Accessory dwelling units in Pembroke Pines are reviewed under the city's Code of Ordinances Chapter 155 (Zoning), which sets development standards for accessory uses in single-family and multi-family districts. The Pembroke Pines Building Division issues permits under the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) with full HVHZ compliance. Florida HB 1031 (2024), codified at FL Statute §163.31771, encourages municipalities to allow ADUs in single-family zones.
Pembroke Pines is Broward County's second-largest city (population ~170,000) and a master-planned suburb composed largely of mandatory-membership HOA communities — Pembroke Falls, Pembroke Lakes, SilverLakes, Chapel Trail, Spring Valley. The city's Code of Ordinances Chapter 155 (Zoning) regulates accessory uses through district-specific setbacks, lot coverage, and accessory-structure standards; most established subdivisions were platted as single-family detached and did not anticipate ADU additions. Florida HB 1031 (2024), codified at FL Statute §163.31771, directs the Florida Department of Commerce to publish model ADU ordinances and encourages — but does not strictly preempt — local approval of ADUs in single-family zones. As of 2026 the statute remains an 'encouragement' law rather than a mandatory preemption. Pembroke Pines permitting path: (1) Planning and Zoning review for Chapter 155 setbacks, accessory-structure size limits, and lot-coverage compliance; (2) Building Permit from the Pembroke Pines Building Division applying the Florida Building Code 8th Edition (2023) with HVHZ wind-load provisions (170+ mph design wind speed under FBC Chapter 16) — Pembroke Pines lies within the HVHZ that covers all of Broward and Miami-Dade counties; (3) Flood compliance — many western Pembroke Pines parcels lie in Special Flood Hazard Areas (zones AH, AE) and must be elevated to or above the Base Flood Elevation per FBC §1612 and Broward County Code Chapter 27. Broward County does not impose separate ADU zoning on parcels inside the city limits.
Constructing an ADU without permits triggers a Pembroke Pines Code Compliance Notice of Violation with daily fines that can become a lien on the property, mandatory permit-after-the-fact at double fees under the city fee schedule, or removal. Building below BFE in a flood zone: order to elevate or floodproof at owner's cost.
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