Fort Lauderdale, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Program name
- Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act (2010-80)
- Local ordinance
- Ch. 26, art. VII, §§ 26-210 to 26-212
- State offenses enforced
- F.S. §§ 316.074(1) and 316.075(1)(c)
- Implementation authority
- City manager or designee, § 26-212
- Fine authority
- Set by state law, not city ordinance
Summary
Fort Lauderdale authorizes traffic infraction detectors, red-light and intersection safety cameras, under Article VII of Chapter 26, adopting Florida's Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act to enforce red-light-running violations under state statute sections 316.0083, 316.074(1), and 316.075(1)(c) rather than under a separate city traffic code.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize and implement the use of traffic infraction detectors within the City of Fort Lauderdale's jurisdictional limits, in accordance with the general law pursuant to the "Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act," Laws of Florida, Chapter 2010-80, F.S. Ch. 316, as may be amended. ... The City of Fort Lauderdale shall use traffic infraction detectors within its jurisdiction pursuant to the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, Laws of Florida, Chapter 2010-80, to enforce the State of Florida Uniform Traffic Code F.S. § 316.0083, as may be amended, to enforce F.S. § 316.074(1) or § 316.075(1)(C), as may be amended.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 67 Update 1 | Unified Land Development Code: Supplement 58 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Article VII, the Traffic Intersection Safety Act, is the city's local adoption of a state program rather than a freestanding local traffic code. Section 26-210 states its purpose as authorizing and implementing the use of traffic infraction detectors within city limits under the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, Laws of Florida chapter 2010-80, as codified in Florida Statutes chapter 316. 0083. Section 26-212 hands implementation authority to the city manager or a designee, empowering that office to carry out Chapter 2010-80's requirements and take any action necessary to run the program, which in practice covers vendor contracts, camera placement, and notice-of-infraction processing under the state's structure rather than a separate municipal violation.
Because the ordinance is built entirely around adopting and implementing state law, any change to eligibility, fines, or due-process procedures for a Fort Lauderdale infraction traces back to amendments in the Mark Wandall Act and Florida Statutes chapter 316, not to a locally set fine schedule in Chapter 26 itself.
Violations & Fines
A driver caught by a Fort Lauderdale traffic infraction detector is cited for violating Florida Statutes section 316.074(1) or 316.075(1)(c), the state's red-light and traffic-signal-obedience provisions, rather than a distinct city offense; the notice of infraction and penalty amount follow the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act's state-set process, which the city implements under section 26-212 but does not have authority to alter unilaterally.
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