Miami Gardens, FL Landscaping Rules: Rainwater Harvesting (2026)

373.62 Water conservation; automatic sprinkler systems. (1) Any person who purchases and installs an automatic landscape irrigation system must properly install, maintain, and operate technology that inhibits or interrupts operation of the system during periods of sufficient moisture. (2) A licensed contractor who installs or performs work on an automatic landscape irrigation system must test for the correct operation of each inhibiting or interrupting device or switch on that system. If such devices or switches are not installed in the system or are not in proper operating condition, the contractor must install new ones or repair the existing ones and confirm that each device or switch is in proper operating condition before completing other work on the system. (3) The department shall create a model ordinance by January 15, 2010, that may be adopted and enforced by local governments. The ordinance must, at a minimum: (a) Require licensed contractors to report automatic landscape irrigation systems that are not in compliance with this section to the appropriate authority. (b) Provide penalties for licensed contractors who do not comply with this section. The minimum penalty must be $50 for a first offense, $100 for a second offense, and $250 for a third or subsequent offense.