…

Miramar's Land Development Code makes every property owner responsible for keeping trees and hedges trimmed clear of…

In unincorporated Nassau County, trees and palms near street and driveway intersections must be trimmed so no limbs or…

North Port requires tree branches over a sidewalk to clear at least 8 feet and branches over the street's travel lanes…

All tree pruning, trimming and removal work in Orlando must follow ANSI Z133.1 arborist safety standards and ANSI A300…

Tree trimming in unincorporated Palm Beach County is largely deregulated for residential parcels following FL FS…

Pembroke Pines makes property owners responsible for trimming trees in the swale and front yard so they clear the…

Plantation requires every property owner, including single-family homeowners, to keep landscaping trimmed for public…

Unincorporated Polk County sets no permit for routine trimming of trees on private residential property. Florida law…

Port Orange's commercial property maintenance article requires trees and shrubs at commercial, industrial, office and…

Routine trimming and pruning that is not meant to kill the plant needs no permit in Port St. Lucie. Substantially…

City code makes it a nuisance to plant or keep a tree, shrub, or other object near a street intersection that blocks a…

Routine trimming of trees on your own residential lot needs no county permit. Under Florida law, a homeowner may even…

City of Sarasota law bars trees from hanging over a public sidewalk or right-of-way: owners must keep them trimmed to…

Pruning a tree inside a Sarasota County Canopy Road Protection Zone or a public right-of-way requires a Tree Permit…

Routine trimming and pruning of your own trees is generally allowed, but removal (and some heavy trimming) of protected…

You may prune your own trees, but in Port St. Lucie substantially altering or damaging a protected tree requires a…

City Code § 16.40.060.3.1.F requires branches over a public sidewalk to clear at least 8 feet, and branches over a…

Sunrise bans 'tree abuse': no hatracking, topping, or over-pruning a tree under 30 feet, and cuts must follow ANSI…

Tampa Code Sec. 22-309 makes it every tree owner's duty to trim branches projecting over a sidewalk or street to a…

Homeowners in Temple Terrace may trim trees on their own property but must follow ANSI A300 standards for health and…

City Code § 74-4(c)(4) requires every lot in West Palm Beach to be kept free of vegetation and trees that overhang a…

Winter Haven property owners must prune any tree overhanging a street or right-of-way so branches never block a…

Florida law strips Osceola County's authority to require a notice, permit, fee or replanting for pruning, trimming or…

Routine tree trimming on private property in Boynton Beach does not require a permit thanks to FL §163.045, which…

Pruning or trimming a tree on your own Hernando County home draws no county permit. Florida Statute 163.045 goes…

Hillsborough County tree trimming on residential single-family parcels is largely deregulated by FL 163.045, which…

In unincorporated Okaloosa County, single-family homes are exempt from the tree code, so homeowners may trim their own…

Florida §163.045 preempts most local tree trimming rules for residential properties. Orange County cannot require…

Florida Statute 163.045 prohibits cities and counties from requiring permits, fees, or replanting when a residential…

A tree protected by LDC Article V may be removed only after a permit is secured from the administrator. Protected means…

Tree removal in Miami Gardens requires a permit from the city's planning department. Miami-Dade County protects all…

Ocoee requires a tree removal permit for any protected tree 8 inches DBH or larger on private property. Replacement or…

City of Sarasota bans removing a grand (heritage) tree, a large live oak, pine, or cedar, unless the director of…

Sunrise requires a permit before removing ANY tree, on any property. A tree survey is required unless the lot has five…

West Palm Beach requires a tree removal permit for any tree 4-inch DBH or greater under City Code §94 Article XIII. FL…

Alachua County requires a tree removal permit before any regulated tree, native species eight inches or larger in…

Boca Raton requires a tree permit before anyone cuts down, destroys, moves or damages a tree, specimen tree, historic…

Broward County's tree preservation ordinance bans removing or abusing any tree, or a historical tree, without PWESD…

Cocoa requires a tree removal permit before cutting most trees on vacant land, open-space areas of developed…

Coral Gables bans cutting, pruning, breaking, stapling, piercing or otherwise defacing any tree, shrub, orchid or vine…

Removing, relocating, or destroying any regulated tree in the Town of Davie, Broward County, Florida requires a town…

Cutting, moving, removing, or destroying any tree in Deltona requires a tree removal development permit; violators must…

No tree, specimen tree, or vegetation in a natural forest community can be removed in Doral without a permit issued…

Removing a protected tree in unincorporated Escambia County needs a county permit under LDC § 2-3.6, and staff can only…

Cutting down any tree 4 inches or more in trunk diameter within Fort Myers city limits requires a city permit first…

Clearing trees and vegetation on development sites in unincorporated Highlands County requires a county land clearing…

Cutting down, relocating or destructively damaging a tree three inches or more in trunk diameter anywhere in Hollywood…

Jacksonville requires a permit before cutting down any protected tree, six inches DBH near a lot line and up, though…

Removing a tree in Jupiter requires a vegetation removal permit from the department of planning and zoning, whether the…

Removing, altering or relocating a protected tree in Kissimmee requires a permit: reviewed with site plan or plat…

In unincorporated Leon County, any tree of 18 inches DBH or greater is a protected tree and cannot be cut down without…

Cutting down, destroying, or moving any tree in Melbourne requires a land alteration permit from the engineering…

Miramar requires a Tree Removal/Relocation Permit before cutting down, relocating or encroaching on the dripline of any…

Removing, effectively removing or transplanting a protected tree anywhere in Pinellas County, incorporated or…

Plantation requires a tree removal/relocation permit (TRP) from the Public Works Department before cutting, relocating…

Cutting down, relocating, or substantially altering a protected tree in Pompano Beach requires a Tree Permit, and the…

Cutting down, moving or damaging any tree or protected natural vegetation in Port Orange without a tree removal permit…

Removing a protected tree anywhere in unincorporated Sarasota County requires a Tree Permit under § 54-584, but §…

Removing a protected tree in Tallahassee requires an environmental management permit under Land Development Code Sec…

Tampa bans cutting, removing, relocating, damaging, or destroying any protected tree without a permit from the Planning…

No tree in unincorporated Volusia County comes down without a permit from the county forester first. County Code §…

Unincorporated Brevard County requires a land clearing permit before removing a protected tree, hardwoods 10 inches dbh…

Cape Coral requires a Land Clearing and Fill permit before clearing trees and vegetation on a site, under Land…

In unincorporated Citrus County, any tree four inches or more in diameter at breast height is a protected tree under…

Clay County requires an approved tree preservation plan before removal work begins on commercial, industrial, or public…

Outside the FS 163.045 danger-tree exemption, Collier County's Land Development Code makes it unlawful to remove or…

Cutting down a regulated tree in Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, requires a Tree Removal Permit from the City…

Removing a protected tree in Daytona Beach, including historic and specimen trees or vegetation counted toward required…

Delray Beach Land Development Regulations Section 4.6.19 requires permits for removal of protected trees, though FL…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires a permit before removing or clearing any protected tree, defined as a listed…

Gainesville requires a tree removal permit before any living regulated tree, generally eight inches or more in…

Removing any tree six inches or more in diameter at breast height, or removing, trimming or altering a mangrove…

Hialeah follows Miami-Dade County's tree protection framework under County Code Section 24-49, which mandates…

Hillsborough County requires developers to preserve every tree 5+ inches in trunk diameter and every grand oak on a…

Tree removal in Homestead is regulated under Miami-Dade County Code Section 24-49. Protected native species like live…

Homeowners need no county permit to remove a residential tree documented as dangerous by a certified arborist (FS…

Lakeland Code Sec. 38-51 makes it unlawful to plant Australian pine, Turk's Cap, melaleuca or any other invasive growth…

Largo requires city manager authorization before any tree can be removed from a public right-of-way, under City Code…

A Tree Removal Permit from the Planning Department Director is required to remove, relocate, or destroy protected…

Martin County protects any native hardwood tree of 8 inches DBH or greater (4 inches on a development's perimeter) and…

Miami requires a tree permit before removing, relocating, or heavily pruning any tree 12 feet or taller with a 2-inch…

Miami Beach requires a tree work permit before removing or effectively destroying any non-specimen, specimen, heritage…

A DERM permit is required to remove or destroy most trees countywide, but yard trees at an existing single-family home…

On unincorporated Amelia Island outside Fernandina Beach, cutting down a protected tree, any healthy tree five inches…

New Port Richey requires inch-for-inch tree replacement when a permitted tree is removed, or a payment into the city's…

Removing a protected or heritage tree in North Port requires either on-site replacement meeting planting standards or…

Orlando requires a tree removal permit from the Parks Official before anyone destroys, injures, or removes a protected…

No permit is required to remove a documented-danger tree on your own residential lot; Florida Statute 163.045 preempts…

Removing any Palm Bay tree 6 inches DBH or larger, or a palm with 4.5+ feet of clear trunk, requires a permit first…

Pembroke Pines requires a city permit before any property owner cuts down or relocates a tree, per Code of Ordinances §…

Unincorporated Polk County does not require a county permit to remove a tree on private residential land. Florida…

You need a tree removal permit before cutting down, substantially altering, relocating or damaging a protected tree in…

No county tree-removal permit is needed on an existing single-family or duplex home site. Development parcels must…

Property owners in the City of Satellite Beach must obtain a permit before removing or relocating a protected tree…

An Arbor Permit is required before removing protected trees in unincorporated Seminole County under Land Development…

Port St. Lucie requires a tree removal permit before cutting down, moving, or destroying a protected tree, with…

When removing a tree drops a St. Petersburg one- or two-unit lot below its minimum tree count, City Code §…

Sumter County requires major development to design around trees 24 inches or larger in diameter and bars removing or…

Removal of protected trees in Temple Terrace normally requires a tree removal permit through the city unless the tree…

Titusville requires a permit before cutting, removing or damaging most trees in the city under Sec. 30-39, with the…

Winter Haven requires a tree removal permit before anyone removes, relocates or replaces a protected or specimen tree…

In unincorporated Bay County, a county permit is required only to remove a protected oak (30-inch trunk) in the Urban…

Boynton Beach cannot require permits or mitigation for residential tree removal when the homeowner has written…

Removing a tree on your Charlotte County home is protected by Florida Statute 163.045: no local government may require…

Removing a tree on your Hernando County home is protected by Florida Statute 163.045: no local government may require a…

Removing a tree on your Indian River County home is largely protected: single-family lots of an acre or less are exempt…

In unincorporated Okaloosa County, single-family and two-family homes are exempt from the tree code, so a homeowner can…

Under FL §163.045, Orange County cannot require permits to remove residential trees when a certified arborist documents…

Residential tree removal in unincorporated Palm Beach County is preempted by FL FS §163.045 when an ISA-certified…

FL §163.045 preempts local tree removal permitting on residential property when a certified arborist or ISA-certified…

Fort Lauderdale Code Section 18-3 defines 'overgrowth' as lawn, grass or weeds in excess of six (6) inches in height…

Alachua County Code § 74.36 caps 'nuisance overgrowth', weeds, grasses, shrubs, and underbrush left to grow…

Bay County lists "any excessive accumulation of overgrowth upon any developed or improved property" as a code nuisance…

Boca Raton caps grass, weeds and underbrush at 8 inches tall under Code of Ordinances § 10-26's definition of 'untended…

Boynton Beach caps weeds and other plant growth at 12 inches on every lot under Sec. 10-56(b)(4) of the Property…

Grass and weeds on unincorporated Brevard County lots can't exceed 10 inches in height under the county's excessive…

Broward County caps grass and weeds at 6 inches in developed unincorporated areas, 18 inches in rural, estate, and…

Cape Coral bans letting weeds, grass, vines, palmetto scrub or other noxious vegetation grow past 12 inches on private…

Charlotte County caps weed and grass height at twelve inches on any developed lot. Sec. 2-5-72 bans 'excessive growth,'…

Unincorporated Citrus County bans grass, weeds, brush and undergrowth over 18 inches high on residential, commercial…

Cocoa property owners, agents, lessees and occupants must cut weeds, grass and underbrush to no more than twelve inches…

In unincorporated Collier County, weeds, grass or similar unprotected overgrowth over 18 inches high on a mowable lot…

Coral Gables caps weeds, grass, and undergrowth at 12 inches on any lot, with a 5-day cure notice before the city can…

Grass and weeds can't grow past eight inches on developed lots in Coral Springs. City Code § 8-19(i) defines untended…

Dade City caps grass, weeds and brush at 8 inches on any lot, including the adjoining right-of-way strip, under Code of…

Owners and occupants of Davie property zoned other than agricultural must clear weeds, wild growth, and undergrowth…

Deerfield Beach declares underbrush, weeds, or untended grass over 12 inches tall on improved property a public…

Weeds and noxious vegetation over 12 inches are declared a public nuisance under Delray Beach Code Chapter 100, subject…

Deltona requires yards to be maintained so that grass and weeds do not exceed 12 inches in height. High weeds and grass…

Doral caps grass and lawn height at eight inches on improved property under Section 20-53(1) and limits weed…

Overgrowth on residential or commercial lots in unincorporated Escambia County is a nuisance under the county code…

Flagler County's lot maintenance ordinance defines nuisance weeds as grass, weeds, brush and undergrowth left…

Fort Myers requires owners and occupants to cut weeds, grass, and underbrush to no more than 12 inches, or the city…

Gainesville's Property Maintenance Code caps weeds and plant growth on residential property at 12 inches. The city's…

Gulfport treats weeds, grasses or other vegetation over 12 inches tall as a public nuisance under Code Section 12-2(a)…

Hernando County code treats grass or weeds over 18 inches within 100 feet of improved property as a nuisance…

Hialeah's occupied-property rule is separate from its vacant-lot rule: Sec. 78-33 makes the property owner, occupant…

On improved property in unincorporated Highlands County, weeds and other vegetation, aside from trees, ornamental…

Hillsborough County caps weeds, grass and underbrush at ten inches within 200 feet of any building, structure…

Weeds, grass or other vegetation on any Hollywood property, vacant or occupied, cannot exceed eight inches in height…

Homestead caps untended weed and grass growth at 8 inches on improved lots, including those in the Community…

Indian River County treats grass or weeds over 12 inches as a public nuisance under Chapter 973 inside built-out…

Jacksonville declares weeds, grass, underbrush and undergrowth over 15 inches tall a public nuisance on any lot…

Jupiter's Town Code makes it a public nuisance to let grass or weeds top 12 inches on any improved lot, per the…

Kissimmee caps all vegetation on landscaped property, grass, weeds, ground cover, at 12 inches above grade, measured…

On improved lots in unincorporated Lake County, grass, weeds and other uncultivated vegetation can't grow past 10…

Lakeland presumes any weeds, undergrowth or dead plant growth over one foot tall on a lot to be a public nuisance under…

Largo caps uncultivated weeds, grass and overgrowth at a mean height of 12 inches on developed lots under ten acres…

Owners, agents, custodians, lessees and occupants in unincorporated Lee County must cut and keep grasses and weeds to a…

Weeds, grasses, shrubs, bushes and underbrush cannot exceed 18 inches on improved or unimproved residentially-zoned…

In unincorporated Manatee County, lawn, grass, vegetation or weeds cannot exceed sixteen inches in height on any lot…

Martin County bans weeds and undergrowth over 12 inches tall on any lot, improved or unimproved, when the growth risks…

City code bars grass, weeds, or bushes over 12 inches on any lot in Miami; violators face code enforcement notice…

Miami Beach sets no inch-based height cap for grass or weeds on occupied properties. City Code Sec. 58-298(e) instead…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County caps grass and weeds at 12 inches on residential lots and 18 inches on nonresidential…

Miramar caps weeds, brush and grass at 6 inches on any lot with a structure and 12 inches on vacant land within 300…

New Port Richey caps weeds, brush and dead vegetation at 10 inches on vacant and foreclosure-registered properties…

North Port bans grass and weeds taller than 12 inches on any developed lot within city limits. Property standards…

Okaloosa County declares excessive vegetation over 18 inches a nuisance on improved MU-1 and MU-2 property in the…

In unincorporated Orange County, grass, weeds, or brush that reaches 18 inches is legally "excessive growth," and the…

Orlando bans letting weeds, undergrowth, or plant life accumulate excessively or grow untended on a lot when it…

Osceola County limits weeds, grass, and undergrowth to 12 inches on improved lots and 18 inches on unimproved lots…

Palm Bay caps weeds, grass, and undergrowth on improved (developed) property at 12 inches, and bars owners from letting…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County caps grass and weeds at 7 inches on developed lots and 18 inches on vacant lots, and…

Palm Coast code enforcement treats excessive, untended grass, weeds and brush on any improved lot as a public nuisance…

In unincorporated Pasco County, grass, weeds, brush, or undergrowth exceeding 12 inches in height is a prohibited…

Pembroke Pines requires every lot owner, lessee or occupant to cut and clear weeds and useless vegetation four times a…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, Sec. 58-331 bars letting weeds, plant material or debris grow or pile up untended…

Grass and weeds on improved lots in unincorporated Polk County cannot grow taller than 18 inches on more than ten…

Pompano Beach caps grass and weeds at 6 inches high on any property, improved or not, declaring anything taller a…

Improved residential lots in Port Orange must be kept free of fallen trees and limbs, with weeds, grass and undergrowth…

On improved property in Port St. Lucie, owners must keep grass and weeds from exceeding 12 inches in length, and must…

Safety Harbor caps weeds and untended plant growth on improved lots at twelve inches, with wider buffers required on…

Santa Rosa County Code Enforcement does not investigate vegetative overgrowth, grass, limbs, or woods, on private…

City of Sarasota bans overgrown weeds and grass on any lot, 10 inches on developed property, 12 inches on vacant land…

In unincorporated Sarasota County, grass and weeds over 12 inches are "Excessive Growth" and a public nuisance under…

In the City of Satellite Beach, grass and weeds cannot grow taller than six inches on improved lots or 12 inches on…

Seminole County Code Section 95.3(b) declares "uncultivated vegetation" a nuisance, and Section 95.2 sets the trigger…

St. Lucie County caps grass, weeds, brush and other overgrowth at 12 inches on any improved or unimproved lot in the…

St. Petersburg caps grass and weeds at a maximum overall height of 10 inches under City Code § 16.40.060.3.1.D, with…

Grass, weeds, or other plant growth taller than 24 inches on residential or commercial land in unincorporated Sumter…

Every owner, agent, lessee or occupant of real property in Tallahassee must keep weeds, grass and underbrush cut to 12…

Tampa caps weeds, undergrowth, and other dead or living plant growth at 12 inches under Code Sec. 19-50, whenever the…

Volusia County declares grass, weeds, brush and undergrowth over 12 inches tall a nuisance on developed lots in the…

West Palm Beach caps weeds and grass on every lot, improved or vacant, at six inches under City Code § 74-4(c)(3)…

Winter Haven caps weeds and plant growth on any lot at twelve inches under its Minimum Property Maintenance Standards…

Zephyrhills limits grass and weed height to 12 inches. Property owners must keep premises clean and remove dead trees…

Marion County has no countywide numeric grass-height ordinance for unincorporated property. Overgrown lots are…

Florida Statutes Chapter 373 grants water management districts authority to impose mandatory landscape irrigation…

Charlotte County sits in the Southwest Florida Water Management District (Swiftmud) and enforces a once-per-week…

Coral Springs is within the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) jurisdiction. Current Modified Phase III…

Dade City follows SWFWMD water restrictions. Lawn irrigation is limited to one day per week under the current Modified…

Hernando County sits in the Southwest Florida Water Management District (Swiftmud) and enforces a strict…

Indian River County sits in the St. Johns River Water Management District, which limits lawn irrigation to two days a…

Largo follows Southwest Florida Water Management District restrictions, currently a Modified Phase III shortage…

Unincorporated Lee County bans landscape irrigation between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every day and assigns watering days…

New Port Richey follows SWFWMD water restrictions enforced through Pasco County Ordinance Ch. 62, Art. II, Div. 3…

Unincorporated Pasco County limits irrigation of established lawns and landscaping to one address-assigned day per week…

Pinellas County enforces twice-weekly to once-weekly irrigation rules tied to Southwest Florida Water Management…

Pinellas Park follows Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and Pinellas County watering rules, which…

Safety Harbor follows SWFWMD watering rules: even addresses irrigate Thursday/Sunday, odd addresses Wednesday/Saturday…

Seminole, FL follows Pinellas County and SWFWMD watering rules. Under the current Modified Phase III order, irrigation…

Zephyrhills follows SWFWMD water restrictions enforced through Pasco County. Lawn irrigation is limited to one day per…

Hillsborough County limits lawn irrigation with potable, well or surface water to twice a week on set days by address…

Manatee County locally enforces Southwest Florida Water Management District water shortage orders, including the…

Alachua County limits landscape irrigation to fixed days and hours under Code § 77.49. During Daylight Saving Time…

Boca Raton bans lawn and landscape irrigation on Friday and between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every other day. Outside…

Unincorporated Brevard limits landscape irrigation to set days by address parity and bars watering between 10 a.m. and…

Broward County bans lawn watering from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day and limits irrigation to two set days a week based…

Cape Coral assigns every address a fixed two-day watering window based on the last digit of its street number, running…

Unincorporated Citrus County limits established lawn and landscape irrigation to one day a week, assigned by the last…

Clay County limits outdoor irrigation to two set days a week and never between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., splitting…

Collier County adopts the South Florida Water Management District's year-round schedule at Sec. 54-368: landscape…

Coral Gables bans lawn sprinkler use during set morning and evening hours every day from February through May, limiting…

Daytona Beach bans automatic and manual lawn irrigation between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., every day of the year, as its…

Deltona follows St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) watering restrictions. Irrigation is limited to…

Doral bans landscape irrigation between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily year-round and assigns fixed watering days by…

Unincorporated Flagler County limits sprinkler irrigation to two assigned days a week under Sec. 20-273, tied to an…

Fort Lauderdale follows the South Florida Water Management District's mandatory year-round landscape irrigation rule…

Fort Myers restricts landscape irrigation to two assigned days each week based on address parity, and bans all watering…

Gainesville has no year-round watering-day schedule in its municipal code. Instead, City Code Section 2-67(b) lets the…

Gulfport enforces the Southwest Florida Water Management District's water shortage orders as city law under Sec. 11-63…

SFWMD two-day-per-week irrigation applies in Hialeah. Odd addresses: Wed/Sat. Even: Thu/Sun. Before 10 AM or after 4…

Highlands County Code Section 7-20 adopts the Southwest Florida and South Florida Water Management Districts' rules by…

Hollywood limits landscape irrigation to overnight and early-morning hours and assigns watering days by street address…

Homestead follows South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) year-round landscape irrigation rules. Watering is…

Jacksonville limits landscape irrigation to specific days by address parity and season, with a citywide 10 a.m.-4 p.m…

Jupiter restricts landscape irrigation to the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. under Town Code § 20-344, and limits…

Kissimmee bans irrigation citywide between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. every day, with listed exceptions for micro-irrigation…

Unincorporated Lake County limits landscape irrigation to specific days under Lake County Code § 21-33, tied to your…

Most of unincorporated Marion County is governed by the St. Johns River Water Management District's year-round…

Martin County restricts landscape irrigation to two assigned days a week based on address parity and bans all sprinkler…

Melbourne limits landscape irrigation to two assigned days a week tied to your street address, with a mandatory shutoff…

Miami limits landscape irrigation to two fixed days a week by address parity and bans watering between 10 a.m. and 4…

Miami Beach bans landscape irrigation citywide between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily and limits sprinkling to two…

Miami-Dade County bans landscape irrigation from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and limits sprinkler use to two assigned days…

Miramar bans all landscape irrigation citywide between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every day under City Code § 21-62(a)…

North Port enforces the Southwest Florida Water Management District's year-round irrigation schedule as city law, with…

Orange County restricts landscape irrigation to two set days a week by address parity, banning watering between 10 a.m…

Orlando's landscape code does not set its own watering calendar: it directs that irrigation days, times, volumes and…

When the City Council declares a water shortage emergency, Palm Bay limits lawn and landscape watering to set…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County limits landscape irrigation to three assigned days a week by address, with no watering…

Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances § 50.35(D)(4) bars sprinkler irrigation between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. citywide and…

Plantation limits landscape irrigation to two days a week by street-address parity and bans watering citywide between…

Most of Polk County is in the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), which sets year-round twice-weekly…

Pompano Beach bans landscape irrigation citywide between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every day and limits sprinkler use to…

Port Orange restricts landscape irrigation to fixed days and times under City Code § 74-218: outside reclaimed-water…

Port St. Lucie adopts the South Florida Water Management District's year-round landscape irrigation rules by reference…

Santa Rosa County lies in the Northwest Florida Water Management District, which imposes NO day-of-week…

The City of Sarasota adopts the Southwest Florida Water Management District's irrigation-day and irrigation-hour rules…

Unincorporated Sarasota County enforces its irrigation-day and irrigation-hour limits by adopting the Southwest Florida…

Seminole County's Water Conservation Ordinance limits residential irrigation to two days a week by address, cuts to one…

Unincorporated St. Lucie County bans landscape irrigation from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. year-round and limits watering to two…

St. Petersburg limits potable-water lawn and landscape irrigation to set hours and, further, to two fixed days a week…

Sunrise, which runs its own utilities, enforces Broward County's year-round irrigation rule. Odd-numbered addresses…

Tampa enforces year-round lawn watering schedules under Tampa Bay Water and Southwest Florida Water Management District…

Titusville restricts landscape irrigation to fixed days a week per address, never between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m…

Volusia County's mandatory watering-day schedule does not apply to every irrigation method. Drip, microspray, and…

West Palm Beach requires all landscape irrigation to comply with South Florida Water Management District conservation…

Bay County lies in the Northwest Florida Water Management District, the only Florida district with no mandatory…

Florida law bars any Okaloosa County ordinance, deed restriction or homeowners' association covenant from prohibiting a…

Cape Coral does not ban catching rainwater for the yard, but it does not treat it as unregulated either. Any irrigation…

Under Hollywood's green building code, a project that claims credit for the irrigation-reuse practice must use…

Lake County does not prohibit residential rain barrels or cisterns, and Florida encourages water conservation. State…

Rain barrels and cisterns count as "ancillary equipment" under City Code § 16.50.020.4.2: allowed citywide but subject…

Daytona Beach lets any property add an aboveground rainwater cistern as an accessory structure, but the Land…

Unincorporated Pinellas County lets multi-family developments count rainwater harvesting systems toward up to half of…

Port Orange's Land Development Code lets residents place a rain barrel just 3.5 feet into a required side or rear yard…

Collier County exempts rain barrels, cisterns and similar rain-harvesting devices from its landscape irrigation…

Doral allows every building, new or existing, to add rainwater harvesting facilities like cisterns and rain barrels…

Florida law (FL Statute Section 373.228) encourages rainwater harvesting statewide. Hialeah residents may collect…

Florida law (FL Statute Section 373.228) encourages rainwater harvesting statewide. Homestead residents may collect…

Lee County's water conservation article lets you water any plant material with rain barrels, cisterns or other…

Florida law permits residential rainwater harvesting, and Miami encourages rain barrel use for landscape irrigation to…

Miami Beach's landscape irrigation rules exempt rain barrels, cisterns and similar rain-harvesting devices from the…

Rainwater harvesting is legal in Florida and not restricted by the City of Miami Gardens. Florida Statute 373.62…

Miami-Dade County's year-round landscape irrigation rule sets fixed watering days by address and bans irrigation from…

Legal under FL Statute 373.62. No city permit for rain barrels. HOAs cannot ban. Use for irrigation/non-potable…

Florida law (F.S. 373.228) explicitly authorizes rainwater harvesting and preempts local governments from prohibiting…

Palm Beach County exempts rain barrels, cisterns, and similar rain-harvesting devices from the county's landscape…

Pembroke Pines does not prohibit residential rainwater harvesting. FL Statute 373.228 encourages rainwater collection…

FL Statute 373.228 authorizes rainwater harvesting and prohibits local restrictions on residential rain barrels…

St. Lucie County lets residents water any plant material with rain barrels, cisterns, or similar rain-harvesting…

Florida Statute 373.185 declares Florida-friendly landscaping a matter of state policy and prohibits any deed…

Seaward of Sarasota County's Gulf Beach Setback Line and waterward of the Barrier Island Pass Twenty-Year Hazard Line…

New landscaping on development sites in unincorporated Alachua County must be at least 75 percent native species across…

New development in unincorporated Brevard must plant at least 50% native trees and 50% native or Waterwise-listed…

Unincorporated Broward's landscaping code makes native plants the default, not an option. Section 39-83(a)(2) requires…

Collier County's Land Development Code favors native plants: required landscaping on sites south and west of US-41 must…

Coral Gables requires at least 30 percent of the trees and shrubs on any permitted landscaping job to be native…

Doral encourages Florida-Friendly landscaping and native plant use through its Land Development Code landscaping…

Florida law protects Florida-Friendly Landscaping. Neither Escambia County nor an HOA may prohibit a homeowner from…

Fort Myers requires at least 75% of trees and 50% of shrubs used in required landscaping to be Florida native species…

Hillsborough County requires new landscaping installed under a Landscaping Permit to draw at least half of its required…

Any Hollywood, FL development other than a single-family home must plant native species, as defined in the city's…

When a Homestead tree-removal permit calls for replacement plantings, at least half of the replacement trees must be…

Jacksonville's landscape code requires new landscaping to preserve existing plant communities and re-establish native…

Jupiter's landscaping code requires that at least half of all plant material installed on a site, by type and quantity…

Kissimmee requires all trees, shrubs, and vines used to satisfy its landscaping code to be selected from the UF/IFAS…

Lee County's Land Development Code sets a hard native-species share for code-required landscaping: at least 75 percent…

Melbourne's landscape code requires new commercial, multifamily, and industrial developments to make at least 50…

Inside the Timber to Tides Design Overlay along SR 200/A1A, new landscaping has to lean native. The Land Development…

North Port requires at least half of all landscaping plants on new development to be Florida-native or Florida-friendly…

State law protects your right to install Florida-Friendly, native, drought-tolerant landscaping. Neither Osceola County…

Palm Bay's landscaping code requires at least half of all trees added to a development site to be native canopy…

Unincorporated Pinellas County requires at least 60 percent of the plant material used to satisfy landscaping…

Polk County's Land Development Code requires new non-residential and multifamily development to use water-efficient…

Pompano Beach's landscape code mandates native vegetation on larger sites: where a project needs 20 or more required…

Port St. Lucie's landscape code sets native-species quotas for regulated sites: at least 50% of required trees and 25%…

New development in Santa Rosa County must use native, Florida-Friendly species and may not plant invasive exotics…

City of Sarasota development landscape plans must use at least 75 percent Florida-friendly vegetation overall, and at…

Florida law protects your right to use native and Florida-friendly landscaping. Under FS 373.185, a deed restriction or…

Florida law protects your right to plant native, drought-tolerant, Florida-Friendly landscaping: a local ordinance may…

Landscape buffers required between adjoining parcels in unincorporated Sumter County must be at least 30 percent native…

Required landscape buffers between conflicting land uses in Tallahassee must be at least 40 percent native species…

Tampa encourages Florida-Friendly and native-plant landscaping under City Code Chapter 27 (Zoning) and Florida Statutes…

Inside Volusia's Indian River Lagoon Surface Water Improvements and Management Zone, every new development must set…

West Palm Beach's landscape code requires at least 60 percent of added plant material on a development site to be…

Unincorporated Citrus County exempts naturally vegetated parcels from its 18-inch grass and weed height nuisance limit…

Clay County's landscaping code encourages, but does not require, using native plant material in the mandatory…

Highlands County Code § 12.11.103 directs new development landscaping toward conserving native plants and trees, but…

St. Petersburg City Code § 16.40.060.3.1(D) normally caps sod and turfgrass at ten inches and other ground cover at 24…

Bay County encourages Florida-Friendly, native, drought-tolerant landscaping. State law protects your right to replace…

State law protects every Charlotte County property owner's right to plant Florida-friendly, native landscaping. Fla…

Clearwater encourages Florida-friendly landscaping with native plant species that conserve water and support…

Fort Lauderdale's water conservation code makes it official city policy to encourage drought-tolerant, native…

Gainesville homeowners can grow a natural yard without violating the 12-inch grass rule. Code § 16-17 defines…

No Hernando County ordinance can force a turf lawn. Florida Statute 373.185 bars any local ordinance or deed…

Florida law (FL Statute Section 373.185) protects homeowners' right to install Florida-Friendly landscaping and…

No Indian River County ordinance or deed restriction can force a turf lawn. Florida Statute 373.185 protects…

Florida law strips Lake County, and any homeowners' association within it, of the power to stop a resident from…

Largo cannot prohibit Florida-Friendly Landscaping that incorporates native plants and drought-tolerant species under…

Florida Statute 163.3205 protects homeowners' right to use Florida-friendly landscaping, including native plants, and…

Miami-Dade's landscape code excludes native and very drought-tolerant groundcover from the maximum lawn-area cap and…

North Miami encourages Florida-Friendly Landscaping principles and native plant use. Florida law (F.S. 373.185)…

Okaloosa County encourages Florida-Friendly, native, and drought-tolerant landscaping for water conservation. State law…

Orange County can't stop a property owner from replacing turf with native or Florida-friendly plants: § 24-6(b)(6) says…

Florida actively protects homeowners right to install native and drought-tolerant landscaping. FS 720.3075 prohibits…

Florida-Friendly Landscaping using Florida native plants is protected statewide under FL FS §373.185 and encouraged by…

Pasco County encourages Florida-Friendly Landscaping under FL §373.185, which prohibits HOAs and local governments from…

Florida Statute 373.185 protects Safety Harbor homeowners' right to install Florida-friendly and native plant…

Sunrise requires native trees to make up at least 50% of required trees, and Fla. Stat. §373.185 guarantees homeowners…

Within Citrus County's Cardinal Mixed Use (CMU) District along the Cardinal Street corridor, the Land Development Code…

Clay County's landscaping code will not let artificial turf or synthetic plants count toward the mandatory plant…

Artificial turf is allowed in Coral Gables only with a permit and only in specific zoning locations, not as a free…

Lake County's Land Development Regulations flatly bar synthetic or artificial turf, trees and plants from replacing the…

Port St. Lucie's landscaping code will not let artificial turf, or any synthetic tree, shrub, ground cover or vine…

Required landscape areas in Tallahassee cannot use synthetic ground cover. Land Development Code Sec. 5-85(m)(10)…

Cape Coral lets homeowners swap sod for permeable synthetic turf, but only up to 20% of the yard area that isn't…

Artificial turf on a Charlotte County home is governed by local zoning and stormwater rules, not a state ban…

Collier County's landscaping code (LDC 4.06.05) limits artificial ground cover. Stone, gravel or any artificial ground…

Davie's Land Development Code allows artificial turf as a sod alternative in Broward County but caps it at 10% of a…

Doral allows artificial turf in single-family and MF-1 yards, parks, and schools, but only with both homeowner…

Artificial turf on a Hernando County home is governed by local zoning and stormwater rules, not a state ban…

Artificial turf on an Indian River County home is governed by local zoning and stormwater rules, not a state ban…

Largo cannot prohibit synthetic turf on single-family residential lots up to one acre that meet Florida Department of…

Orlando allows artificial turf with a Permitting Division permit, but bans it in rights-of-way, within 50 feet of water…

Plantation caps synthetic turf at 10% of a residential lot's pervious area, restricts it to rear and side yards behind…

Polk County's Land Development Code does not prohibit artificial turf on residential property, but its landscaping…

Synthetic turf is allowed citywide but restricted to single-family and two-family lots when used as a pervious surface…

Artificial turf is not banned outright, but Port St. Lucie's landscape code prohibits using synthetic or artificial…

Titusville, Florida permits artificial turf only on single-family lots under Land Development Regulations Sec. 30-325…

West Palm Beach's zoning code, Sec. 94-451, confines artificial turf on single-family and duplex lots to the rear and…

Unincorporated Broward lets single-family homeowners on one acre or less install synthetic turf that meets state DEP…

For bank-owned and other vacant properties registered under Coral Springs' abandoned-real-property chapter, Section…

Deltona's rental property code lists artificial turf and sod as acceptable yard landscaping, while banning gravel…

Gulfport's vacant and foreclosed property maintenance rule, Code Section 27-6(b), lists artificial turf or sod designed…

Pembroke Pines allows synthetic turf in residential yards under Code of Ordinances § 155.621(A)(6), as long as it…

Hialeah does not prohibit artificial turf installation on residential property. FL Statute Section 373.185 supports…

Hollywood's code mentions artificial turf in exactly one place: the maintenance standard for registered vacant and…

Melbourne's defaulted-mortgage property maintenance code counts artificial turf/sod as approved landscaping, alongside…

Miami permits artificial turf installation on residential and commercial properties without a specific city permit for…

New Port Richey's foreclosure and vacant-property maintenance code allows artificial turf or sod designed for…

North Miami does not prohibit artificial turf installation on residential properties. Florida law protects homeowners'…

Palm Coast's nuisance-abatement ordinance defines acceptable yard landscaping and expressly lists artificial turf as an…

Pasco County generally permits artificial turf on residential properties. FL §720.3075 and §373.185 limit HOA…

Seminole County Code Section 95.26(c) lists artificial turf or sod as acceptable landscaping for foreclosed and…

Florida's 2025 synthetic turf law and DEP Rule 62-308.100, effective May 19, 2026, bar local governments from…

Artificial turf is broadly permitted on residential property in Tampa. Florida SB 544 (2023), codified at §720.3075(5)…

Boca Raton lets residents compost vegetative and other waste in a compost container in the rear yard, provided it…

Anyone keeping backyard chickens in unincorporated Lake County must keep manure from piling up on bare ground. LDR §…

LDR Section 3.61.1 requires compost piles and any mechanical processing equipment to sit at least 300 feet back from…

Compost piles at any Miramar community garden, urban garden or urban farm must sit at least 10 feet from adjacent…

Unincorporated Orange County residents may compost yard waste, but only in a proper bin: two bins per lot maximum…

Pembroke Pines Code § 101.02 caps a residential compost bin at 64 square feet in area and five feet in height…

Backyard composting is allowed and encouraged in Sarasota County. County code prohibits letting grass clippings…

St. Lucie County limits residential composting under Code § 38-28(c)(2): a property may keep nonliving plant material…

St. Johns County doesn't regulate a household compost bin in your own backyard, but it does set hard numbers for a…

Tampa doesn't regulate an ordinary backyard compost pile, but a compost bin inside a permitted 'community garden…

Broward County exempts backyard composting from its solid waste management license as long as the pile doesn't create a…

Collier County's Litter, Weed and Exotics Control Ordinance carves composting out entirely: Sec. 54-178 lets any…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows a residential compost pile as an exception to its Litter Control article, but only…

Gainesville's Land Development Code sets a composting rule only for subsistence gardens and urban market farms, its…

Unincorporated Highlands County residents who compost or recycle all their own solid waste on-site can apply under…

Orlando's residential landscaping code names composting bins outright: they're an accessory item that must stay out of…

Port St. Lucie treats a backyard compost pile as recycling, not illegal waste disposal, under Code Section 80.14(f), as…

City of Sarasota lets residents mulch and compost their own yard waste in place of curbside collection, as long as it…

Escambia County's solid-waste code carves backyard composting out of its junk-pile law entirely: Section 82-1 excludes…

Homestead's illegal-dumping ordinance, Code § 23.5-5(a), carves out backyard composting: the same section that bans…

Melbourne's solid-waste code bans dumping waste on any lot without a license or permit, but it specifically excludes…

Backyard composting is permitted in Miami Gardens. Composting must be managed to avoid nuisance conditions including…

Miami-Dade County's Responsible Property Owner and Merchant Act defines "solid waste" to exclude "yard trash (except…

West Palm Beach doesn't set bin standards or require a permit for home composting. City Code § 74-4(a)(1) exempts…