Tamarac, FL Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)
Water restrictions in Tamarac, 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
- Daily ban
- 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., all users
- Even addresses
- Water Thursdays and/or Sundays
- Odd addresses
- Water Wednesdays and/or Saturdays
- New landscaping grace
- 90 days, tapering watering schedule
- First offense penalty
- Written warning
- Repeat penalty
- $50, then $100 per violation
Summary
Tamarac bans landscape irrigation daily between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and limits existing landscaping to two watering days a week, tied to the property's address: even-numbered addresses water Thursdays and Sundays, odd-numbered addresses water Wednesdays and Saturdays.
(1)Landscape irrigation shall be prohibited daily between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except as provided below.(2)Irrigation of existing landscaping shall comply with the following provisions:a.Even-numbered addresses and rights-of-way, or other locations without an address, may accomplish necessary landscape irrigation only on Thursdays and/or Sundays.b.Odd-numbered addresses may accomplish necessary landscape irrigation only on Wednesdays and/or Saturdays.
Full Breakdown
Tamarac Code § 22-303 lays out year-round permanent landscape irrigation measures that apply to all users unless otherwise specified, adopted to implement the South Florida Water Management District's mandatory year-round conservation rules under Chapter 40E-24, F.A.C. Item (1) bans landscape irrigation daily between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. across the board, except where the section provides otherwise. Item (2) splits existing landscaping into two watering-day groups: even-numbered addresses, along with rights-of-way and locations without an address, may irrigate only Thursdays and/or Sundays, while odd-numbered addresses may irrigate only Wednesdays and/or Saturdays.
New landscaping gets a ninety-day grace period under item (3), starting with unrestricted watering the day it is installed, then daily watering for the first thirty days, then four days a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday) through day ninety. Item (4) allows testing and maintenance runs outside restricted times, capped at once a week and ten minutes per zone with someone on site. Section 22-305 lets a user apply to the city manager for a hardship waiver from a specific watering day, and Section 22-306 lets a denied waiver be appealed to the planning board within thirty days.
Enforcement falls to every code enforcement officer, police officer or sheriff's deputy under Section 22-307, and Section 22-308 fines a first violation with a written warning, a second with $50, and a third or later violation with $100, each day counted separately.
Violations & Fines
Irrigating outside the assigned watering days and hours in Section 22-303, absent an approved waiver or an exempt watering method, draws the escalating penalty schedule of Section 22-308: a written warning for a first violation, a $50 fine for a second, and $100 for a third and every subsequent violation, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense. The city can also pursue emergency injunctive action in addition to these fines, and a district-declared water shortage or water shortage emergency under Section 22-302 can impose even tighter restrictions that override the standing schedule.
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