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Sunrise allows leaf blowers, mowers, and household power tools only between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. under City Code Sec. 9-19(9). There is no gas-blower ban, but off-hours use must meet the 55 dBA night limit.

Sunrise exempts construction noise on private property only between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. under City Code Sec. 9-19(8). Work outside that window must meet the 60/55 dBA residential limits or draws a citation.

Sunrise caps residential sound at 60 dBA daytime and 55 dBA from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. under City Code Sec. 9-22, measured at the property line by a meter or a reasonable person's ear.

Sunrise City Code Sec. 4-28 makes it unlawful to keep a dog that howls, yelps, or barks excessively enough to disturb the sleep, peace, and quietude of residents. The general nuisance code reinforces it.

Sunrise bars amplified sound plainly audible from a receiving property under City Code Sec. 9-18 and holds venues and DJs responsible under Sec. 9-21. The Western Sunrise Entertainment District gets a higher 85 dBA nighttime allowance.

Sunrise has no STR-specific noise rule; vacation-rental guests follow the same Chapter 9 limits as residents, 60 dBA by day and 55 dBA from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Repeated guest disturbances can cost the host their business tax receipt.

Sunrise has no short-term-rental-specific occupancy cap. Guest capacity is governed by the property's Florida DBPR vacation-rental license and the Florida Building and Fire Codes, not a separate city ordinance.

Florida preempts local vacation-rental bans under Fla. Stat. §509.032(7)(b), so Sunrise cannot prohibit STRs. It runs no dedicated rental permit, but operators need a City business tax receipt and a state DBPR vacation-rental license.

Sunrise has no short-term-rental-specific parking ordinance. Vacation-rental guests follow the city's general residential parking and driveway rules, plus any HOA or CDD covenants, which are often stricter than city code.

Neither Florida nor Sunrise requires short-term-rental hosts to carry insurance. Coverage is driven by mortgage lenders, HOA or CDD covenants, and booking platforms rather than any city ordinance.

A Sunrise vacation rental owes about 13% in lodging taxes: a 6% Florida transient rental tax, a 1% Broward discretionary surtax, and Broward County's 6% Tourist Development Tax on stays of six months or less.

Sunrise prohibits open burning citywide under City Code Sec. 6-59. Burning yard waste, trash, or debris is not allowed. Narrow exceptions cover outdoor cooking, fire-department-approved ceremonial fires, and enclosed land-clearing chambers.

Consumer fireworks are legal in Sunrise on July 4, December 31, and January 1 under Florida's fireworks law (Fla. Stat. Ch. 791). Sunrise's fire code references Ch. 791, and the city cannot ban those three holidays.

Sunrise requires owners to keep grass, weeds, and undergrowth cut. Under City Code Sec. 9-31, growth over 6 inches is prohibited on developed and nearby lots (12 inches on isolated vacant land). Overgrowth is a public nuisance.

Sunrise is fully urbanized suburban Broward County with no mapped wildfire hazard zones or defensible-space mandate. Wildfire risk is low; the city manages vegetation through its nuisance lot-maintenance code (Sec. 9-31) rather than wildfire-zone rules.

Sunrise broadly bans open burning under City Code Sec. 6-59. The only residential exception is outdoor noncommercial cooking of food, so wood fire pits used just for warmth aren't permitted; ceremonial fires need fire-department approval.

Sunrise has no ordinance restricting home EV chargers. A Level 2 (240V) charger needs an electrical permit from the Sunrise Building Division under the Florida Building Code. Florida law protects condo owners' right to install charging (Fla. Stat. §718.113).

Sunrise allows one recreational vehicle per single-family lot, up to 30 feet long, parked in a side or rear yard (Code Sec. 14-47). RVs over 30 feet must be fully enclosed in a garage. Boats and trailers get a specific driveway-side allowance.

Sunrise treats any abandoned or derelict motor vehicle on private property as a public nuisance under City Code Sec. 9-2. Inoperable, wrecked, or unregistered vehicles must be removed or enclosed, or the city abates them and liens the property.

In Sunrise's RS-3, RS-5, and RS-7 residential districts, vehicles must park in a designated parking space: an asphalt, concrete, or paver driveway, a carport, or a garage (Code Sec. 14-16). Parking on lawns or unpaved yard is prohibited.

Sunrise bans parking or storing prohibited vehicles (trucks, trailers, or stretched autos over 21 feet, semis, box trucks, step vans, buses, and construction equipment) in residential districts unless hidden inside a garage (Code Sec. 14-31).

Sunrise has no blanket 2-6 a.m. street-parking ban, but Sec. 14-16(a) restricts parking on streets and rights-of-way anytime unless an ordinance allows it. Overnight storage of RVs, commercial trucks, and combustible-load trucks is separately regulated.

Sunrise prohibits parking on city streets, alleys, and rights-of-way unless an ordinance allows it (Code Sec. 14-16(a)). The city adopts Florida's traffic parking rules (Fla. Stat. Ch. 316) and enforces citations through the Broward County Clerk.

Florida has no shared fence-cost law, so each Sunrise owner pays for their own fence. Sunrise Code Sec. 16-191(d)(7) requires the finished side to face the neighbor or right-of-way.

Sunrise has no separate retaining-wall height article; walls are permitted and built to the Florida Building Code. A Building Division permit is required, with engineered plans for taller walls.

Sunrise requires a building permit for every new or replacement fence. Fences must be built to the Florida Building Code, and Broward's High Velocity Hurricane Zone adds wind-load standards.

Sunrise caps residential fences at 4 feet in the front yard (set back 3 feet from the sidewalk) and 6 feet in rear and side yards, under Land Development Code Sec. 16-191.

Sunrise allows wood (not plywood), PVC, composite, and decorative metal fences. Chain-link is single-family only and must be vinyl-coated green, black, or bronze. Barbed wire and slats are banned.

Under Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act, Sunrise pool barriers must be at least 4 feet high with no gaps a child can pass, plus a self-latching gate. A permit and inspection are required.

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-26 requires dogs off the owner's property to be on a leash no longer than 6 feet or under immediate control. Dogs are barred from parks except leashed at Welleby Park's dog area.

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-2 bans any animal with vicious or dangerous propensities and allows other non-dog, non-cat species only if caged to prevent escape. Florida's FWC also permits captive wildlife statewide.

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-2 permits only dogs, cats, and caged non-dangerous animals in the city, leaving little room for residential hives. Florida requires all beekeepers to register with FDACS under Ch. 586.

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-2 prohibits keeping any animal except dogs and cats unless it is non-dangerous and caged to prevent escape. There is no backyard-hen allowance, and crowing roosters are a nuisance.

Sunrise has no dog breed ban. Its former pit bull ordinance was repealed November 14, 2023, matching Florida's statewide preemption. Dangerous-dog rules under Sec. 4-30 and Fla. Stat. Ch. 767 are behavior-based.

Sunrise Code Sec. 4-6 makes it unlawful to feed wild ducks except within 15 feet of a canal, lake, or waterway. Harrison Park is a protected bird sanctuary, and state law bars feeding alligators.

Sunrise treats grass, weeds, or untended growth over 10 inches as an overgrown-property nuisance. Owners get a notice; if not cut, the city abates the lot and bills the cost as a lien.

Sunrise allows residential rainwater harvesting. Florida imposes no state restriction on collecting rain for irrigation, and rain barrels need no permit. Sunrise's code separately requires connecting to reclaimed water for irrigation where available.

Sunrise, which runs its own utilities, enforces Broward County's year-round irrigation rule. Odd-numbered addresses water Wednesday and Saturday; even addresses Thursday and Sunday, only before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m. Friday is a no-watering 'dry day.'

Sunrise requires lots to be kept free of untended growth over 10 inches. Nuisance exotics named in the tree code, including melaleuca, Australian pine, carrotwood, and Brazilian-pepper-type invasives, are treated as nuisance trees rather than protected canopy.

Sunrise requires a permit before removing any tree, even in your own yard. Single-family lots must keep a minimum of trees (four per lot, three in RS-7); required trees need 1-for-1 replacement. A certified-dangerous tree qualifies for permit-free removal under Fla. Stat. §163.045.

Sunrise requires native trees to make up at least 50% of required trees, and Fla. Stat. §373.185 guarantees homeowners the right to Florida-Friendly Landscaping. Required single-family sod must be St. Augustine Floratam.

Sunrise bans 'tree abuse': no hatracking, topping, or over-pruning a tree under 30 feet, and cuts must follow ANSI A-300 and Z-133 standards. Commercial tree trimmers need a business tax receipt and certificate of competency.

Florida's 2025 synthetic turf law and DEP Rule 62-308.100, effective May 19, 2026, bar local governments from prohibiting compliant synthetic turf on single-family residential property. Sunrise's code otherwise requires living St. Augustine Floratam sod in required single-family yards.

Fla. Stat. §559.955 lets Sunrise home businesses receive clients, but traffic, parking, and deliveries must stay consistent with a residential neighborhood. A walk-in retail store is not a protected home occupation.

Sunrise limits home-business signs to keep neighborhoods residential. Under Fla. Stat. §559.955 the rules can't single out home businesses, but modest sign limits that apply to all residential property still stand. Expect at most a small, unlit nameplate.

Fla. Stat. §500.80 lets Sunrise residents sell homemade, shelf-stable foods direct to consumers, and ship them within Florida, earning up to $250,000 a year with no state food permit. The city cannot prohibit it.

A family day care home is a valid residential use in Sunrise under Fla. Stat. §166.0445, and providers register or license with the Florida Department of Children and Families. No special zoning permit or fee over $50 may be required.

Florida's Home-Based Business Act, Fla. Stat. §559.955, bars the City of Sunrise from banning or singling out home-based businesses. Sunrise's home-occupation rule, Land Development Code §16-81, still requires the activity stay incidental to the dwelling.

Sunrise pool barriers must be at least 4 feet high on single-family lots and 6 feet on other residential and nonresidential property, per LDC Sec. 16-111(a)(2). The barrier can be a screened patio, fence, or wall around the pool or the property.

Sunrise regulates hot tubs like pools: every hot tub needs a city building permit and an approved safety barrier under Sec. 16-111. The water's edge must sit 5 feet from side and rear lines, and it cannot go over a utility or drainage easement.

Sunrise requires a city building permit for every pool and hot tub, in-ground or above-ground. Under LDC Sec. 16-111(c) the pool permit cannot issue until a permit for the required safety barrier is secured at the same time.

Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (Fla. Stat. Ch. 515) governs Sunrise pools: a 4-foot barrier plus at least one added safety feature such as an approved cover, exit door and window alarms, or self-latching gates. Sunrise LDC Sec. 16-111 enforces the barrier locally.

Sunrise requires a city building permit for above-ground pools just like in-ground pools, with no small-pool exemption. The same Sec. 16-111 barrier applies, and the water's edge must sit at least 5 feet from any side or rear property line.

Florida sets no ADU mandate, and Sunrise does not provide for separate accessory dwelling units in single-family districts. LDC Sec. 16-118 caps accessory structures at two stories or 24 feet, bars building one before the main house, and prohibits converting a garage into living space.

Sunrise prohibits converting an existing garage in a residential district into a habitable room, under LDC Sec. 16-118(a)(3). The only exception is a conversion proven to have existed and been completed before 1995.

A carport in Sunrise is an accessory structure under LDC Sec. 16-118: it needs a city building permit, must meet the zoning district's setbacks, cannot exceed two stories or 24 feet, and must satisfy Broward's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone wind loads.

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.

Sunrise requires a city building permit for every new or replacement shed — there is no small-shed exemption. A storage shed may be up to 100 square feet and 9 feet high, set back at least 5 feet from side and rear property lines, and never over an easement.

Sunrise requires the first half-inch of rainfall from any site to be retained on-site using swales, trench drains, or retention ponds. The city runs a stormwater utility and operates under a Broward County NPDES MS4 permit.

Most of low-lying Sunrise sits in FEMA flood zones. The city's Floodplain Management Ordinance requires construction elevated to base flood elevation, and its Community Rating System participation earns residents a 15% flood-insurance discount.

Sunrise is inland western Broward with no ocean coastline, so there is no coastal construction control line. Development instead faces wetland review and canal protections, with the city bordering the Everglades Water Conservation Area to the west.

Sunrise requires cleared construction land to be mulched or regularly sprayed to control blowing dust and sediment. Land-disturbing sites of one acre or more also need a Florida NPDES construction stormwater permit.

In flood-prone Sunrise, filling and grading count as floodplain development, and every site must retain its first half-inch of rainfall on-site. Drainage cannot be redirected onto neighboring lots or into canals.

Only medical marijuana dispensaries are allowed. Under Fla. Stat. §381.986(11), Sunrise may ban dispensaries or apply pharmacy-equivalent location rules, but may not cap their number if allowed. No recreational sales exist in Florida.

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal throughout Sunrise. Florida allows medical marijuana only, and even registered patients may not grow their own. Recreational use remains illegal; the 2024 Amendment 3 failed at about 56 percent.

Sunrise partners in the Go SOLAR Broward online permitting system, offering near-instant rooftop PV permits for a flat $500 fee. Panels must meet High Velocity Hurricane Zone wind standards for Broward County.

Florida's Solar Rights Act voids any HOA covenant or deed restriction that prohibits solar collectors. A Sunrise HOA cannot ban rooftop panels; it may only set placement that does not impair their performance.

Sunrise has no ordinance governing holiday or seasonal decorations. Purely ornamental displays carry no advertising message, so they fall outside the sign code. A seasonal display bearing words or symbols is treated as a noncommercial sign — up to 8 sq. ft. on residential property, no permit.

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 prohibited, so signs on poles, medians, or roadsides are removed and discarded by officers who patrol every weekend.

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 8 sq. ft. during the 90 days before any election. No permit is required, and signs may stay up 90 days.

Sunrise garage sales need no permit, but the property-maintenance and nuisance codes govern the aftermath: clear all merchandise, tables, and signs promptly, and keep yard-sale signs to two on your own property.

Sunrise carts may go to the curb no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before collection and must be back off the curb by 7 p.m. on collection day. Between pickups, store carts out of sight.

Sunrise caps growth on vacant land: six inches on lots within 300 feet of a developed parcel, twelve inches on land farther out. All lots must stay free of refuse and debris, or the city mows and liens the cost.

Sunrise enforces exterior maintenance under Sec. 9-31: paint may not peel or crack over areas larger than one square foot, roofs must stay at least 75% clear of mildew and stains, and grass and weeds may not exceed six inches.

Snow never falls in Sunrise, so there is no snow-removal duty. Property owners must instead keep the swale and sidewalks abutting their lot free of debris, overgrowth, and hazards under the property-maintenance code.

Sunrise caps light spillover onto adjacent property at 0.5 footcandles, measured on a vertical plane 3 feet above grade at the property line, under Land Development Code section 16-150. In multifamily projects, no light may spill into bedrooms.

Sunrise has no dark-sky or full-cutoff ordinance and, as an inland city, no sea-turtle lighting rules. Outdoor lighting is governed by Land Development Code section 16-150, which caps light-fixture height at 25 feet and requires certified photometric plans for development.

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. §166.043 to delete the old declared-housing-emergency exception, so no local rent cap is possible in Sunrise.

Sunrise runs no mandatory registration or inspection program for long-term residential rentals. Florida's Live Local Act preempts most local rental mandates. Only short-term rentals under 30 days must obtain a City of Sunrise Business Tax Receipt before operating.

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 violation, and a 30-day notice to end a month-to-month tenancy with no reason required.

Sunrise carts must sit at the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day, never on the street or sidewalk, with the arrows facing the street and three feet from any obstruction. Bring them in by 7 p.m.

Recycling service is mandatory and billed for every Sunrise household, collected weekly in a city recycling cart. Put only empty, clean, dry cans, glass, plastic bottles, flattened cardboard, and paper loose in the cart — no bags.

Sunrise collects household garbage twice a week and recycling and bulk trash once a week through Republic Services. Find your days on the city's service map; the only holiday that delays pickup is Christmas Day.

Sunrise picks up bulk items and large yard waste at the curb weekly, on the first day of your garbage collection. Set items out no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before. Contractor and construction debris is refused.

Florida law preempts local drone rules, so Sunrise has no recreational drone ordinance. Recreational flyers follow FAA requirements: register drones over 0.55 lbs, stay below 400 feet, keep visual line of sight, and pass the free TRUST test.

Sunrise issues no commercial drone permit; Florida preempts local drone regulation. Commercial operators need an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, renewed every 24 months, plus LAANC authorization to fly in the controlled airspace around Broward County airports.

Sunrise cannot license or ban food trucks, but it may still regulate where they operate. Vending is tied to the city's special-event permit process, with a cap of three trucks per gathering and required property-owner permission.

Florida preempts food-truck licensing to the state. Under Fla. Stat. §509.102, Sunrise cannot require a separate local license or ban trucks citywide. Operators license through DBPR. Sunrise reversed its near-total food-truck ban in 2013.

Sunrise residents can stop commercial solicitors by posting a no-soliciting sign. A registered solicitor who ignores a posted home or canvasses outside allowed hours violates city Code Chapter 7. Protected canvassers remain exempt.

The City of Sunrise requires commercial door-to-door solicitors to register under city Code Sec. 7-267, providing identifying information and obtaining a permit. Religious, political, and charitable canvassing is constitutionally protected and exempt.

Sunrise enforces no juvenile curfew. Broward County has no countywide curfew, and Sunrise's Miscellaneous Offenses chapter contains none. Florida's state curfew law takes effect only where a city or county adopts it, and Sunrise has not.

Sunrise city parks are open only during posted hours; being present when a park is closed is unlawful under Code section 8-5. The Sunrise Police Department enforces closures, and smoking is banned in designated park areas under section 8-12.

Sunrise single-family districts (RS-3, RS-5, RS-7) cap homes at two stories or 25 feet, whichever is less. Mobile-home lots are limited to one story or 15 feet, while the RM-16 and RM-25 multifamily districts allow up to 12 stories or 120 feet.

Sunrise limits building lot coverage to 40 percent in its RS-3, RS-5, and RS-7 single-family districts and requires at least 30 percent of each lot to remain pervious (landscaped), under the Land Development Code.

In Sunrise's RS-3 and RS-5 single-family districts, homes need a 25-foot front yard, a 15-foot rear yard, and side yards of 10 feet (RS-3) or 7.5 feet each side (RS-5). Corner lots add a 20-foot street-side yard.

Sunrise requires replacement so there is no net loss of tree canopy at maturity. Category 1 trees count as 300 sq ft of canopy, and at least 50% of replacements must be Category 1. Single-family and nuisance-tree removals are 1-for-1.

Sunrise protects 'landscape features' — trees of special significance by size, species, age, historic, or ecological value. Removing a mature or feature tree requires an appraisal and matched, higher mitigation, on top of Broward County's Tree Preservation and Abuse Ordinance.

Sunrise requires a permit before removing ANY tree, on any property. A tree survey is required unless the lot has five or fewer trees. Under Fla. Stat. §163.045, an arborist-certified dangerous tree on residential property needs no permit, fee, or mitigation.

Sunrise sets no ordinance cap on how many garage or yard sales a household may hold. Residential sales are exempt from the city's outdoor-sale permit limits; only running a continuous storefront risks zoning enforcement.

Sunrise does not require a permit for a residential garage or yard sale — the city's special-event rules exempt events on residential property. The main rule is signage: no more than two yard-sale signs, on your own property only.

Sunrise sets no specific ordinance hours for residential garage sales. Daytime operation is the norm, bounded by the citywide noise limits — 60 dBA daytime, 55 dBA overnight in residential areas — and a duty to clear up afterward.