Hollywood, FL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Required surface
- Driveway, asphalt, concrete, pavers
- Also allowed
- Carport or garage
- (A)/(B) violation fine
- $100
- (E) surface violation
- General penalty, up to $500/60 days
- Exceptions
- Special event permit; uncurbed swale
Summary
Hollywood requires every vehicle parked or stored on private property to sit on a driveway or other hard improved surface, such as asphalt, concrete, or pavers, or inside a carport or garage, under Code of Ordinances section 72.111(E). Parking on bare dirt or grass in a front yard is not allowed outside a narrow special-event exception.
Vehicles may only be parked or stored on a driveway or other hard improved surface (such as asphalt, concrete or pavers) or in a carport or garage. The City Manager or his or her designee may grant an exception to a person who receives a special event permit. In addition, where the swale is contiguous to the roadway and is not curbed or guttered, vehicles may be parked on the swale area abutting residential property facing the proper direction and parallel to the right-of-way, unless otherwise posted.
Full Breakdown
" The City Manager or a designee can grant an exception for a person holding a special event permit, and where the swale bordering the street is uncurbed and not guttered, a vehicle may park on that swale facing the right direction and parallel to the road unless it is posted otherwise. 111(D) bars using a parked vehicle as a storage shed, dwelling, or anything wired into utility or electrical service. Together these provisions mean an unpaved front yard, grass strip, or dirt patch cannot be converted into an ad hoc parking pad even on a homeowner's own lot. 999(H).
Violations & Fines
Violating section 72.111(A) or (B), the ownership and licensing requirements, carries a $100 fine under section 72.999(C), collectible in county court and citable by a parking-enforcement-certified officer or by Code Enforcement through the Special Magistrate process in Chapter 36. Section 72.111(E)'s hard-surface requirement is not among the chapter's flat-fee violations, so it falls back to the general penalty in section 10.99: up to a $500 fine, 60 days imprisonment, or both, with each day counted separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
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