Property Maintenance in Florida (2026)

A structure the county's Housing Official finds unsafe, unsanitary, or damaged 33 percent or more in its exterior walls…

A Homestead structure is legally "unsafe" under City Code Section 6-531 if it is structurally dangerous, unsanitary…

When Martin County's Building Official finds a structure unsafe, unfit for human occupancy, or unlawful, Sec. 21.75…

Alachua County Code § 74.29 bans creating, keeping, or allowing a 'hazardous land' or 'dangerous structure' on real…

Bay County treats blighted property and any "unfit or unsafe structure" as a code nuisance. Sec. 17-1 defines both…

Brevard County can declare a structure an unsafe building, order occupants to vacate immediately, and require repair or…

Broward's Minimum Housing Code lets the county order emergency vacate action and perform repairs itself on any dwelling…

Citrus County's certified building official can order a dangerously deteriorated structure demolished as a public…

Clay County's Property Safety and Maintenance Code lets the building official order repair, securing or demolition of…

Coral Gables declares any unsafe, dangerous, or dilapidated structure illegal and orders it vacated, repaired, or…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida can order an unsafe structure repaired or demolished within 30 days of notice, then do…

Any property that violates Davie's minimum housing and property maintenance code is automatically declared a public…

Daytona Beach declares foreclosed, abandoned real property a public nuisance and forces mortgagees to register it. City…

Deerfield Beach's Nuisance Abatement Property Code makes it unlawful to let an unsafe dwelling, structure, or blighted…

Doral's code compliance director can declare a dilapidated, unsanitary, or vermin-infested dwelling unfit for human…

Unincorporated Flagler County can condemn, placard and ultimately order the demolition of any building the Chief…

A vacant Fort Lauderdale building with broken, missing or unsecured openings is a declared public nuisance under Code…

Fort Myers cites and orders repair, vacation, or demolition of unsafe or condemned structures under Code of Ordinances…

Gainesville's Dangerous Building and Hazardous Land Code, Chapter 16 Article II, lets the city order repair…

Gulfport declares any dwelling that is unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for habitation or a fire hazard a substandard building…

Highlands County Code § 5.6-2(4) declares any building or structure so dilapidated it is unfit for human habitation…

Under Sec. 8-62, the county's Building Director or Housing Assistance Director can order an owner to repair, restore…

When Hollywood's Unsafe Structures and Housing Appeal Board orders repairs or demolition and the owner does not act…

Jacksonville can order an unsafe building repaired or demolished within 30 days, then bill the owner and lien the…

Jupiter's building and planning departments can declare any dilapidated, decayed or dangerous structure a public…

A dilapidated structure, one showing structural defects from disrepair or decay that threaten public health, safety or…

Manatee County code enforcement can order repair, vacation or demolition of any unsafe building in the unincorporated…

Marion County declares unsafe, unsanitary, or fire-hazard buildings illegal and orders repair, vacation, or demolition…

Miami requires owners of blighted, unsecured, vacant, or abandoned structures to register the property, submit a…

Miramar's building official can post any building found unsafe, unsanitary or a fire hazard and order it vacated under…

Under the county's Unsafe Building Abatement Code, a property maintained with a dilapidated, unsafe or dangerous…

New Port Richey declares any structurally unsound, unsanitary or fire-hazard building an unlawful nuisance, letting the…

North Port declares abandoned real property a public nuisance under City Code § 42-72, requiring owners and mortgagees…

Buildings and structures in unincorporated Okaloosa County that are unsafe, unsanitary, lack adequate egress, or are…

Orange County declares unsafe or dangerous buildings illegal and requires the owner to abate them by repair…

Orlando's Code Enforcement Board and code official can order repair, securing, vacating, or demolition of a structure…

Palm Beach County's building official can declare a structure unsafe, insanitary, or dangerous to life and order it…

Palm Coast condemns buildings and equipment the City Manager or designee finds unsafe, unfit for human occupancy, or…

Structures in unincorporated Pasco County that meet the criteria for demolition as blighted, slum, or unsafe, or that…

In unincorporated Pinellas County (and cities without their own housing code), the county's housing official can order…

City Code § 96.26 sets uniform minimum maintenance standards for every building and structure in Pompano Beach to…

Port Orange treats a structurally unsafe building as a public nuisance under Section 42-108, and once the special…

A Port St. Lucie structure is "unfit for human occupancy" under Property Maintenance Code § 41.05 when the code…

The city can condemn, placard, and demolish structures that are dilapidated, unsanitary, or structurally unsafe under…

Sarasota adopted the Standard Unsafe Building Abatement Code by ordinance, and it's unlawful to maintain a building…

Seminole County declares any unoccupied, dilapidated, or unsafe building in the unincorporated area a public nuisance…

St. Petersburg can order an unfit or unsafe structure repaired, secured, demolished or removed. City Code § 8-265(a)…

A dwelling, building, or structure that is unsafe under Sumter County's Unsafe Building and Abatement Code and…

Tallahassee's enforcement official can order repair, vacation or demolition of a dangerous building under LDC Article…

Under Sec. 19-48, any Tampa structure damaged by fire, decay, termites, or structural defects that endangers occupants…

Volusia County declares any unsafe, dilapidated or imminently dangerous building a nuisance and bars owners from…

West Palm Beach requires owners of vacant or abandoned real property, including mortgagees holding defaulted loans, to…

Winter Haven's Minimum Property Maintenance Standards let the Code Official declare a building 'dangerous' on eleven…

Boca Raton's Code of Ordinances § 10-1 makes property owners responsible for keeping lots and structures free of fire…

Boynton Beach requires every owner to keep structures, vacant land, and exterior property in a clean, safe, and…

Cape Coral makes it illegal for owners to let a building fall into visible disrepair. Section 12-25 bars five specific…

Charlotte County's Lot Maintenance Standards forbid 'excessive growth' on any developed lot: weeds or grass over twelve…

Cocoa's building official can declare a structurally unsafe, decayed or nuisance building unfit for use, order repair…

Coral Springs requires every building's exterior walls, perimeter walls, fences, roofs and gutters to stay free of…

Deltona's building official can order repair, securing, demolition, or removal of any structure, including accessory…

In unincorporated Escambia County, accumulated garbage, inoperable vehicles, and rat- or mosquito-harboring conditions…

Hialeah requires every exterior building and wall surface to be properly painted or coated and kept free of chipping…

Indian River County code enforcement acts on nuisance conditions - overgrowth, accumulated junk and debris, inoperable…

Kissimmee's designated official can placard and order secured a vacant, vandalized, or unfit structure that isn't in…

Lake County bans letting junk, trash or debris pile up on any property, improved or not, anywhere in the unincorporated…

Lakeland's code enforcement board can order the repair or demolition of a substandard or dangerous structure, and under…

Largo prohibits storing totes, tarps, scrap metal, dismantled appliances, machinery, furniture, building materials or…

Piles of garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish, inoperative vehicles or abandoned property on private land in unincorporated…

Melbourne declares overgrown vegetation past 12 inches, accumulated junk or trash, and unprotected open pits public…

Miami Beach declares an unenclosed, unsanitary vacant lot or building a public nuisance under Section 58-300 once code…

Miami-Dade County sets minimum upkeep standards for vacant buildings and lots countywide, requiring owners to secure…

In unincorporated Osceola County, letting a lot accumulate junk, trash, or garbage is a declared public nuisance…

Palm Bay requires owners to keep building exteriors free of deterioration and blighting influences, backed by a Special…

Pembroke Pines' Property Maintenance Code, § 150.95, targets buildings that are substandard with respect to structure…

Plantation prohibits grass, weeds or brush over twelve inches or more than three months' growth within 500 feet of a…

Polk County's Property Maintenance Ordinance bans open storage of junk and debris, caps organic yard waste at six cubic…

Sarasota County declares four specific conditions to be public nuisances on private property: Excessive Growth…

Satellite Beach's local amendments to the Florida Building Code direct the building official to declare a structure…

In unincorporated St. Lucie County, accumulated trash, junk, debris, stagnant water, overgrowth, and unsanitary…

Sunrise enforces exterior maintenance under Sec. 9-31: paint may not peel or crack over areas larger than one square…

Titusville declares a lot a public nuisance under Sec. 13-26 when debris, trash, stagnant water, dead or damaged trees…

Unincorporated Alachua County bans letting junk or an unserviceable vehicle accumulate on any land, including vacant…

A mortgagee whose Citrus County collateral property goes vacant after a loan default must register it with code…

Gulfport's foreclosure registration chapter requires banks and mortgage holders taking title to vacant real property to…

Hillsborough County treats overgrowth exceeding 24 inches on abandoned or vacant land as an 'imminent health threat,'…

When a lender files foreclosure on a St. Lucie County property, County Code § 38-27 requires the mortgagee to register…

Tampa's Foreclosure Registry ordinance (Code Ch. 19, Div. 8) makes mortgagees register any Tampa property in mortgage…

Titusville bans letting weeds, grass or wild growth over twelve inches tall, or debris and stagnant water, accumulate…

Boca Raton bans untended vegetation over 8 inches, litter and stagnant water on any lot, including vacant parcels and…

Brevard County bans excessive overgrowth on vacant unimproved lots in unincorporated areas, capping grass and weeds at…

In unincorporated Broward County, owners of undeveloped lots one net acre or smaller must keep the land and swale free…

Cape Coral bans grasses and weeds over 12 inches tall on any vacant lot or other private property, treating overgrowth…

On unimproved lots in unincorporated Collier County, exotics, weeds and grass are a public nuisance where the lot is…

Coral Gables caps weeds, grass, and undergrowth on any lot at 12 inches and bans rubbish, debris, and standing water…

Daytona Beach treats weeds, trash, undergrowth, and other refuse on any vacant lot or parcel as a public nuisance under…

Owners of vacant or unimproved lots in Doral carry six specific maintenance duties under Section 20-54: keep the lot…

Escambia County code enforcement treats an unauthorized accumulation of litter on a vacant lot the same as one on an…

Flagler County's lot-maintenance nuisance ordinance reaches a truly vacant, undeveloped lot only if it sits adjacent to…

Fort Myers requires every property owner to keep weeds, grass and underbrush cut to 12 inches or less and clear junk…

Gainesville's Perilous Land Code makes it a public nuisance to let weeds, undergrowth or other plant life pile up on a…

Hialeah requires every lot owner, improved or unimproved, to keep the parcel free of accumulated garbage, weeds, vines…

In Hollywood's Downtown and Beach redevelopment districts, a vacant commercial lot must be landscaped with grass or…

Homestead caps untended weed and plant growth at 8 inches on improved lots and 12 inches on unimproved lots citywide…

Indian River County requires vacant-lot owners to control overgrowth, remove trash, and stop illegal dumping. A code…

Jacksonville caps weeds, grass and underbrush on vacant and unimproved lots at 15 inches under Ordinance Code §…

Kissimmee limits vegetation on any lot, vacant or occupied, to 12 inches in height and treats overgrown weeds, debris…

Owners of any lot in unincorporated Lake County, improved or unimproved, must keep it free of overgrowth and junk…

Grasses and weeds over 12 inches covering more than half an unimproved lot are a nuisance when within 150 feet of…

Owners of improved and unimproved land in unincorporated Manatee County must keep the property clear of weeds, brush…

Miami caps grass, weeds, and bushes on any lot at 12 inches and requires owners to clear garbage, saplings, and debris…

Miami Beach treats an overgrown or trash-strewn vacant lot within 200 feet of any improved property as a declared…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, residential lots must keep grass and weeds under 12 inches over at least 90% of…

Miramar's property maintenance code applies to 'every residential, nonresidential or mixed-use building or parcel of…

In unincorporated Nassau County, an accumulation of dead or dying grass, plants, shrubs, trees, limbs or branches on…

North Port's lot-clearing ordinance bans debris accumulation and hazardous trees on every lot in the city, but the…

Businesses, apartments, hotels, and other establishments in unincorporated Okaloosa County have a legal duty to keep…

Owners of improved or unimproved residential, office, commercial, or industrial lots in Orange County must keep the…

Vacant lots in unincorporated Osceola County must stay clear of junk, debris, and overgrown weeds. Weeds and grass over…

Palm Bay requires owners of vacant, unimproved lots to keep weeds and vegetation under 12 or 24 inches near property…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County caps grass and weeds on vacant lots at 18 inches under a half acre, with a 25-foot…

Pembroke Pines Code § 101.02 defines EXCESSIVE GROWTH as grass, weeds, brush, or undergrowth reaching eight inches or…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, Code § 58-304 makes it illegal to let garbage, refuse, rubbish, junk or debris…

If land sits within 500 feet of a residential dwelling or a commercial, industrial or public structure, Section 11-8…

The Pompano Beach City Charter gives the city direct authority, under § 5(28), to require owners to clear vacant or…

Port Orange requires every unimproved (vacant) lot in the city to be kept clear of fallen trees, limbs, weeds and…

Owners of unimproved (vacant) lots in Port St. Lucie must keep weeds, grass, vines, Brazilian pepper and other invasive…

Santa Rosa County Code Enforcement does NOT investigate vegetative overgrowth (grass, limbs, woods) on private lots…

City of Sarasota requires owners of vacant land to clear debris, grade for drainage, and seed or sod the entire lot to…

Sarasota County treats overgrown vegetation as a public nuisance, but it carves out real relief for vacant and rural…

Seminole County Code Section 95.2 treats vacant, unimproved land differently from developed property for one nuisance…

City Code § 8-205 makes it unlawful to place, leave, dump, or let garbage, rubbish, or trash accumulate on any vacant…

Unincorporated Sumter County treats rubbish, trash, or garbage left to accumulate on any lot, including vacant land, as…

Sunrise caps growth on vacant land: six inches on lots within 300 feet of a developed parcel, twelve inches on land…

Tallahassee bans uncontrolled weed and grass growth and trash accumulation on any premises, occupied or unoccupied…

Jupiter exempts vacant lots covered in native vegetation from its overgrown-lot nuisance rule: Town Code § 13-3 states…

Surprisingly, Charlotte County's lot-maintenance code doesn't cover vacant lots, so overgrown grass or weeds on an…

Highlands County's nuisance chapter does not require you to mow a truly unimproved lot. Code § 5.6-2(6) exempts…

Plantation's code contains no snow or ice removal requirement. The sidewalk duty here is vegetation: if your trees or…

Snow never falls in Sunrise, so there is no snow-removal duty. Property owners must instead keep the swale and…