Keeping your private helicopter at your home  

In the state of Florida, the Department of Transportation regulates, or registers, airport and heliports. Here's the link to get you started  www.floridaprivateairport.com 

That's the approval you'll need for the landing surface. But before you can get that approval your local zoning office will have to grant written permission for you to provide to FDOT. Look for airport ordinances in your county. It may be as easy as showing them your plan and receiving a letter of approval. Or it could involve Planning and Zoning noticing all of your neighbors for public hearings, and a few trips to the county commission meetings. But wait there's more! While FDOT regulates the landing surface, the FAA regulates the airspace above it. So, you'll have to have the FAA do a study and provide approval, IF your traffic pattern does not pose a hazard to any visual or instrument approaches in the area. All of the surrounding airport owners have to be noticed in writing and have time to reject as well. And make dang sure you've talked to everyone in the area and explained your plan for usage early on. By all means you don't want them finding out about it via a registered letter from the county. 20 years ago, when I did mine, it took the better part of a year. And the only dissent reply received during either of the public hearings was from the one neighbor I could not get ahold of.