TAMPA, Fla. — New water restrictions are now in effect in Tampa, and while residents won’t see changes to how often they can water their lawns, homeowners associations are facing significant new limits on how they regulate their communities.
Tampa residents have been under once-a-week watering restrictions since December 2023, and that policy will remain in place under the new restrictions.
However, as of Feb. 8, the city has rolled out new rules aimed squarely at HOAs that preventing them from enforcing penalties that would require additional water use to fix…