Miramar, FL Hurricane Preparedness: Storm Debris (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Hurricane watch or tropical storm notice
- Debris storage
- Fenced or enclosed containment on-site
- Open containers
- Weighted with sand, covered or lashed down
- Max jail term
- 60 days per violation
- Separate violation
- Each day noncompliance continues
Summary
Miramar requires owners and contractors to keep construction sites clear of loose debris and secured during storm season under City Code Sec. 22-86(2). Once a hurricane watch is issued, construction waste and materials must be fenced, weighted or removed, and violators face citations plus billing for any emergency cleanup the city performs.
It shall be the joint responsibility of any owner of real property upon which construction is occurring, or any contractor responsible for said construction, to ensure that all road rights-of-way remain free at all times of all construction waste and trash resulting from such construction... Said construction waste and trash shall be kept within an area that is either wire-fenced or otherwise secured within an enclosed containment structure, to assure that construction waste and trash are not on adjacent property. Debris in open containers shall be secured by weighting with sand, covered, lashed down or picked up by a container contractor.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 22-86(2) of the City Code makes it 'the joint responsibility of any owner of real property upon which construction is occurring, or any contractor responsible for said construction, to ensure that all road rights-of-way remain free at all times of all construction waste and trash resulting from such construction,' and to keep waste and trash 'contained on the real property upon which the construction occurs' inside a wire-fenced or otherwise enclosed containment structure. ' During severe weather (a tropical storm watch, tropical storm warning, hurricane watch or hurricane warning issued by the National Weather Service), it is a violation for an owner or contractor to leave 'loose construction debris' on or near the site, and the site 'must be cleared of loose construction debris' before conditions arrive.
Materials stockpiled atop a structure under construction must be permanently installed, banded and fastened down, moved to ground level and fastened, or removed from the job site or stored inside an enclosed structure once a severe-weather warning issues. Media or National Weather Service broadcasts of severe weather count as sufficient legal notice to owners and contractors to secure debris, so the city does not have to serve individual notice before the securing duty attaches.
Violations & Fines
The building official or a designee issues a citation for each violation after attempting to give the owner or contractor verbal or written notice and a reasonable correction period. Penalties run up to a fine set by city commission resolution per violation, or up to 60 days in the county jail, or both; each day a violation continues is a separate violation, and violators are liable for the city's cleanup costs, inspection fees, and attorney's fees if the city has to secure the site itself.
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