Right to Farm in Florida (2026)

Florida Statute 823.14, the Florida Right to Farm Act, protects established bona fide farm operations from nuisance…

Broward County runs an administrative farm-status determination under its Right to Farm Act criteria, letting owners…

Sellers of AU-zoned or AU-adjacent land in Miami-Dade County must give buyers a signed statement warning that farm…

Martin County's fertilizer ordinance, the county's main lawn-and-landscape regulation, does not reach working farms…

Bona fide farm operations on Brevard County agricultural land are exempt from the county noise ordinance under…

Cape Coral does not run a separate right-to-farm ordinance; instead its noise control code exempts bona fide farm…

Bona fide farm operations covered by the Florida Right to Farm Act are exempt from Collier County's fertilizer…

Established farm operations in the Town of Davie can't be declared a public or private nuisance once they've run…

Deltona's Land Development Code exempts bona fide farm operations, horticulture, citrus, dairy, livestock, poultry…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts farms and timberland from its Litter Control article under Sec. 27-31(1)…

Jacksonville's Noise Control Ordinance, Chapter 368, doesn't reach bona fide farm operations. Sec. 368.105(c) exempts…

Lee County's noise ordinance sets a 66 dBA daytime and 55 dBA nighttime limit for agricultural land as a receiving use…

Leon County's own Rural Zoning District rules state that a bona fide farm operation is exempt from local regulation on…

Okaloosa County's Land Development Code exempts farm operations in the unincorporated county from the Code's…

Orange County exempts bona fide farm operations covered by Florida's Right to Farm Act from its local fertilizer-use…

Palm Bay exempts the operation of a farm from its noise ordinance, protecting bona fide agricultural activity from city…

Farms in Palm Beach County's unincorporated AGR and AP agricultural districts are shielded from nuisance suits over…

Pasco County's urban fertilizer ordinance, which restricts nitrogen and phosphorus application near water and during…

St. Lucie County's animal nuisance code excludes agricultural properties from its noise-based public nuisance…

West Palm Beach's fertilizer ordinance in Chapter 34 does not reach bona fide farm operations. City Code § 34-121(a)…

Florida Statutes 823.14 and 163.3162 restrict local governments from adopting zoning rules that inhibit established…

West Palm Beach's Permitted Use Table lists "Agricultural production, livestock" as a prohibited use citywide, covering…

Unincorporated Brevard protects working farms through PA and AGR zoning districts, which permit agricultural pursuits…

Unincorporated Broward County sets aside A-1 Agricultural Estate and A-2 General Agricultural zoning districts to…

Cape Coral's Agricultural (A) zoning district, LDC Section 4.2.5, requires five acres minimum for non-residential uses…

Charlotte County's Agriculture (AG) zoning district, created under Section 3-9-30, sets aside land for farming…

Unincorporated Citrus County's Land Development Code sets aside an Agricultural District (AGR) that permits all farming…

In Davie's RR, AG, A-1 and other agriculturally-zoned districts, Section 12-34(B) lets a lot of 35,000 square feet or…

Daytona Beach zones existing farmland, plant nurseries, greenhouses and conservation land into a dedicated Agricultural…

Deltona's A, Transitional Agriculture zoning classification protects small farms and buffers them from residential…

Escambia County's Agricultural (Agr) zoning district is built to keep farmland in production: Sec. 3-2.2 caps…

Sec. 30-5.30 of Gainesville's Land Development Code sets the standards for subsistence gardens and urban market farms…

The AU Agricultural District under Sec. 12.05.200 is reserved for land presently and primarily used for agriculture…

Unincorporated Hillsborough County splits farmland into seven agricultural zoning districts, A, AR, AM, AI, AS-1…

Homestead's AU agricultural district allows farms, groves, nurseries, cattle grazing and commercial poultry raising as…

Jacksonville's Agriculture (AGR) zoning district, Ordinance Code Sec. 656.331, lets landowners raise farm animals, keep…

Kissimmee's Agriculture and Conservation (AC) zoning district allows farming, open-space preservation and large-lot…

Unincorporated Lake County's "A" Agriculture District exists specifically to shield working farmland from encroachment…

Lee County's AG-1, AG-2 and AG-3 zoning districts exist specifically to preserve working farms, per LDC § 34-651, and §…

Martin County's A-2 Agricultural District, along with its A-1 and A-1A districts, sets the zoning framework that…

Melbourne protects agricultural land use through its AEU, Agricultural Estate Use, district, a 2.5-acre-minimum zone…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade zones farmland AU, requiring 5 acres and 200 feet of frontage per lot and disclosing…

Miramar's Rural District is built around agricultural coexistence: Land Development Code § 405.3.1 protects rural…

North Port permits vegetable and fruit gardens in every zoning district and allows up to four hens per 10,000 square…

Agriculturally zoned land in unincorporated Osceola County plays by different animal rules than residential…

Palm Bay allows agriculture only in the General Use (GU) and Rural Residential (RR) zoning districts, where farming is…

Pembroke Pines carves out a dedicated Agriculture (A) zoning district under LDC § 155.410 for land used for…

Pinellas County's Land Development Code treats commercial farming, raising crops, livestock, poultry or dairy for sale…

Tallahassee's Land Development Code sets aside a Rural (R) zoning district capped at one dwelling per ten acres to keep…

Titusville permits agricultural pursuits, including dairy barns, hog pens, poultry houses and stables, only with…

Winter Haven's AG, Agriculture zoning district exists to protect agricultural activity and the state agricultural tax…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts farms and timberland from its litter ordinance under the Florida Right to Farm…

Hialeah still carries an A agricultural zoning district under Code Sec. 98-451, permitting farms, nurseries…

Jupiter's Agricultural District (A-1), created under Town Code § 27-506, protects farmland from encroachment by…

Alachua County Code § 400.04(d) exempts ongoing agriculture and silviculture operations from any Unified Land…

Cocoa's RA Residential Agricultural district is set aside for large-lot single-family homes combined with real farming…

Dade City protects farmland through its Open Use Agriculture (OUA) zoning district rather than a standalone…

Hollywood carries one zoning district built for farming: the AD Limited Agricultural District under Code of Ordinances…

Leon County's Rural Zoning District exists to protect agriculture, silviculture, and the county's pastoral character…

In unincorporated Nassau County, land taxed as open rural by the county property appraiser automatically sits in the…

Okaloosa County's Agriculture (AA) zoning district lets landowners farm, ranch, and raise livestock as a use by right…

In the AGR and AP agricultural zoning districts, Palm Beach County's code puts neighbors on notice that Florida's Right…

Port St. Lucie's Florida-Friendly Fertilizer ordinance exempts bona fide farm operations from its fertilizer timing…

Sarasota County's Unified Development Code carves out a specific exception for agriculture: while every other accessory…

St. Johns County exempts working farms, ranches, nurseries and silviculture operations from the tree-removal permit…

Sumter County protects bona fide farm operations from new local rules. Farm buildings, fences and signs on land used…

Volusia County's A-1 Prime Agriculture Classification exists under Code of Ordinances § 72-241 specifically to preserve…