Tiny home rules in Sunrise, FL — covering tiny houses on wheels (THOWs), park model RVs, and tiny home on foundation builds — determine where they are legal and how they get permitted.
Sunrise treats a foundation-built tiny home as a dwelling that must meet the Florida Building Code and the district's minimum floor area, while a tiny home on wheels is regulated as an RV or mobile home and cannot serve as a permanent residence in single-family districts.
How Sunrise treats a tiny home turns on construction. A tiny house on a permanent foundation is a dwelling that must satisfy the Florida Building Code for Broward's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone and the zoning district's minimum floor area; IRC Appendix Q covers homes under 400 square feet. A tiny home on wheels is classified as a recreational vehicle or mobile home and cannot be parked as a permanent residence in a single-family district. Sunrise's Land Development Code also bars erecting an accessory structure before the principal home and prohibits converting a garage into living space, so a tiny home cannot become a stand-alone second dwelling on a typical lot. Utility connections, flood-zone elevation, and setbacks all apply.
Placing a tiny home on wheels as a permanent residence outside an approved zone brings zoning enforcement and relocation orders. Occupancy without a certificate of occupancy is prohibited.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
sunrise-fl
Sunrise has no ordinance governing holiday or seasonal decorations. Purely ornamental displays carry no advertising message, so they fall outside the sign co...
sunrise-fl
Sunrise limits yard-sale signs to your own property — no more than two, per City code-compliance guidance. Off-premises, snipe, and right-of-way signs are pr...
sunrise-fl
Sunrise regulates political and campaign signs as content-neutral "noncommercial signs." On residential property you may post up to 8 sq. ft., plus an extra ...
sunrise-fl
Sunrise runs no mandatory registration or inspection program for long-term residential rentals. Florida's Live Local Act preempts most local rental mandates....
sunrise-fl
Sunrise has no just-cause eviction ordinance. Evictions follow Florida Statutes Chapter 83: a 3-day notice for unpaid rent, a 7-day notice to cure a lease vi...
sunrise-fl
Sunrise has no rent control. Florida flatly bars every city and county from capping residential rents. The 2023 Live Local Act (SB 102) amended Fla. Stat. §1...
Side-by-side rule comparisons with other cities in Broward County.
See how other cities in Broward County handle tiny homes.
See how Sunrise's tiny homes rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.