Margate, FL

In the City of Margate, Broward County, Florida, no one can run a motor vehicle on a public right-of-way at a sound level above the limits in Florida Statutes Section 316.293(2)…

Section 33-82 of the Margate Code caps noise at 55 dBA at night and 60 dBA by day in residential districts, 60 and 65 dBA in commercial-agricultural districts, and 65 and 70 dBA in…

In the City of Margate, Florida, it is unlawful to run equipment used in commercial construction, repair, alteration or demolition work between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and on Sundays…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Section 3-2 of the City Code prohibits unnecessary noise by operators of aircraft within or over the corporate limits. Chapter 3 pairs the noise ban…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Section 6-29 of the City Code makes it unlawful for an owner or custodian to let an animal yelp, bark, howl, screech, squeal or make any other animal…

Section 33-79 of the Margate Code bans radios, instruments and sound systems that are plainly audible across property boundaries, or audible at fifty feet when played from a vehicle…

Section 33-82 of the Margate Code caps residential noise at 55 dBA from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and 60 dBA from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Commercial-agricultural and industrial districts…

Section 33-79(m) of the Margate Code bans engine-powered lawn maintenance and lot clearing equipment and mowers between sunset and 7:00 a.m. in residentially or commercially zoned…

In the City of Margate, Florida, fireworks require a permit twice over. Section 15-14 lists fireworks among the items needing a fire prevention permit and fire marshal inspection, and…

Storing, handling or using LP gas or other compressed gases in unincorporated Broward County without an approved fire permit draws a $200 civil fine for a first violation and $400 for…

Broward County allows backyard campfires and bonfires for recreational, ceremonial or cooking use without a PWESD permit, but the fire must sit at least 300 feet from any occupied…

Broward County bans most open burning countywide, including all residential yard trash and household paper burning, with narrow exceptions for recreational campfires, agricultural…

Broward County cites smoke detector defects under its Fire Code civil penalty schedule: a missing, non-functioning, blocked, inaccessible, or tampered-with smoke detector, whether a…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

In the City of Margate, Florida, a pool contractor must post a $500 cash performance bond with the city when applying for a pool permit. The bond is a condition precedent to the…

In the City of Margate, Florida, every pool in every district must be surrounded by a safety barrier, either a screened-in patio or an approved wall or fence, with gates that…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a vacation rental owner must file proof of state sales tax and Broward County Tourist Development Tax registration and proof of state lodging licensure…

In the City of Margate, Florida, rental inspection program fees, including late and additional inspection fees, are set by city commission resolution, due at filing and not prorated…

In the City of Margate, Florida, the owner of a vacation rental, or the manager named on the registration, must be available with authority to solve problems 24 hours a day, 7 days a…

Florida requires DBPR-licensed vacation rentals to maintain liability insurance, and Broward cities commonly require proof of $1 million in liability coverage as a condition of STR…

Broward cities set STR maximum occupancy typically at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, consistent with SB 280 (2024) framework. FL 509.032 prohibits local STR-specific…

Florida Statute 509.032 preempts local governments from regulating the duration or frequency of short-term rentals, so Broward County cannot impose minimum or maximum night caps…

Broward County applies its general noise ordinance to short-term rentals. Cities within Broward may adopt stricter STR-specific noise rules under FL 509.032, which allows regulation…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Section 6-30 of the City Code makes it unlawful to keep or harbor a cat over four months old unless a licensed veterinarian has inoculated it against…

The entire City of Margate, Florida is a declared bird and wildlife sanctuary under Section 6-1 of the City Code. Taking, trapping or molesting any bird, wildlife or nest is unlawful…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Section 6-26 makes it unlawful to let any animal outside a secure building unless it is fenced in, tethered on the owner's property, on a leash under a…

Beekeeping is banned in the City of Margate, Florida. Section 6-59 of the City Code makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any bees in the municipality, declares any occupied beehive a…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Code § 6-60 makes it unlawful to maintain, raise or house chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, doves, cattle, horses, sheep or goats. Migratory birds are…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Code § 6-61 prohibits keeping listed dangerous animals, including chimpanzees, gorillas, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, crocodilians, and all…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Code § 6-63 makes it unlawful for any person to feed, or leave food for, ducks that are not boarded, maintained and housed under section 6-60. The…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Code § 6-88 bars pet stores from displaying, selling, giving away or otherwise transferring dogs or cats, with exemptions for hobby breeders, shelters…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Code §§ 6-80 and 6-81 classify dogs as dangerous by conduct, not breed. A classified dog needs an annual $200.00 certificate of registration from the…

In the City of Margate, Florida, pet grooming is a permitted use in the B-1 Neighborhood Business district only if the shop is under 3,000 square feet and soundproofed, with all…

Broward County's Animal Care Ordinance bans hoarding of dogs or cats and deems it animal cruelty, enforced countywide by the Animal Care Division through civil citations.

Broward doesn't require microchipping for all pets, but registered dogs and cats with a microchip get a discounted rabies tag fee, while dogs classified dangerous and all guard dogs…

Broward County requires the Division's veterinarian to sterilize any intact dog or cat impounded more than once, billing the cost to the owner at a fee set by the County Commission.

Unincorporated Broward bars veterinary hospitals from sites touching residential zoning, or separated from it only by a street, alley, or canal.

In the City of Margate, Florida, overnight parking means leaving a vehicle at any time between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Section 26-2(a) makes it unlawful to park a bus, truck tractor or…

Section 26-2(c) of the Margate Code makes it unlawful to park or stand any commercial vehicle at any time in any zone other than commercial or industrial, on streets and private…

Section 26-3 of the Margate Code lets residents park boats, trailers, RVs and similar recreational vehicles at home only on set conditions: on the owner's own residential property…

Margate's supplemental traffic rules require street parking in the direction of traffic within twelve inches of the curb, ban swale parking where a curb exists, and keep at least ten…

Margate's freight curb loading zone rule caps any stop to load or unload materials at thirty minutes unless a sign says otherwise, applies during the hours posted for each zone, and…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a master parking plan for a new or substantially modified parking area must show electric vehicle charging stations when they apply to the property…

In the City of Margate, driveways and parking areas must be surfaced with at least 1 inch of asphaltic concrete over a 6-inch limerock base, and landscaped areas, swales and sidewalks…

In the City of Margate, Florida, leaving an abandoned or inoperative vehicle on a street, alley, right-of-way or private property is declared unlawful and a public nuisance under Land…

Broward County licenses every tow truck and booting operator that works anywhere inside the county, incorporated cities included, and Chapter 20, Article VII, Division 2 of the County…

Owners of property abutting a swale in the City of Margate must prune trees to leave 8 feet of vertical clearance over sidewalks and 14 feet over roadways, and keep shrubs at 24 inches…

In the City of Margate, grass or weeds on improved property cannot grow taller than six inches, and every other property is capped at twelve inches. Improved means any lot with a…

In the City of Margate, Florida, landscaping that has been in the ground more than 90 days can be irrigated only two days a week: Wednesdays and Saturdays at odd-numbered addresses…

In the City of Margate, Florida, at least fifty percent of all required landscaping installed after the article's effective date must be South Florida native species, and the rest must…

In the City of Margate, synthetic turf is allowed only in the rear yard of single-family and duplex lots, as a strip no wider than 4 inches beside a paver driveway or front walkway, on…

In the City of Margate, removing any tree requires a tree removal permit from the Department of Environmental and Engineering Services, and removing a historical tree also needs City…

Broward County exempts backyard composting from its solid waste management license as long as the pile doesn't create a nuisance or violate health and environmental rules.

In the City of Margate, no canal retaining wall can be built without a city permit, and the plans must carry the seal of a Florida registered professional civil engineer. Permits issue…

In the City of Margate, Florida, fences must be aluminum, chain link, stuccoed block, pre-cast concrete, molded polyethylene composite, PVC, weatherproofed wood or a similar material…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a fence or wall on a single-family lot is limited to six feet, multi-family fences to four feet in front setbacks and six feet elsewhere, and…

Broward County caps fences on residential lots at six feet, eight feet next to commercial or industrial land, bans barbed and razor wire, and limits corner-lot fences to 30 inches near…

Florida's one statewide fence statute, §588.011, defines a legal fence as at least 3 feet high with three strands of wire on posts no more than 20 feet apart. Residential height…

In the City of Margate, Florida, single-family and duplex lots get two sheds per unit totaling no more than 144 square feet, capped at 8½ feet tall, with 24-inch side and rear…

An accessory dwelling on unincorporated Broward land isn't just a size question, it's a rental-affordability commitment. Section 39-272 caps an ADU at fifty percent of the main house…

Broward County permits accessory dwelling units in several zoning districts, typically capped at 800 square feet or 40 percent of the primary home, with owner-occupancy and one…

Florida Statute 553.73 makes the Florida Building Code the single, uniform construction standard for all permanent dwellings statewide, including tiny homes, preempting cities from…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a home occupation can use no more than 25 per cent of the dwelling's floor area, cannot have an advertising display or outdoor storage, and cannot sell…

Broward County home-based businesses cannot generate vehicle traffic substantially greater than a typical residence. Florida HB 1451 sets this as the statewide standard and allows…

Florida cottage food law (FL 500.80) allows home kitchen food sales up to $250,000 gross per year without a permit. Broward County cannot impose additional licensing, following 2021…

Family day care homes in Broward County must register or be licensed under Florida Statute 402.313. The Broward County Child Care Licensing and Enforcement agency handles local…

Broward's home-based business ordinance grants no special sign allowance: Sec. 39-237(i) requires all signage tied to a home business to comply with the same local and state sign…

In the City of Margate, Florida, loading, unloading, opening or handling boxes, crates, containers, garbage cans or similar objects between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the next day is a…

The City of Margate, Florida, sets no separate bass or low-frequency decibel limit. Section 33-79(b) of the Margate Code instead bans music or sound equipment that is plainly audible…

Broward County exempts restaurant, bar, and nightclub business operations from its noise nuisance standard at all times, so ordinary nightlife noise can't be cited as an Unreasonably…

Broward County exempts engines, pumps, and generators used for emergency purposes from its unreasonably loud noise standard at all times, but routine or non-emergency generator noise…

The City of Margate, Florida, charges a stormwater management utility fee on all developed property, meaning any parcel with impervious area. Chapter 34 of the Margate Code sets one…

In the City of Margate, fill in a flood hazard area must be designed to stay stable during rapid rise and drawdown of floodwaters and to protect against flood-related erosion and…

In the City of Margate, docks, boat ramps and canal retaining walls on public waterways need a permit from the Department of Environmental and Engineering Services, with plans by a…

In the City of Margate, any development wholly or partly in a flood hazard area needs a floodplain permit. Flood hazard areas rest on the Flood Insurance Study for Broward County dated…

In the City of Margate, Broward County, Florida, a new single-family or duplex home needs a lowest floor at least 18 inches above the highest crown of the abutting street and no lower…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

In the City of Margate, Florida, the permit fee already pays for inspection of the finished work. If the inspector finds non-conforming work, corrections are ordered and the inspector…

In the City of Margate, Florida, permit applications are accepted only from qualified persons or firms under Code § 9-4, and the Florida Building Code is adopted as the minimum…

Margate, Florida requires new City-owned buildings to be evaluated to at least a certified level under USGBC LEED, GBI Green Globes or an equivalent program, and major City renovations…

Pre-1978 housing in Broward County is subject to federal EPA Renovation Repair and Painting Rule and HUD disclosure requirements. Contractors must be EPA RRP certified for lead-safe…

Broward County issues building permits for plumbing work only to applicants holding a current state or Central Examining Board certificate of competency, a paid business tax receipt…

In unincorporated Broward's RSO transitional district, no single-family home or office building can run longer than 80 feet, on top of plot-coverage and height caps.

Broward County requires every licensed child care facility to screen electric fans, ban portable heaters, keep an operable flashlight for outages, and fit exits with alarms or fenced…

Broward County requires registered elevator companies to give building owners a signed Record of Visit after every service call and keep copies on file for at least one year.

Before doing any electrical work in Broward County, contractors and journeymen must hold a certificate of competency from Division II of the Central Examining Board, valid for permits…

In the City of Margate, Florida, every owner must file a rental inspection application with the city rental coordinator for each rental unit, renew it every year, and file an amendment…

In the City of Margate, Florida, every residential rental unit needs an annual inspection by the building department and a certificate of inspection under Chapter 9, Article V. The…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Florida's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Chapter 83 Part II, exclusively defines lawful eviction grounds and procedures statewide, preempting cities from adding just-cause…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

The City of Margate, Florida runs a residential rental unit inspection program. Each rental unit is inspected at least once every twelve months, a certificate of inspection issues only…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a rental unit is inspected at least once every twelve months or upon a substantiated complaint filed against the property. The inspection checks…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Section 2-16 of the City Code tells the City Commission, the board of adjustment, the planning and zoning board and every other city land-use body to…

In the City of Margate, Florida, every Planned Residential Community (PRC) development must create a condominium or homeowner's association that is responsible for the perpetual…

Broward County HOA disputes must generally use pre-suit mediation under FL 720.311 before court filing. Condo election and recall disputes go to DBPR arbitration.

Broward County HOAs routinely require architectural review committee approval before exterior changes including paint, roofing, fences, pools, and hurricane shutters.

Broward County HOAs set assessments through a budget adopted by the board with 14-day member notice. Condos face mandatory reserve funding under post-Surfside law.

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

In the City of Margate, Section 33-18(a)(3) makes it public indecency to urinate or defecate in other than a toilet or washroom in a public place. A public place is any place where the…

Section 27-5(a) of the Margate Code provides that no alcoholic beverages are allowed in any city park without approval of the city manager. The section covers parks only. Violators can…

The Margate Code has no section titled aggressive panhandling. Its solicitation rule is § 33-30.1, which makes it unlawful for any individual or organization, charitable or for profit…

Unincorporated Broward bans noise from a party or gathering that's plainly audible inside a neighbor's home with doors and windows closed and disrupts their peace.

Broward County limits smoking at its airports to areas the Aviation Director specifically designates, banning it entirely inside terminal buildings under the Florida Clean Indoor Air…

Broward County limits skateboard facilities to indoor operations in B-2 and B-3 commercial zoning districts, unincorporated area only.

Broward County makes it a crime to loiter or prowl anywhere in a manner that causes reasonable alarm for the safety of people or property, with due-process protections before arrest.

Broward County lets officers issue a civil citation instead of a criminal charge for possessing 20 grams or less of cannabis in public. Section 21-6 names it an Eligible Offense under…

Under Section 27-2 of the Margate Code, every city park in the City of Margate is open to the public daily from sunup to sunset unless the parks and recreation director grants written…

Broward County Ordinance Chapter 5 establishes a juvenile curfew prohibiting those under 17 from public places between 11:00 PM and 5:00 AM Sunday-Thursday and midnight to 6:00 AM…

In the City of Margate, the City inspects a sidewalk and decides who is responsible. An abutting owner must repair or rebuild the sidewalk in front of the parcel when the City finds…

In the City of Margate, standing or gathering on a sidewalk so that people cannot pass becomes a crime once someone gives notice to disperse. A separate rule bars any merchant or…

Placing any object or material on property under Broward County's jurisdiction, sidewalks, canals, easements and rights-of-way, is unlawful without first obtaining an encroachment…

Section 27-4 of the Margate Code requires any group, organization, league or individual reserving a city recreation facility to file an application for a facility use permit at the…

No one can hold a parade of any kind in the City of Margate without a parade permit from the city manager, and every parade on city streets needs a police escort paid for by the permit…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a sidewalk cafe is a walkway cafe, allowed only as an accessory use to a restaurant or other food service establishment. It needs a permit, a hold…

In the City of Margate, Florida, carnivals, fairs and circuses need a Temporary Use Permit approved by the City Commission by resolution. The application is due 90 calendar days before…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a residential block party of 75 people or fewer needs no permit but the Police Department must get seven calendar days' notice. Parties of 76 to 499…

Broward County requires a Film Commissioner permit before shooting a Production on county-owned or Participating Municipality property, with narrow carve-outs for handheld personal use…

Section 33-26 of the Margate Code makes it unlawful in the City of Margate to stand or gather on a sidewalk in a way that obstructs the passage of persons after receiving notice to…

Section 33-34 makes it unlawful to regularly engage in public camping or sleeping on public or private property in the City of Margate, including rights-of-way. An officer must first…

In the City of Margate, Broward County, Florida, no one plants a new tree or shrub in a swale where a water main is located. Everywhere else in the swale the owner needs a permit from…

In the City of Margate, a historical tree is one designated by the City Commission, and it cannot be removed without Commission approval. Specimen trees, those with a trunk diameter of…

Broward County protects any tree with an 18-inch trunk diameter and a 60% condition rating as a specimen tree, requiring a PWESD removal license or Board approval before it can be cut…

In the City of Margate, Broward County, single-family homes get weekly recycling pickup from the city's franchise contractor on one of the garbage days, with every recyclable in a…

In the City of Margate, Section 19-17 bans throwing, sweeping or depositing dirt, rubbish or any waste on a public way, canal, drain or sewer, and each day of a continuing violation is…

Single-family homes in the City of Margate get weekly curbside recycling from the city's franchised contractor on one of their garbage days, using contractor-provided recycling carts…

Single-family homes in the City of Margate put yard waste curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than three days before, for weekly pickup. Pieces can be no larger than…

Every owner, tenant or resident of a residential dwelling unit in the City of Margate must use the city's contractor, and the owner pays. Compulsory service means at least two garbage…

The city's franchised contractor supplies every single-family home in the City of Margate with a wheeled garbage cart, and residents must keep all garbage and trash inside it with the…

In the City of Margate, garbage carts go curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day but not before 5:00 p.m. the evening prior, with the attachment bar facing the street and at least 3…

Single-family homes in the City of Margate put bulky waste such as furniture, mattresses and appliances curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day and not earlier than three days before…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Land Development Code § 40.704(I) requires every dumpster, compactor and site with five (5) or more garbage cans to sit on a reinforced concrete pad…

In the City of Margate, Section 22-1 applies to occupied and unoccupied land alike: no accumulation of undergrowth, rubbish, debris, brush or noxious plants, and weeds or grass cannot…

Broward's Minimum Housing Code lets the county order emergency vacate action and perform repairs itself on any dwelling or structure meeting the Florida Building Code's…

In the City of Margate, Section 33-29 defines a nuisance as any condition of premises or building exteriors detrimental to neighbors or that lowers nearby property values, including…

In the City of Margate, an overgrowth or debris violation gets a certified-mail notice giving the owner ten days after mailing to fix it before the city clears the lot at the owner's…

In the City of Margate, Section 25-11 levies a local business tax on every business, profession or occupation and fixes an annual amount for each listed classification, such as $125…

In the City of Margate, a pawnbroker needs a local business tax receipt, and the Section 25-11 schedule sets the annual tax at $840, the highest of the listed broker classes. The…

Section 33-69.50 of the Margate Code controls every tow from private property in the City of Margate done without the vehicle owner's consent. It caps charges at Broward County's…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a body art studio (tattooing, branding, scarification, dermal anchors, piercing) is a permitted use only in the B-3 Liberal Business district among the…

In the City of Margate, Florida, adult bookstores and adult theatres are limited to commercial and industrial zones, must be opaque on all sides, and must sit at least 1,000 feet from…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Code § 33-79(h) prohibits repairing, rebuilding, modifying or testing a motor vehicle, off-road vehicle or motorboat in or near a residential use…

Broward requires every massage establishment to keep a state-licensed masseur or masseuse on duty full-time whenever open, and bars opposite-sex contact or clothing-removal requests…

Broward County adopts Florida's secondhand dealer law countywide and adds stricter local rules: a 30-working-day resale holding period and mandatory buyer ID recording, enforced…

Florida Statute 569.315 expressly preempts the regulation of the marketing, sale, and delivery of nicotine products and dispensing devices to the state, voiding most municipal…

Section 33-73.1 of the Margate Code authorizes traffic infraction detectors to enforce red-light violations under F.S. § 316.0083, with the code compliance special magistrate as…

Uber, Lyft, taxis and limos picking up at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport must use the officially signed Ground Transportation Area; stopping elsewhere to load a…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

In the City of Margate, a single-family or duplex home must have its lowest floor at the South Florida Water Management District permitted finished floor elevation and at least 18…

Broward County requires construction sites in the unincorporated area to remove or secure all solid waste and building materials once a hurricane or tropical storm warning is declared.

Broward County bars keeping hurricane shutters mounted or closed on occupied buildings for more than 15 consecutive days after a declared hurricane watch or warning ends, and the clock…

In the City of Margate, Florida, a customer whose water-cooled air conditioning recycles water can apply to the Department of Environmental and Engineering Services and pay for a flow…

Unincorporated Broward County requires residential lots to keep 10 to 35 percent of their area in turf or groundcover, scaled by lot size, but allows DEP-compliant synthetic turf to…

Margate bans any auctioneer, merchant or other person from obstructing a sidewalk or street to sell, vend, show or deliver wares. Sellers also need a City local business tax receipt…

Section 33-30 of the Margate Code bans an ambulatory peddler from vending, selling, offering for sale or delivering any merchandise within 750 feet of a public school or a church…

Unincorporated Broward requires a certificate of use, annual renewal, and $300,000 liability coverage before a mobile food unit can sell on private property.

Under Section 18-17 of the Margate Code, every food business in the City of Margate, Broward County, must have at least one person in management or supervision who completed a six-hour…

In the City of Margate, Florida, Land Development Code § 40.355 requires exterior walls, roofs and foundations to be free of holes and cracks that might let vermin, pests or insects…

Broward County authorizes a countywide sterile needle and syringe exchange program under state law, requiring the contracted operator to maintain written security procedures for safe…

Margate, Florida bans billboards outright, including off-premises signs, so no digital billboard can go up in the City of Margate. Electronic message signs are allowed only for a short…

In the City of Margate, Florida, all window signs on a storefront frontage together cannot cover more than 25 percent of the window area, glass doors included. Interior signs must sit…

In Margate, Florida, a residential election sign is capped at 6 square feet for single-family lots and 32 square feet for multi-family. Multi-family election signs go up no earlier…

Broward County caps yard sale signs at 2 square feet, exempts them from permits, and requires removal at the end of the sale, but the rule only reaches unincorporated Broward, not its…

Broward County bans outdoor advertising signs within 660 feet of any limited-access highway countywide, unless the sign identifies an on-premise business, under the Expressway Outdoor…

Broward County exempts holiday lights from its outdoor lighting standards, but only if each bulb is under 10 watts and 70 lumens: brighter displays must meet the county's full cutoff…

Margate, Florida treats rooftop photovoltaic solar systems as permitted accessory equipment in all zoning districts. The expedited track is limited to web-based applications for…

Before Margate, Florida issues a rooftop solar permit, the property owner must acknowledge on the application that association covenants can still apply and that the permit creates no…

Florida Statute 163.04 prevents Broward County HOAs from prohibiting solar collectors or unreasonably restricting placement that would reduce efficiency by more than 20 percent or…

In the City of Margate, Florida, exterior parking lot lighting fixtures must be fully shielded, and luminaires serving a parcel next to residentially zoned land can emit no more than…

In the City of Margate, all exterior parking lot lighting fixtures in non-residential, multi-family and mixed-use developments must be fully shielded, pole fixtures are mounted 15 to…

Broward County's zoning code caps sign lighting to internal, back-lit, or fully shielded spotlight methods, requires shielded fixtures for external illumination, and bans hazardous…

The City of Margate, Florida bans Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensing facilities within its boundaries. Under § 40.615 no variance, special exception or other procedural or…

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may grow cannabis.

In the City of Margate, Florida Holly, Ficus, Brazilian Pepper and any tree of the Moraceae family cannot be planted in swales or parkways, and canal, lake and retention area banks…

In the City of Margate, Florida, R-1 lots under Land Development Code § 40.510 carry front setbacks of 25 feet (20 feet in R-1D), side setbacks from 10 feet down to 5 feet, street side…

In the City of Margate, Florida, all principal and accessory structures together cannot cover more than forty (40) per cent of an R-1 lot under Land Development Code § 40.510(D). R-2…

In the City of Margate, Florida, one- and two-family dwellings cannot exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, and buildings for other permitted uses in the R-3 district are limited to…

In unincorporated Broward County, outdoor grills and cooking equipment can't sit in the front yard and must stay at least 5 feet from any side or rear property line.

Broward County lets residents build a campfire, bonfire, or open fire for recreation or outdoor noncommercial food preparation without a permit, as long as it avoids excessive smoke or…

Unincorporated Broward County sets aside A-1 Agricultural Estate and A-2 General Agricultural zoning districts to protect crop raising, livestock, nurseries, equestrian operations and…

Broward County runs an administrative farm-status determination under its Right to Farm Act criteria, letting owners prove agricultural use to Public Works and Environmental Services…

Broward levies a tourist development tax of up to 6% on hotel, motel, apartment and short-term rental stays of six months or less, on top of state sales tax.

Broward's Aviation Department can restrict or permit drone (UAS) use at FLL and North Perry Airport, one of nine listed aeronautical operations it controls under the county airport…

Commercial drone operations in Florida are regulated by federal FAA Part 107 and state law; local governments cannot impose additional commercial operation restrictions.

Florida expressly preempts local regulation of drones, reserving authority to the state and federal government, with limited surveillance and trespass exceptions.

Filming a Production on county-owned or county-controlled Specified Property in Broward requires a permit from the Film Commissioner before shooting starts, covering movies…

Broward County requires a filming permit once a handheld production creates noise that is frequent, habitual, or long and audible 25 feet away, per County Code Sec. 20-261.

Filming on Broward County roads, rights-of-way, or other county property requires a Film Commissioner permit, and applicants must request and pay for any police or fire road-closure…

A solo student filming a class project with one handheld camera on county-controlled property needs no permit, but any crew, prop use, or paid shoot on that property requires a Film…

Broward County's Historic Preservation Board designates historic and archaeological cultural resources, and no building permit for construction, demolition, or alteration is issued…

Broward's Zoning Code caps unincorporated residents at two yard sales a year, three days each, with no permit needed for the sale itself.

A density increase above what unincorporated Broward's comprehensive plan otherwise allows isn't available through a zoning variance: Section 39-39(a) expressly bars the hearing…

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 403.7033 preempts the regulation of disposable plastic bags by local governments, prohibiting cities and counties from enacting bans or fees on retailers pending a…

Florida Statute 500.90 preempts the regulation of polystyrene products by local governments, blocking cities and counties from banning expanded polystyrene foam food containers, cups…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…