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The 2026 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES
Chapter 166
MUNICIPALITIES
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F.S. 166.04845
166.04845 Ordinances, regulations, and policies concerning chickees.
(1) A municipality may not enact an ordinance, regulation, or policy that prevents or has the effect of preventing a person who is a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida or the Seminole Tribe of Florida from constructing a chickee, as defined in s. 553.73(10)(i):
(a) In a side yard if the chickee is at least 10 feet from the property line.
(b) Near another structure if the chickee is at least 10 feet from any other structure.
(2) A municipality may not enact an ordinance, regulation, or policy concerning chickees that is more restrictive than federal floodplain management regulations.
History.s. 2, ch. 2026-55.