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Florida · Fla. Stat. 163.04
Quote checked October 14, 2026 Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.
“the adoption of an ordinance by a governing body, as those terms are defined in this chapter, which prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources is expressly prohibited.”
“A deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or similar binding agreement may not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources from being installed on buildings erected on the lots or parcels covered by the deed restriction, covenant, declaration, or binding agreement.”
This section doesn't print a penalty of its own. Other parts of the Florida Statutes may set one; we haven't looked them up, so we don't state one here.
“History. — s. 8, ch. 80-163; s. 1, ch. 92-89; s. 14, ch. 93-249; s. 1, ch. 2008-191; s. 3, ch. 2008-227.”
This note cites session laws by the legislature's own chapter numbers, so we don't turn it into a starting year.
Our reading
Florida groups the clothesline with solar collectors as an energy device based on renewable resources. The quoted text prohibits local ordinances that ban installation. It also prohibits covered deed restrictions, covenants and similar agreements from banning installation on buildings erected on the covered lots or parcels.
Written by Silly Rules from the quoted text above. It's a plain reading, not legal advice. We haven't researched how courts read this section or how often anyone enforces it.
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