Titusville, FL

Beekeeping in Titusville is regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Registration is required. The city's proximity to Merritt Island National Wildlife…

Titusville Code Sec. 5-69 makes it unlawful for any owner to let a dog or other animal run at large off its own property, and Sec. 5-68 requires owners to confine, tether or leash…

Titusville requires every cat's owner to get an annual rabies vaccination from a licensed veterinarian and obtain a yearly license certificate and tag under Code Secs. 5-47 and 5-48…

Titusville requires pet grooming services in its Urban Mixed-Use and Indian River City Neighborhood-Commercial districts to operate entirely inside an enclosed, screened structure…

Titusville confines veterinary clinic activity to enclosed, air-conditioned buildings across most commercial districts, and in the Downtown Mixed-Use Midtown subdistrict bars overnight…

Titusville allows up to four hens per single-family lot under Code Sec. 5-86(a)(5), but bars roosters, ducks, geese and other fowl, requires a city permit and an IFAS training class…

Titusville does not regulate dogs by breed; instead Code Sec. 5-67 lets the county animal control supervisor declare any individual animal 'dangerous' after it bites, attacks or is…

Titusville Code Sec. 5-86 bars keeping horses, hogs, cattle, chickens or any other farm animal, and any domestic animal from the wild, anywhere in the city except in a GU-zoned…

Every cat or dog adopted, sold, or released from a Brevard County animal shelter must be sterilized first, or the new owner must post a refundable deposit and sterilize it within 30…

Brevard County's own code has no blanket ban on feeding wildlife. Section 14-57(f) makes it unlawful to feed any animal, wild or domesticated, in a way that creates a nuisance…

Brevard County bans pet stores from selling commercially bred dogs and cats, requiring animals instead come from shelters, rescues, hobby breeders, or USDA-licensed breeders under an…

Florida has no standalone hoarding statute; hoarders are prosecuted under Fla. Stat. 828.13 for confining animals without enough good, wholesome food and water, and under 828.12…

Titusville requires a building permit before constructing any new fence or wall inside city limits. Sec. 6-56(c) of the Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to build a fence without…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations cap residential fence height at four feet in any required front yard and six feet in side or rear yards, with a 35-foot setback from the…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations limit fences and walls to wood, aluminum, wrought iron, vinyl, brick or other materials manufactured specifically for fencing, and Section…

Inside Titusville's shoreline protection setback along the Indian River Lagoon and other Class II and III waters, retaining walls cannot be built by just anyone. Section 30-64(c) of…

Unincorporated Brevard County requires every fence owner to keep their fence from becoming dilapidated or structurally unsound, and pre-existing fences must meet full code standards…

Titusville does not set blower-specific hours, but Code of Ordinances § 13-103(16) makes it unlawful to run a noise-creating blower, power fan or other internal combustion engine that…

Titusville Code Sec. 5-4 makes it a violation for any owner to keep an animal that habitually barks, howls or makes other bothersome noise disturbing a neighbor's peace and quiet. Sec…

Titusville caps sound at the property line under Sec. 13-102: 55 dBA in residential areas from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 dBA overnight, 60 dBA in commercial areas around the clock, and…

In Titusville, Florida, construction and repair work covered by Code of Ordinances § 13-103(10) that creates noise is confined to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday…

Titusville's Sec. 13-103 bars playing a radio, musical instrument or phonograph loud enough to disturb neighbors, and running one loud enough to be plainly audible fifty feet away…

Titusville's noise ordinance makes it unlawful to drive an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle that is so out of repair, so loaded, or otherwise operated so as to create loud and…

Titusville's noise ordinance singles out sound between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. as presumptively unlawful. Playing a radio, stereo or musical instrument loud enough to be heard fifty…

Titusville draws a noise impact zone around Arthur Dunn Airpark and Space Coast Regional Airport under Sec. 29-46, banning new residential construction and educational facilities…

Parking along or adjacent to any curb the city has painted red or yellow is unlawful in Titusville under City Code § 20-53(a)(2)i, the same subsection that bars parking across the…

Titusville bars off-street parking anywhere in a single-family lot's front, side or rear yard except in a driveway or a designated parking area, under City Code § 20-58(a). The same…

Titusville bans abandoning any vehicle in the city and caps how long an inoperative vehicle can sit on private property at seventy-two hours under Secs. 13-71 through 13-73. Wrecked or…

Titusville bans travel trailers, camper trailers, cargo trailers and boat trailers from sitting on private property in the city for more than twelve hours unless they meet Sec. 20-58's…

Titusville bars parking in front of any driveway and requires cars to park with wheels within twelve inches of the curb, facing the direction of traffic. Blocking a driveway, parking…

Titusville bans parking a tractor trailer on any public street or right-of-way citywide under City Code § 20-59, and separately bars parking road tractors, semi-trailers or other heavy…

Titusville, Florida requires any development whose normal operation involves routine delivery or shipment of goods to provide sufficient off-street loading and unloading area under…

Florida law protects condominium unit owners' rights to install electric vehicle charging stations in their designated parking areas under Fla. Stat. 718.113(8), while commercial…

Florida caps the drop fee a tower can charge at half the posted rate if the owner shows up mid-tow, requires a signed itemized receipt, and forces storage lots within 10 to 15 highway…

Titusville restricts landscape irrigation to fixed days a week per address, never between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., under City Code § 21-61. Odd, even and nonresidential addresses each…

Titusville, Florida permits artificial turf only on single-family lots under Land Development Regulations Sec. 30-325, bars it from any public right-of-way, requires a minimum…

Titusville requires a permit before cutting, removing or damaging most trees in the city under Sec. 30-39, with the size threshold for protection set by Sec. 30-31's designation table…

New development in unincorporated Brevard must plant at least 50% native trees and 50% native or Waterwise-listed shrubs, with invasive species barred from credit.

Grass and weeds on unincorporated Brevard County lots can't exceed 10 inches in height under the county's excessive overgrowth ordinance, enforced as a public nuisance by code…

Titusville allows family day care homes by right in every residential zoning district, capping care at five preschool children plus school-age siblings, with the total never exceeding…

Titusville allows a home-based business as a limited accessory use in every residential zoning district under Sec. 28-360, but it caps outside employees at two, bars a separate…

Titusville bans electronic message signage at home occupations outright: Sec. 32-13(a)(5)a. says dynamic or variable message signs are never allowed at, on, or visible from any…

The Brevard County code has no cottage food ordinance. A food business run from a house is treated as a home occupation under section 62-1155, and section 54-126 requires a county…

Brevard County caps client traffic from an unincorporated-area home occupation at what two off-street parking spaces can handle, and bars doctors, therapists, and other treatment-based…

Titusville bans renting a single-family detached home for stays of three months or less, or more than four times in a year, but only inside seven named residential zoning districts…

Titusville Land Development Regulations Chapter 28, Article I, Section 28-9 prohibits the rental of an entire single-family dwelling for periods of three months or less in residential…

Brevard County caps noise from short-term "resort dwellings" in unincorporated areas at the residential decibel limit in Sec. 62-2271, and bars audible music, TVs or stereos at the…

Brevard County requires one off-street parking space per bedroom for resort dwellings (short-term rentals) in unincorporated areas, and occupants may not park on the street.

Brevard County's code enforcement special magistrate can suspend a resort dwelling's business tax receipt for up to 30 days on a first violation, then revoke it entirely on a repeat…

Brevard County levies a 5% tourist development tax, 2% plus three added 1% increments, on vacation rentals leased for six months or less, collected from the guest and remitted through…

Titusville allows tiny houses, defined as detached homes with less living area than the district minimum, only as cottage-home developments in the R-2, R-3, UMU, RMH-1 and RMH-2…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations let homeowners across every residential zoning district build a detached shed, garage or carport as an accessory structure, but Sec. 28-357…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations govern accessory dwelling units. ADUs may be permitted in certain residential zoning districts. Building permits and zoning approval are…

Titusville bans open bonfires and rubbish fires on private land under Code of Ordinances § 9-6(a), but the fire chief may allow small bonfires for social gatherings such as cookouts…

Titusville enforces FL Statute 791 regarding fireworks. Consumer fireworks are legal on designated holidays (July 4, Dec 31, Jan 1) per Florida HB 1059 (2020). Cities cannot ban use on…

Large-scale land-clearing burns in Titusville need a special permit from the fire chief under Code of Ordinances § 9-6(b), on top of a $200 permit fee paid to the fire department…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

Titusville Code Sec. 6-56 makes it unlawful to build, alter or demolish a swimming pool, or any building or structure, without a formal permit from the building official, and bars…

Titusville enforces Florida Building Code and FL Statute 515 pool barrier requirements. All residential pools require a barrier at least 48 inches high. Gates must swing away from the…

Titusville bars anyone from placing building material, rocks, landscape logs, railroad ties, concrete bollards or plants on a city street, alley, right-of-way, sidewalk, park or public…

Titusville makes it unlawful for a property owner to build or authorize any structure, including fences, swimming pools, parking lots, or permanent basketball goals and skateboard…

Titusville doesn't set an ongoing, year-round duty for homeowners to maintain the sidewalk in front of their house, but it does make repair mandatory the moment construction breaks…

In Titusville, Florida, reserving a pavilion at Sand Point Park or holding any public assembly, parade, demonstration or gathering there requires a permit from the city manager under…

Every parade held in Titusville needs a permit from the city's special events coordinator under Code of Ordinances § 11-515(a). Beyond the standard special event application…

Titusville treats a block party as a special event under Code of Ordinances § 11-500 when it closes a city street, and Section 11-515(d)(9) then waives the usual…

Titusville lets restaurants add outdoor seating as an accessory use under Sec. 28-361, but the hours and setbacks change by district: seating in the Indian River City…

A Titusville street fair or festival with vendor booths, stages, or alcohol concessions is a "Class A" or "Class B" special event under Code of Ordinances § 11-500, and the organizer…

A Brevard County production permit for motion and still photography replaces every other required county permit: once the film commissioner issues it, no separate special-event…

Titusville treats loud loading and unloading noise as a form of unlawful unnecessary noise. Code of Ordinances § 13-103(9) bars creating a loud and excessive noise connected with…

Running a stationary generator or other stationary internal combustion engine without an effective muffler is unlawful noise in Titusville. Code of Ordinances § 13-103(7) bars…

Titusville exempts air conditioners from the citywide Table I sound limits under Sec. 13-102(e)(1), so long as the unit runs to the manufacturer's specifications with its standard…

Bars and nightclubs in unincorporated Brevard County can't blast music outward to attract customers, and their sound systems don't get the county's usual equipment noise exemption…

Brevard County treats amplified bass that shakes walls as regulated noise, capping it at 65 dBC by day and 60 dBC by night on residential property, with a separate 300-foot…

Sand Point Park, Titusville's city park on the Indian River, closes to the public between dark and 7:00 a.m. Code of Ordinances § 14-61(d) sets park hours at 7:00 a.m. until dark…

The Brevard County code contains no general juvenile curfew for unincorporated areas. The only age-based hours rule is section 74-57, which limits when a juvenile rave club may…

Titusville requires new buildings to sit at least twelve inches above both the street crown and the base flood elevation. Sec. 6-91 sets this finished-floor elevation rule on top of…

After a declared disaster, unincorporated Brevard residents must stack storm debris neatly at the road's edge, sorted by type, for county pickup: misplaced debris becomes the owner's…

Brevard County requires a mandatory roofing inspection before a certificate of occupancy issues, with two separate inspections, dry-in and final, for tile, slate, and similar roof…

Brevard County's property maintenance code lets owners install storm shutters or panels on occupied homes only temporarily, during an actual storm threat, and requires one exterior…

Titusville bans letting weeds, grass or wild growth over twelve inches tall, or debris and stagnant water, accumulate on any lot bordered by improved property or a public street. Sec…

Titusville declares a lot a public nuisance under Sec. 13-26 when debris, trash, stagnant water, dead or damaged trees, or grass and weeds over twelve inches accumulate on land…

Titusville requires garbage, rubbish and bulky items to be containerized and set on the parkway next to the curb, not in the street, by 6:30 a.m. on collection day. Containers can go…

Every occupied or vacant residential, multi-dwelling and commercial unit in Titusville must subscribe to and pay for city solid waste service, and residential garbage and rubbish is…

Titusville requires recyclables to be rinsed, sorted by material and set at curbside by 6:30 a.m. on collection day under Section 16-92. Once placed for pickup, recyclables become city…

Titusville households enrolled in the recycling program must separate recyclables from regular trash and set them out in the city-provided 18-gallon container. The city supplies the…

Titusville caps rubbish containers at 50 pounds and limits tree limbs set out for collection to 4 feet long and 24 inches in diameter, with Christmas trees exempted. Bulky items that…

Titusville's Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to drain, deposit, or discharge pollutants onto any street, gutter, ditch, or into the city's stormwater system, or to wash debris and…

Titusville requires every property owner or occupant to keep a sufficient number of durable, rustproof, tightfitting-lid refuse containers on-site, and to keep them clear and…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations confine commercial dumpsters and other refuse facilities to side or rear yards, banning placement in any yard that fronts a collector or…

Titusville picks up bulky furniture, appliances, tree stumps and large limbs at curbside through its special pickup service, but caps the city's free yard-waste vehicle capacity at…

Titusville does not run red-light cameras; instead it uses automated speed detection systems to enforce speed limits in ten designated school zones under City Code §§ 20-70 to 20-76. A…

Titusville makes it unlawful to stop, stand or park any vehicle on a sidewalk, bike path or bike lane anywhere in the city, under City Code § 20-53(a)(1)b. Violators face a graduated…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

Titusville bars anyone from drinking or holding an open container of beer, wine or liquor within 300 feet of any bar, package store or bottle club, except inside enclosed buildings or…

Brevard County bans smoking and tobacco use in youth athletic areas, playgrounds, indoor facilities, and any posted no-smoking area within county parks and recreational lands, plus…

Brevard County bans loitering, standing, or parking within 50 feet of the county jail at 860 Camp Road in Sharpes; the county has no general public loitering ordinance elsewhere in the…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations set yard setbacks per zoning district in Chapter 28, Article VI. Residential Estate (RE) requires 35-foot front and side-corner setbacks with…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations cap building footprint, not overall lot coverage, in most residential zoning districts: Sec. 28-301 lists Residential Estate (RE) building…

Titusville caps residential building height at 35 feet in its standard single-family and multifamily zoning districts, from Residential Estate (RE) under Sec. 28-301 through…

Titusville lets residents block door-to-door solicitors outright: Code of Ordinances § 11-374(9) makes it unlawful for any licensed peddler, canvasser, or solicitor to knock where a…

Titusville requires every peddler, canvasser, and door-to-door solicitor to hold a business tax receipt under Code of Ordinances § 11-372 before working the city, whether on foot, by…

Camping on any public property in Titusville is unlawful under Sec. 12-26, including sidewalks, rights-of-way, parking lots, parks and picnic grounds, and camping on private property…

Brevard bans standing, sitting, or occupying medians, crosswalks, bike lanes, and arterial or collector roadsides where it interferes with traffic, under the county's 2022 Pedestrian…

Titusville makes it unlawful for any merchant, including a mobile vendor, to obstruct a public street or sidewalk to sell or display wares under Code of Ordinances § 12-9, a rule…

Titusville's zoning code lets mobile food dispensing vehicles operate with limitations in select commercial districts, at the Space Coast Regional Airport with airport authority…

A Titusville food truck needs a current state license under F.S. § 509.102 plus a zoning-authorized location under Code of Ordinances § 11-690, which limits where the truck can park…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations bar site lighting from being directed onto a neighboring lot or from obscuring drivers' vision on public streets, and cap light density at two…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations require all freestanding and building-mounted light fixtures to be down-lit and cap freestanding fixtures at forty feet, while Sec. 30-193…

Titusville requires every billboard's lighting to be uplit from fixtures mounted to the structure, never flashing or moving, and shielded so no beam or glare reaches the traveled way…

Titusville, Florida requires boulevard streets to have street trees planted at least once every one hundred feet between the edge of pavement and the property line under Land…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations require development to recognize and protect species listed as threatened or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the state's…

Titusville designates trees 46 inches or larger in diameter at breast height as heritage trees under the Land Development Regulations. A heritage tree cannot be removed on ordinary…

Titusville's own base flood elevation and freeboard standard for buildings comes through the Florida Building Code, but the City's Land Development Regulations still set two local…

Titusville regulates development in mapped flood hazard areas under its Floodplain Management Ordinance, Chapter 30, Division 7. A floodplain development permit is required for…

Along the Indian River Lagoon in Titusville, Brevard County, piers, wharves and docks are allowed uses within the shoreline protection setback under Sec. 30-63 of the Land Development…

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

Titusville, Florida requires a Stormwater Management Permit under Land Development Regulations Sec. 30-202 before clearing, filling, subdividing, or altering drainage on a site, so…

Brevard County sets its own coastal setback line 25 feet west of the 1981 FDEP control line. No new major habitable structure may be built seaward of it, and Chapter 46 restricts…

Titusville tightly regulates electronic message signs under Sec. 32-13, capping brightness at 8,000 nits by day and 500 nits at night, banning building-mounted digital signs outright…

Titusville allows one freeway-facing 'high rise' ground sign per commercial lot inside its Interstate Access Zone, a quarter-mile band along I-95 at the SR 406 and SR 50 interchanges…

Titusville places no duration limit or permit requirement on holiday lighting and displays. City Code Sec. 32-10(c), part of the wall-sign rules, expressly exempts displays and…

Titusville lets businesses skip a sign permit for window and glass-door signage, but caps it hard. Code Sec. 32-4(a)(7) exempts temporary interior window and door signs from permitting…

Nonilluminated political campaign signs need no permit in unincorporated Brevard County, but they follow the same size, setback and duration limits as other temporary signs and must…

Brevard County exempts garage sale signs from sign permits, but directional signs in the road right-of-way are capped at 4 square feet, 4 feet tall, and must come down when the sale…

Titusville's tree code treats Category I invasive species on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council list as nuisance trees. Under Section 30-35(d) of the Land Development Regulations…

Titusville's Historic Preservation Board can add a building, site or landscape feature to the Titusville Register of Historic Places under Sec. 29-116, and a property that is…

Titusville lets customers irrigate with recycled water from wet detention treatment ponds at any time, exempt from the city's watering-day schedule, under City Code § 21-62(7)…

Titusville bars a medical marijuana dispensing facility from locating within 500 feet of any elementary, middle or secondary school unless City Council approves the location at a…

Titusville allows medical marijuana dispensing facilities, defined as state-licensed under F.S. § 381.986, only with limitations in a defined set of commercial and mixed-use districts…

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may grow cannabis.

Every permitted construction project in Titusville must display a field inspection card and permit-posting board on site, and pass required inspections before use. Sec. 6-68 sets the…

Titusville requires a building-official permit before any plumbing work begins, under the Florida Building Code, Plumbing that the city adopts by reference. Sec. 6-144 bars starting…

Titusville requires a city permit before any electrical construction, wiring installation, or extension of an existing system for light, heat, or power inside city limits, under Code…

Titusville's zoning code requires childcare facilities in commercial and mixed-use districts to hold a state license before getting a business tax receipt, keep structures and play…

Titusville requires a formal permit from the building official before any construction, alteration, repair, removal or demolition of a building, swimming pool or structure. Sec…

Brevard County requires automatic sprinklers and alarms in new buildings three stories or taller, over 35 feet, or exceeding 15,000 square feet per floor in unincorporated areas, not…

Titusville places every business into a local business tax classification based on what it holds itself out to the public as doing, under Code of Ordinances § 11-32, and § 11-36 gives…

Titusville's Downtown Mixed-Use (DMU) Smart Code sets sixteen guiding principles in Sec. 28-31 for how City staff, boards and Council decide downtown development, from compact…

Unincorporated Brevard County developers can get a 25 percent density bonus when at least 30 percent of a project's units are affordable housing, under Code Section 62-6305.

Anyone shooting a commercial motion picture or still photography production on Titusville city property, or using city equipment, needs a production permit from the city manager under…

Filmmakers who want to close a public street or sidewalk in unincorporated Brevard must state the closure and its duration in their county production permit application, filed with the…

Anyone buying precious metals such as gold, silver, or platinum from private sellers in Titusville must keep a purchase record for each transaction under Code of Ordinances § 11-2…

Running a vehicle repair business out of a home is unlawful in Titusville under Sec. 13-76, and even repair activity that is excessive, prolonged or unusual enough to disturb…

Titusville requires any adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater, adult dancing establishment, or adult motel/hotel to hold a city adult entertainment business tax receipt before…

Brevard County sets maximum wrecker fees by resolution and forces a one-hour vehicle release window on nonconsensual tows from private property.

Unincorporated Brevard requires a county license before any massage or leisure spa business opens, with an annual $250 fee and inspections: separate from state massage therapist…

Brevard County requires pawnbrokers to hold a business tax receipt, but won't issue one until the applicant proves current state registration as a secondhand dealer under Florida's…

Florida Statute 569.315 expressly preempts the regulation of the marketing, sale, and delivery of nicotine products and dispensing devices to the state, voiding most municipal…

Titusville permits agricultural pursuits, including dairy barns, hog pens, poultry houses and stables, only with limitations tied to specific zoning districts under Sec. 28-61, and…

Bona fide farm operations on Brevard County agricultural land are exempt from the county noise ordinance under Florida's Right to Farm Act, so routine farm sounds cannot draw a…

Brevard County bans household disposal of hypodermic needles and lancets in trash containers or waste facilities; residents must use county-designated home-user sharps collection sites…

Brevard County requires anyone reporting a suspected code violation to give their name and address: anonymous complaints cannot trigger an investigation except for imminent health…

Brevard County's code has no drone-specific ordinance. What does apply to commercial work is section 26-25, which requires a film-commission production permit for commercial…

Brevard County's code has no ordinance that names drones or unmanned aircraft. The closest local rule is section 78-106: you may not take off in or land any aircraft in a county park…

Unincorporated Brevard caps garage sales at 48 hours per sale, with only two sales allowed per lot in any 12-month period.

Brevard County follows FL Chapter 83 (Residential Landlord-Tenant Act). No just-cause eviction requirement in Florida. 15-day notice for month-to-month non-renewal; 3-day for…

The county's property maintenance code requires owners of unincorporated Brevard rental housing to keep buildings safe and sanitary, working plumbing, sound roofs, secure doors and…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) preempts local regulation of vacation rental bans, duration, and frequency, while FS 83.425 (2023) preempts local regulation of residential tenancies…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

Brevard County levies a five percent tourist development tax, 2% plus three added 1% increments, on hotel, motel, and vacation rental stays of six months or less, countywide including…

Installing solar panels in unincorporated Brevard County requires a permit pulled by a contractor holding the county's own Solar Contractor certificate of competency, issued separately…

Florida Statute §163.04 prohibits HOAs from preventing solar panel installation. HOAs may determine placement but cannot effectively ban solar or impose requirements that reduce…

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.3085, unpaid assessments become a lien on a parcel, and the homeowners' association may foreclose like a mortgage. Before recording the lien the association must…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Under Fla. Stat. §§ 720.303 and 720.3035, a Florida HOA enforces its recorded covenants and architectural standards, but only where authority is stated or reasonably inferred in the…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 403.7033 preempts the regulation of disposable plastic bags by local governments, prohibiting cities and counties from enacting bans or fees on retailers pending a…

Florida Statute 500.90 preempts the regulation of polystyrene products by local governments, blocking cities and counties from banning expanded polystyrene foam food containers, cups…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…