Pembroke Pines, FL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Surface required
- Asphalt, concrete, pavers or brick only
- Exception
- Fully fenced, view-obstructed parking area
- Companion rule
- Driveways must be hard, dustless, smooth-graded
- Enforcement
- Planning & Economic Development Dept., Code Compliance
- Hearing body
- Code Enforcement Board or special magistrate
Summary
Pembroke Pines requires every vehicle, trailer, boat or RV kept on residential property to sit on a paved surface, not grass, dirt or an unpaved yard. Code of Ordinances § 155.601(C)(2) allows one alternative: park the vehicle inside a fenced area that fully blocks it from view. The rule is written to stack on top of every other parking standard in the Land Development Code.
(1) No land which is residentially-used shall be used as a driveway or vehicular access for a nonresidential use.
(2) All vehicles, trailers, recreational vehicles, boats, special use, or similar vehicle must be parked or stored on a paved surface as defined by § 155.203 of this LDC, unless parked or stored within a fenced area obstructed from view. This section shall be supplemental to any other provision of this Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
203: asphalt, concrete, pavers, bricks or similar material. Grass, mulch, gravel-only yards and bare dirt do not qualify, so parking a car, trailer, boat, RV or other 'special use' vehicle directly on the lawn is a violation regardless of how long it sits there. The only way around the paving requirement is to keep the vehicle inside a fenced area that fully obstructs it from public view; that exception covers the vehicle, not a substitute for paving the driveway itself. 601(C)(1), bars residentially-used land from doubling as a driveway or vehicular access point for a nonresidential use next door, closing off informal cut-through parking between a house lot and an adjoining business.
615, including a seven-foot setback from the front property line when parked in a driveway and an outright ban on parking in the swale. 313(C).
Violations & Fines
Parking on an unpaved yard or driveway is a Land Development Code violation under § 155.313(B)(1), which treats any failure to meet a Code standard as a violation. The Planning and Economic Development Department and Code Compliance Division enforce it under § 155.313(C), following the hearing procedures set out in Chapter 32 of the City Code and F.S. Chapter 162: a written notice to correct first, then a hearing before the Code Enforcement Board or a special magistrate if the vehicle isn't moved.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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