Pembroke Pines, FL HOA Rules: CC&R Enforcement (2026)
Key Facts
- Who signs
- Every building permit applicant
- HOA defined
- F.S. Chapter 720 association
- Condo defined
- F.S. Chapter 718 association
- Notice
- Building Dept. mails affidavit copy to association
- City role
- No authority to enforce HOA/CC&R rules
Summary
Pembroke Pines requires every building permit applicant to sign an affidavit acknowledging that a homeowners' or condominium association may impose its own rules beyond whatever the city allows, under Code of Ordinances § 150.04. The city built the requirement specifically to stay out of disputes between owners and their associations. A city permit never overrides or waives an HOA's separate approval.
(A) Declaration of intent. The intent of this section is to require property owners whose property is governed by a homeowners' association or condominium association to provide an affidavit indicating their awareness that they may be subject to additional association regulations despite the issuance of a building permit for exterior renovations by the city. This section is intended to protect the city from becoming involved in controversies between property owners and their associations, where property owners may obtain permits from the city for projects inconsistent with the association's regulations.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
S. S. ' An owner whose property isn't in any association instead signs an affidavit stating the section doesn't apply. The Building Department then forwards a copy of the affidavit by certified mail to the association, at the applicant's expense, but only if that association appears on the city's master list, and the mailing cost gets folded into the city's standard building-permit fees rather than billed separately. The practical effect is a strict separation of roles: the city's Building Department checks a project against the Florida Building Code and the Land Development Code, while enforcement of an association's own architectural, landscaping or use restrictions, whatever they require beyond city code, is left entirely to the association and its governing documents, not to city code enforcement.
Violations & Fines
Section 150.04 isn't written as a punitive ordinance against homeowners; it defines what the city itself will not police. The city has no enforcement role over an association's covenants, conditions or restrictions, so a resident who breaches an HOA rule that goes beyond city code answers to the association, potentially in civil court under F.S. Chapters 718 or 720, not to Pembroke Pines Code Compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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