I live in a large town in the southeast and that is indeed our county's policy: http://www.pinellascounty.org/code-enforcement/enforcement-codes.htm#mowing http

I live in a large town in the southeast and that is indeed our county's policy: http://www.pinellascounty.org/code-enforcement/enforcement-codes.htm#mowing http://www.pinellascounty.org/code-enforcement/enforcement-c... That said, "Florida friendly landscaping" (creating a yard that can adequately handle Florida's natural irrigation, which is not necessarily grass oriented) has been steadily growing in support. In fact, it's actually illegal for an HOA to prevent a Florida friendly landscape (https://www.volusia.org/core/fileparse.php/4163/urlt/HOAs.pdf https://www.volusia.org/core/fileparse.php/4163/urlt/HOAs.pd...), although in practice a lot of HOAs still enforce a "thou must have a large thirsty St. Augustine grass front lawn" code.