Water Usage Facts

Hernando County realizes the need to enforce property maintenance standards and zoning regulations to ensure a reasonable quality of life for its residents. We strive to lower the number of public nuisances and unsafe conditions by working with our citizens.

As a citizen, you can play an important role in keeping the communities and neighborhoods of this county attractive, clean, and safe. Here are just a few of the things you can do to help if you reside in Hernando County:

• Check with Development Services before you build to determine if a permit is needed
• Check with Zoning or Code Enforcement to determine what is allowed in your zoning district
• Keep your trash cleaned up and disposed of properly
• Conceal or remove inoperable vehicles
• Keep temporary signs on private property and not in the county right-of-ways
  
  
  Anonymous Complaint Notice
  Florida Statute Chapter 2, Sec. 2-51(a)(2) prohibits code compliance officers from initiating enforcement proceedings for a potential violation of a duly enacted code or ordinance by way of an anonymous complaint. A person who reports a potential violation of a code or an ordinance must provide his or her name and address to the code officer before an enforcement proceeding may occur. This subsection does not apply if the code officer has reason to believe that the violation presents an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare or imminent destruction of habitat or sensitive resources.