Miramar, FL Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Miramar, FL, also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance, set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Key Facts
- No-watering hours
- 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily
- Even addresses water
- Thursdays and/or Sundays
- Odd addresses water
- Wednesdays and/or Saturdays
- First violation
- Warning
- Repeat violation fine
- Up to $500 per day
Summary
Miramar bans all landscape irrigation citywide between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every day under City Code § 21-62(a). Existing landscaping at even-numbered addresses may water only Thursdays and/or Sundays; odd-numbered addresses only Wednesdays and/or Saturdays, implementing the South Florida Water Management District's year-round conservation rules.
(a)Landscape irrigation shall be prohibited daily between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except as provided below.(b)Irrigation of existing landscaping shall comply with the following provisions:(1)Even-numbered addresses and rights-of-way, or other locations without an address, may accomplish necessary landscape irrigation only on Thursdays, and/or Sundays.(2)Odd-numbered addresses may accomplish necessary landscape irrigation only on Wednesdays, and/or Saturdays.
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
C. every day, the heat of the day when evaporation loss is highest. For existing landscaping, subsection (b) assigns watering days by address parity: even-numbered addresses, plus rights-of-way and unaddressed locations, may irrigate only on Thursdays and/or Sundays, while odd-numbered addresses may irrigate only on Wednesdays and/or Saturdays, per § 21-60(g)'s definition covering addresses ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 as even and 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 as odd. New landscaping gets a grace period under subsection (c): it may be watered without regard to the schedule on its planting day, then on any of six days, Monday through Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, for its first 30 days, narrowing to Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday for days 31 through 90.
Low-volume hand watering, drip and micro-irrigation, rain barrels, and irrigation-system testing, once weekly, ten minutes per zone, are exempt from the day-and-time schedule under subsections (d) and (f). The ordinance does not apply to athletic play areas, agricultural operations, or irrigation using reclaimed water or saltwater, and a District-declared water shortage or emergency supersedes it with more restrictive rules under § 21-61.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of the irrigation schedule draws a warning; a second draws a fine of $50.00; a third and any subsequent violation draws a fine of up to $500.00, with each day of a continuing violation charged as a separate offense under § 21-66. Enforcement runs through citation, summons, or civil injunctive action by any law enforcement official, and notice of an alleged violation goes to the property owner by certified mail or posting.
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