Pembroke Pines, FL Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

02, adopted by Ordinance 1070 on May 4, 1994, is the city's operative drainage-obstruction rule. " Placing any material there, of any form, type or nature, that would alter, impede, block or otherwise detrimentally affect the rate of flow is unlawful unless the city has first permitted and authorized the work. That permit requirement means fences, fill, landscaping timbers, dumped debris, or a homeowner's makeshift dam across a drainage swale or canal bank all need city sign-off before they go in, not after. 01, which separately makes it unlawful to dump or bury refuse, garbage, or debris on the bank of any river, stream, or waterway, or to do any act that pollutes or tends to pollute the waters of a watercourse or pool, so both blocking a drainage way and fouling it are covered under the same General Provisions of Chapter 94 (Garbage, Rubbish, Litter, and Weeds).

04, whose duty is "to enforce all provisions of the code" and who is "granted the power of arrest in the same manner and to the same degree as the police officers of the city" along with authority to issue summons for code violations. Property owners along the city's canal network, common throughout Pembroke Pines' platted subdivisions, are the group most exposed: altering a bank, adding a culvert, or backfilling a swale on private property abutting a canal easement without city authorization triggers this section even if no flooding has yet occurred, because the standard is whether the placement would alter or impede flow, not whether it has already caused damage.