Margate, FL HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

Margate does not leave association formation to the developer's choice in its Planned Residential Community district. Section 40.550(A) of the Land Development Code states that within all PRC developments a condominium or homeowner's association must be created and made responsible for the perpetual control and maintenance of common elements, architectural features, fences, accessory structures, and landscaping. The district applies to land under single ownership and puts overall planning and design first as a prerequisite for site plan approval, and it encourages common recreation areas and amenities.

The association duty ties to the PRC design standards in the same section. Detached one-family lots are at least 45 feet wide and 90 feet deep with 4,500 square feet of area. One side setback can be zero if the opposite side is at least 10 feet, and that 10-foot strip must be perpetually maintained free of encroachments other than in-ground swimming pools, air conditioners, patios and appurtenances, fences, and landscaping. A four-foot maintenance easement must run alongside the zero-side wall. Under § 40.550(G), an overall site development plan must be approved by the development review committee before a building permit issues in a PRC district.

Multiple-family districts carry a parallel rule. Section 40.513(J) for R-3A provides that within a multiple-family site, all land and improvements outside the exterior walls of structures, including landscaping, paving, drainage and lighting, must be under the control of a single ownership, condominium association or homeowner's association, other than land dedicated for public use. The owner or association is responsible for maintaining all improvements and the common portions of individual buildings, and it must establish rules and regulations governing improvements made to the exterior of all buildings.