Hollywood, FL Environmental Rules: Boat Dock Permits (2026)

053) governs any dock built on city property along Hollywood's waterways. 050 requires anyone wanting to build a boat dock facility on city property to first sign a lease agreement with the city on terms set by the City Manager, limited to the owner of the property directly fronting and contiguous to the proposed dock, even where a public right-of-way or public land separates the two. 051 let the applicant apply to the Department of Development Services for a construction permit; complete plans must be submitted to that department and a valid building permit obtained in writing before any construction starts.

The same section sets an annual license fee for constructing and maintaining a private dock on city property, including North Lake and South Lake, with the fee amount fixed by City Commission resolution rather than printed in the code itself. 052 caps each lease term at four years, renewable, with the City Manager or a designee authorized to approve routine renewals without bringing them back to the City Commission; a lease terminated for the lessee's material breach, however, requires full City Commission approval before a new lease can issue.

029, which routes those applications to the City Engineering Department and caps those docks at 22 feet from the bulkhead line, bars liveaboards and commercial activity on them, and requires $500,000 in public liability insurance from the dock owner.