Fla. Stat. § 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.