>>2533834I'm confused why you're growing corn on your front lawn, but here's the skinny on property maintenance bylaws:
Most local governments will have some kind of property maintenance bylaw or front yard height limit or some related bylaw. The bylaw will likely phrase things in terms of safety and accessibility. So, the bylaw will say "no vegetation taller than 28" within 4' of the street-facing property line." If it's taller than 28", now it's a safety issue for pedestrians/traffic because you've effectively created a hidden driveway, which is a no-no and usually only exist because they got grandfathered. You'll also see "no semi-hard or hardwood plants, thorny plants, or other hazardous plants within 4' of a public fixture or meter" because the City doesn't want to deal with paying out a labourer who fell into your prickly pear patch.
Your Florida legislation is somewhat strange, at least to me, because my province doesn't actively protect gardens. It's rare here for the province to sanction activities like this. Laws generally restrict activities and grant rights to a person, not to property. There are various "property rights" but more often than not they don't include gardening.
You can take it to tribunal/whatever Americans call it, but up here that shit is expensive. I think you have an okay shot of winning it, but it's not a slam-dunk, far from it.
I predict two possible outcomes:
(1.) The likely outcome is that you will lose. Probably the municipality will point out that nobody can see you backing your car out of the driveway with 9' of corn in the way.
(2.) There's a possibility that you'll win, in which case you'll keep your corn. Next year, the bylaw office and Florida State will work together to figure out a legal way to stop you from growing 9' of corn on your front lawn.
>>2536399Depends. Tree bylaws usually consider the size, age, and height of a tree. It's also illegal in many places to plant trees within a setback area.
