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Old 08-11-2019, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by pacjag View Post
Fortunately, or unfortunately, you seem to be incorrect.

FL law protects your rights to grow vegetables, but not if you live under HOA rules • IAC

The new law restricts local governments but does not apply to HOAs or deed restrictions agreed to by a property owner.
That is an article about a law. Read the actual law. It very specifically does not allow communities to forbid homeowners planting vegetable gardens. The law was passed BECAUSE a community tried to prevent a homeowner planting a vegetable garden. The court ruled in the homeowner's favor. The court case was Ricketts vs. Miami Shores. Ricketts won.

The law is SB82. The text in question is here:
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(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, a county,
21 municipality, or other political subdivision of this state may
22 not regulate vegetable gardens on residential properties. Any
23 such local ordinance or regulation regulating vegetable gardens
24 on residential properties is void and unenforceable.
the numbers 21, 22, 23, and 24 are line numbers. I bolded the applicable part.

As I said before - there's no room for interpretation. It is very specific and precise.