Pompano Beach, FL Hurricane Preparedness: Storm Debris (2026)

38(A) states that disaster debris is a hazard to the public and a public nuisance, and that removal is meant to address immediate threats to life, health, safety, and property while speeding the community's economic recovery. Because Chapter 96's definitions section treats storm debris as synonymous with disaster debris (defined by reference to FEMA Publication 325, the Public Assistance Debris Management Guide), this section is what lets the city's contractors get onto private streets after a hurricane without a separate agreement each time. 38(B) requires each property owner adjacent to a private road, or the gated community's homeowners' association, to grant the city right of entry onto those roads to clear or collect disaster debris on or adjacent to them.

In exchange for that access, the same subsection requires the owner or association to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the United States Government, the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, the State of Florida, the City of Pompano Beach, and each of their agents, officers, employees, and contractors from claims, losses, judgments, and costs, including workers' compensation claims and attorneys' and paralegal fees, arising from the debris removal or related disaster mitigation and recovery work. The ordinance does not set a dollar penalty of its own; it operates as a standing condition on private-road access rather than a citation scheme.