Lauderhill, FL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Swale parking
- Needs abutting owner's permission unless it's your own property
- Front lawn/unpaved area
- Parking flatly barred between house and sidewalk
- Swale parking position
- Must sit parallel to the roadway
- Exceptions
- City, emergency and utility vehicles on official business
- Base fine
- $42.50 total per citation (§ 20-19)
Summary
In the City of Lauderhill, parking a motor vehicle on the swale, on any unpaved right-of-way next to a street, or on any unpaved area between a home's front and the sidewalk is unlawful without the abutting property owner's permission, under City Code § 20-17(a)-(b). Even with permission, vehicles in the swale must park parallel to the road.
Sec. 20-17. - Swale, front yard/lawn areas. (a)No person shall drive, operate or park a motor vehicle in the swale area or upon any unpaved right-of-way adjacent to a paved street, avenue, or roadway, whether public or private, within the city which swale area or unpaved right-of-way abuts the property of another, without the permission of the owner, lessee or occupant of the property abutting the swale area or unpaved right-of-way.(b)No person shall be permitted to park a motor vehicle upon any unpaved area, whether public or private, which extends between the front of a resident, or other structure, and any sidewalk within the city.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 20-17(a) bars driving or parking a motor vehicle in the swale, or on any unpaved right-of-way next to a paved street, avenue or roadway, whether public or private, when that swale or unpaved strip abuts someone else's property, unless the owner, lessee or occupant of the abutting property gives permission. Subsection (b) is broader and needs no abutting-neighbor test: no one may park a motor vehicle on any unpaved area, public or private, that lies between the front of a house or other structure and the sidewalk, meaning front lawns and unpaved yards are off-limits to vehicles regardless of ownership consent.
Subsection (e) adds a parking-position rule for any vehicle legally in the swale: it must sit parallel to the paved portion of the right-of-way, not diagonally or perpendicular. Subsections (c) and (d) carve out exceptions for city vehicles, emergency vehicles on a call, utility vehicles on official business, and any driver parking on the swale abutting their own property. The rule, most recently amended by Ord. No. 05O-04-133 and Ord. No. 05O-05-151 in 2005 after originating with Ord. No. 230 in 1972, is enforced by Lauderhill's parking enforcement specialists and police officers under Sec. 20-15.3, with disputes going to the Broward County hearing-officer program set up at Sec. 20-13.
Violations & Fines
Parking on an unpaved swale or front-yard area without the required permission or contrary to subsection (b) draws the standard Article II parking penalty in Sec. 20-19: $42.50 total per citation, rising to as much as $100 through a hearing officer if the ticket is contested and denied or left unpaid past ten working days, plus a $12 late fee.
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