Margate, FL Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Red-light authority
- F.S. § 316.0083, exercised in § 33-73.1
- Hearing officer
- Code compliance special magistrate
- Red-light effective date
- July 1, 2013 or later ordinance date
- School zone ordinance
- Ord. No. 2025-2, adopted April 16, 2025
- School zone locations
- Six schools listed in section 33-73
- Rules and procedures
- Set by city commission resolution
Summary
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 hearing officer. Section 33-73 separately authorizes school zone speed detection at six named schools, enacted in April 2025.
(b)Use of traffic infraction detectors. The city hereby exercises its option under F.S. § 316.0083 as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives or July 1, 2013, whichever occurs later, to use traffic infraction detectors within its jurisdiction to enforce F.S. § 316.074(1) or § 316.075(1)(C), when a driver fails to stop at a traffic signal on streets and highways in the city's jurisdiction. ... Effective July 1, 2013, the city shall utilize its code compliance special magistrate as its local hearing officer, as defined by the amendments to F.S. §§ 313.003, 316.650, and 316.0083, in accordance with the provisions of the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act. The city commission shall provide for all procedures and rules necessary for implementation of this section, by resolution.
Full Breakdown
Section 33-73.1 is the City of Margate's red-light camera authorization. The city exercised its option under F.S. § 316.0083 to use traffic infraction detectors to enforce F.S. § 316.074(1) or § 316.075(1)(C) when a driver fails to stop at a traffic signal. The section treats the detectors as a supplemental means of monitoring and assisting law enforcement, not a replacement. It authorizes the provisions of the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act, cites F.S. §§ 316.003, 316.0083, 316.650, 318.15, 318.121, 318.18 and 320.03, and designates the city's code compliance special magistrate as the local hearing officer effective July 1, 2013. The section was added by Ord. No. 2010-11 and amended by Ord. No. 2013-3 on June 19, 2013. The city commission sets the procedures and rules for implementation by resolution.
The code section sets no fine amount and does not say which intersections have cameras or whether any are operating. Fine amounts and notice procedures come from the state statutes it adopts, and this page does not confirm live camera locations.
School zone speed cameras are a separate authorization in the neighboring section 33-73, adopted by Ord. No. 2025-2 on April 16, 2025. The city elected under F.S. § 316.008(9) to use speed detection systems, and the commission found heightened safety risk at Margate Middle School (500 NW 65th Avenue), Atlantic West Elementary School (301 NW 69th Terrace), Liberty Elementary School (2450 Banks Road), Margate Elementary School (3600 NW 18th Street), and Broward Math and Science Schools and Rise Academy (both at 6101 NW 31st Street). The Special Magistrate hears contested notices of violation, and the Police Chief or designee handles notices, penalties, signage, the public awareness campaign and state reporting under Chapter 2023-174, Laws of Florida.
Violations & Fines
The Margate code does not print its own camera fine. Red-light and school zone violations follow the state statutes the sections adopt, with contested notices heard by the city's Special Magistrate as local hearing officer. Section 33-73 says camera enforcement is supplemental and does not preclude any other enforcement of the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law.
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