Plantation, FL

Plantation prohibits any dog from being at large. Off your own property a dog must be on a leash, cord, chain or other physical restraint, and a loose dog can be seized, impounded and…

Plantation has its own wild-animal rule. Section 4-12 makes it unlawful to own or harbor any wild animal in the city without the appropriate state permits, and Section 4-1 spells out…

Since August 26, 2015, no pet shop in Plantation may retail-sell dogs or cats except through a hobby-breeder pass-through, an animal shelter, or a rescue organization operating in the…

Plantation caps most residential lots at three dogs or other common domestic household animals over six months old. The limit sits inside the code's rules for pet shelters and pens…

Plantation's zoning code treats beekeeping as an agricultural activity tied to RS-1EP land and the Plantation Acres overlay, then hands the substance to the state: beekeepers must…

Plantation regulates dogs by behavior, not by breed. Chapter 4, Article II classifies a dog as dangerous only for biting, attacking or menacing conduct, then loads the owner with…

Cats four months and older must be registered with a rabies tag countywide, but Broward has no leash or at-large law for cats, and colony-managed community cats are exempt.

Unincorporated Broward County prohibits keeping horses, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, pigs, and poultry as pets in residential zoning districts; the county's A-1 and A-2 agricultural…

Broward doesn't require microchipping for all pets, but registered dogs and cats with a microchip get a discounted rabies tag fee, while dogs classified dangerous and all guard dogs…

Broward County sets a wastewater design-flow fee of 200 gallons per day for every wash basin at a pet grooming parlor tied into the county sanitary sewer system, excluding retail space.

Broward County requires the Division's veterinarian to sterilize any intact dog or cat impounded more than once, billing the cost to the owner at a fee set by the County Commission.

Broward County bans feeding wildlife in any county park area under the parks and recreation code's nuisance provisions, alongside rules against releasing exotic animals and controlling…

Unincorporated Broward bars veterinary hospitals from sites touching residential zoning, or separated from it only by a street, alley, or canal.

Broward County's park code bans molesting, harming, killing, trapping, or capturing wild birds, and removing eggs, nests, or young, anywhere on county park property, with violators…

Sec. 4-5 makes it unlawful to keep an animal that howls, barks, whines, crows or cackles excessively or continuously and disturbs the sleep, peace or quietude of any inhabitant, at any…

Plantation bans discharging vehicle, boat or machine exhaust into the open air except through a muffler that prevents excessive, unnecessary or offensive sound, and bars swapping in an…

Business premises in Plantation may not run any sound device between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. unless it is wholly inside a building with the windows closed. Devices are also capped at 65 dBA…

Construction, excavating, grading, demolition and repair work in Plantation is lawful only from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays. Pile-driving runs 8:00 a.m. to 5:30…

Plantation bans lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers and power-driven hedge shears between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except on golf courses. Leaf blowers are not named, so they answer to the…

Plantation treats 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. as night. A device plainly audible fifty feet away at night violates chapter 16, and single-family property lines are capped at 55 dBA by day…

Broward County's unincorporated-area noise ordinance exempts helicopter and aircraft noise from its 'Unreasonably Loud Noise' standard at all times, so long as the flight follows…

Broward's only numeric decibel rule caps vessel noise at 90 dBA measured 50 feet from the boat on county waters, with an 80 dBA cap on the New River Canal and Intracoastal Waterway…

Plantation bans kindling any outdoor fire, including in fireplaces or enclosed fire containers, without a permit from the fire chief. The fire chief has complete discretion to grant…

Plantation's code reserves the city's power to license, regulate, suppress or prohibit the sale and discharge of fireworks, and requires city council approval before fireworks are sold…

Storing, handling or using LP gas or other compressed gases in unincorporated Broward County without an approved fire permit draws a $200 civil fine for a first violation and $400 for…

Broward County allows backyard campfires and bonfires for recreational, ceremonial or cooking use without a PWESD permit, but the fire must sit at least 300 feet from any occupied…

Broward County cites smoke detector defects under its Fire Code civil penalty schedule: a missing, non-functioning, blocked, inaccessible, or tampered-with smoke detector, whether a…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

Plantation bars stopping, standing or parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, within an intersection or crosswalk, and on bike paths, among…

Plantation limits overnight-style parking of campers and camping trailers on public streets and rights-of-way to a six-hour transient stop; leaving one longer is unlawful. The code…

In Plantation's residential zoning districts, automobiles may only be parked in a garage, carport, on a driveway or approved parking area, or a screened side/rear yard; parking on a…

Plantation bans storing an abandoned vehicle in the open on public or private property under Code of Ordinances Sec. 12-22. A vehicle is legally abandoned if unlicensed, left unmoved…

Plantation requires every commercial, industrial, and larger multifamily building to provide off-street loading space sized and located under § 27-126, with the exact count set by…

Florida law preempts Plantation from independently regulating electric vehicle charging equipment. City Code § 27-128 defers to the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer…

Commercial vehicles and buses may not be parked in residential districts unless completely enclosed in a garage, carport or accessory building. Owner repairs, tradesman deliveries and…

Section 25-45 limits boats, trailers, golf carts and similar vehicles on streets, rights-of-way and swales to six hours. On single-family lots they must sit in a garage, carport or…

Broward County licenses every tow truck and booting operator that works anywhere inside the county, incorporated cities included, and Chapter 20, Article VII, Division 2 of the County…

Plantation caps utility sheds on single-family lots at 150 square feet of floor area, or 5% of the home's gross floor area if that is larger, with a 10-foot height limit under City…

Plantation permits accessory dwelling units by right in single-family, duplex, and PRD districts under Code Section 27-310(g), capping ADU size at the lesser of 50% of the main home's…

An accessory dwelling on unincorporated Broward land isn't just a size question, it's a rental-affordability commitment. Section 39-272 caps an ADU at fifty percent of the main house…

Florida Statute 553.73 makes the Florida Building Code the single, uniform construction standard for all permanent dwellings statewide, including tiny homes, preempting cities from…

Plantation requires a City building permit before any seawall, bulkhead or retaining wall that creates a vertical drop at the edge of a canal, lake or other waterway may be built…

Plantation caps residential fence and wall height by where it sits on the lot: four feet in the front street setback, six feet along the sides and rear on interior lots, and up to six…

Plantation prohibits barbed wire on residential and most other fences citywide, along with razor wire and any electrically charged fence or gate component. Walls may be built of…

In Plantation's residential zoning districts, a fence or wall built at a shared property line must sit right on that line unless both neighbors apply jointly for a permit consenting to…

Plantation requires a building permit before any fence or wall goes up, whether it's a backyard chain-link fence or a masonry wall. Fences and walls also cannot be erected in a public…

Plantation caps overnight occupancy at a vacation rental to two persons per bedroom or eight occupants total, whichever is less, and caps total gathering size at one-and-a-half times…

Every hosted or non-hosted vacation rental in Plantation must register with the city and hold a Certificate of Compliance before renting to guests. Operating without registration…

Registering a vacation rental in Plantation costs $250 for a hosted unit or $1,000 for a non-hosted unit, plus annual renewal fees of $125 or $750. City Code § 14-225 also sets civil…

Every non-hosted Plantation vacation rental must carry a noise detection device, post noise notices indoors and by the pool, and keep an owner or agent reachable around the clock who…

Florida requires DBPR-licensed vacation rentals to maintain liability insurance, and Broward cities commonly require proof of $1 million in liability coverage as a condition of STR…

Florida Statute 509.032 preempts local governments from regulating the duration or frequency of short-term rentals, so Broward County cannot impose minimum or maximum night caps…

Plantation requires every property owner, including single-family homeowners, to keep landscaping trimmed for public safety. Shrubs and hedges next to a sidewalk or pavement cannot…

Plantation caps synthetic turf at 10% of a residential lot's pervious area, restricts it to rear and side yards behind a fence, requires a 5-foot setback from side and rear lines, and…

Plantation limits landscape irrigation to two days a week by street-address parity and bans watering citywide between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every day. Even-numbered addresses may…

Plantation requires a tree removal/relocation permit (TRP) from the Public Works Department before cutting, relocating or destructively damaging most protected trees and palms. The…

Broward County exempts backyard composting from its solid waste management license as long as the pile doesn't create a nuisance or violate health and environmental rules.

Broward County caps grass and weeds at 6 inches in developed unincorporated areas, 18 inches in rural, estate, and agricultural districts, and requires owners to clear overgrown hedges…

Unincorporated Broward's landscaping code makes native plants the default, not an option. Section 39-83(a)(2) requires that fifty percent of all vegetation required to be planted…

Plantation caps the traffic and parking a home-based business can generate under Code Section 27-301(a)(2) and (12): activity may not create parking or vehicle traffic heavier than…

Plantation bars any commercial signage at a home-based business. Code Section 27-301(a)(11) prohibits posting or displaying commercial signs of any type at or on the residence, and…

Plantation allows home-based businesses in every residential zoning district under Code Section 27-301, provided the business stays secondary to the home's residential use, employs no…

Plantation has no cottage-food ordinance of its own. Selling homemade food from your house is treated as a home-based business under Section 27-301, which requires a City of Plantation…

Family day care homes in Broward County must register or be licensed under Florida Statute 402.313. The Broward County Child Care Licensing and Enforcement agency handles local…

Plantation requires a safety barrier around every swimming pool, at least four feet high, before the Building Department grants final pool approval. Gates must be spring-lock type and…

Residential pool construction in Broward County requires a building permit, barrier inspection, and compliance with the Florida Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (FL 515.27) which…

Plantation regulates mobile food vending under its ambulatory peddler ordinance. You cannot vend within 2,500 feet of a school, city park or recreation facility, and vending from a…

Broward County limits mobile food units on private property in unincorporated business districts to one hour per stop, no more than three visits per location every twelve hours, and…

Mobile food units get one hour on private property before they must move, can't repeat a location more than three times in twelve hours, and need an annual county certificate of use…

Plantation's erosion rules run through its stormwater and waterway sections rather than a slope ordinance. Construction sites must maintain best management practices to cut sediment in…

Plantation requires new and substantially improved buildings in a special flood hazard area to be elevated to at least one and one-half feet above base flood elevation, the City's…

Plantation's floodplain ordinance in Chapter 9 requires buildings in special flood hazard areas to sit at base flood elevation plus one and one-half feet. Enclosures below elevated…

Chapter 9, Article II, rewritten by Ordinance 2024-001, applies to every area inside the city. Site perimeter grades must allow zero discharge in a 25-year, three-day storm, and…

Unincorporated Broward caps private docks at 5 feet past the property line into a waterway and 10 feet from a neighbor's plot line.

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Plantation's sign code sets one seasonal rule: a nonresidential property may post two double-faced temporary seasonal signs of up to 16 square feet per side during the spring or winter…

Plantation treats political signs as temporary noncommercial signs. Single-family homes may display up to three signs of three square feet per side; other districts have no number…

Plantation bans off-premises permanent signs outright and separately prohibits any illuminated sign so bright or positioned it dazzles drivers, including blinking or flasher-type…

Businesses in Plantation may cover no more than twenty percent of a glazed window area with signage, or ten percent if it is a neon sign, and combined neon plus window signage on one…

Plantation allows garage-sale signs as residential transitory signs. Besides one sign at the house, up to three directional signs may go in the swale of a two-lane residential street…

Broward County bans outdoor advertising signs within 660 feet of any limited-access highway countywide, unless the sign identifies an on-premise business, under the Expressway Outdoor…

Plantation's code sets no park closing time. Park hours are set and posted by the department that maintains the park, and staying after they close is trespass on public property under…

Plantation's Code of Ordinances contains no juvenile curfew. The only curfew power in the code is the mayor's authority to set a temporary curfew during a declared emergency. Loitering…

Plantation's own code, not just state law, makes it unlawful for any restaurant, food store, grocery, convenience store or other food or drink establishment in the city to knowingly…

Plantation bars loitering or prowling within 500 feet of any school while it is in session when the circumstances would create justifiable alarm for the safety of people or property…

Skateboarding is banned on any roadway or bike lane next to commercial, business or community-facility zoned property, and on sidewalks adjacent to those uses, in Plantation. It is…

Plantation bans drinking alcohol on public streets, in public parks, or in any other public place unless the location is state-licensed for alcohol sales and the City has specifically…

Unincorporated Broward bans noise from a party or gathering that's plainly audible inside a neighbor's home with doors and windows closed and disrupts their peace.

Broward County limits smoking at its airports to areas the Aviation Director specifically designates, banning it entirely inside terminal buildings under the Florida Clean Indoor Air…

Broward County makes urinating or spitting at county mass transit facilities and buses a disorderly conduct offense, prosecuted as a misdemeanor with fines up to $500 and up to 60 days…

Broward County lets officers issue a civil citation instead of a criminal charge for possessing 20 grams or less of cannabis in public. Section 21-6 names it an Eligible Offense under…

Plantation confines adult entertainment and sexually oriented businesses to the I-LP zoning district as a conditional use, with a mandatory 700-foot buffer from homes, churches…

Towing companies on Plantation's police rotation must run a 24-hour operation under Code of Ordinances Sec. 12-42, arrive within 20 minutes of a police or fire dispatch under Sec…

Plantation pawnbrokers must hold pawned or purchased items at least five days before resale under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-96, keep detailed transaction records with the seller's…

Plantation defines a secondhand dealer under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-91 as anyone buying and selling used tangible personal property, exempting titled vehicles/boats and…

Plantation requires a City local business tax receipt for every massage establishment owner and every massage therapist before any massage may be performed, layered on top of Florida…

Plantation allows retail tobacco and tobacco-accessories stores, plus cigar bars, only where the underlying zoning permits them. Within the Plantation Walk Shopping, Dining and…

Broward's zoning code confines vehicle repair on residential property to a garage, bars body work and painting outright, and caps carport or driveway work to tire, battery, spark plug…

Broward County's zoning code permits tattoo shops only in B-4 Commercial Redevelopment Overlay and C-1 Commercial Warehouse districts, and only in the unincorporated area: the rule…

Electrical work in Plantation must comply with the Florida Building Code (Broward County), adopted citywide as the building code, and is permitted and priced separately from structural…

Plantation adopts the Florida Building Code, (Broward County), as its building code under Section 5-9, and that code governs when a plumbing permit is required. The Building Department…

Plantation declares any construction started without a building permit issued by the Building Department illegal under Code Section 5-29. The same division makes construction that…

Every registered vacation rental in Plantation must have a hard-wired, interconnected smoke and carbon monoxide detection system tied to the building's electrical wiring, installed and…

Unincorporated Broward County treats rooftop photovoltaic solar systems as permitted accessory equipment in every zoning district, removing zoning barriers to installing them on…

Pre-1978 housing in Broward County is subject to federal EPA Renovation Repair and Painting Rule and HUD disclosure requirements. Contractors must be EPA RRP certified for lead-safe…

In unincorporated Broward's RSO transitional district, no single-family home or office building can run longer than 80 feet, on top of plot-coverage and height caps.

Broward County requires every licensed child care facility to screen electric fans, ban portable heaters, keep an operable flashlight for outages, and fit exits with alarms or fenced…

Broward County requires registered elevator companies to give building owners a signed Record of Visit after every service call and keep copies on file for at least one year.

Broward's Housing and Urban Planning Division may inspect dwellings under the Minimum Housing Code, but inspectors need occupant consent or a court warrant to enter absent an…

Property owners in Plantation must keep the sidewalk adjoining their lot in good repair and pay to fix damage they caused, including tree-root damage from their own trees. If an owner…

Placing any object or material on property under Broward County's jurisdiction, sidewalks, canals, easements and rights-of-way, is unlawful without first obtaining an encroachment…

Broward County requires a permit from its Engineering Division before anyone obstructs, interferes with, or places objects on county-jurisdiction property, including rights-of-way and…

Plantation may clear and remove debris from private streets and private property during the recovery phase of a declared emergency, but only when the debris meets one of twelve…

Plantation treats storm shutters as a permitted building improvement, not a self-install item: installation falls under the Miscellaneous Permits line of the City's Table 5-1 fee…

Unincorporated Broward County requires a floodplain development permit and elevation compliant with ASCE 24 for construction in a FEMA-mapped flood hazard area, with accessory…

Plantation lets residents block door-to-door solicitors by posting a durable 'No Soliciting' sign near the front door under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-136. Any solicitor who rings the…

Plantation bans rodent or insect infestation on any building, structure or property under Code Section 5-23(a)(5), part of the community-appearance and property-maintenance article of…

Broward County authorizes a countywide sterile needle and syringe exchange program under state law, requiring the contracted operator to maintain written security procedures for safe…

Plantation's Land Development Regulations cap building footprint at 30 percent of lot area across its Commercial (B) zoning districts and inside every Planned Community Development…

Plantation's Land Development Regulations set separate minimum front, side and rear setbacks for every residential zoning district under Sec. 27-72, ranging from RS-1EP's 35-foot front…

Every standard RS single-family district in Plantation caps buildings at thirty-five feet under Table 72-4. The RS-1EP rural estate district allows forty feet, but anything above…

Plantation's exclusive franchise recycling program requires residents to keep recyclables source-separated from their trash and set them out in a 65- or 95-gallon Recycling Cart or a…

Plantation bans letting trash, yard waste, or recyclables pile up on your own property under Section 10-7.2. An accumulation that smells, attracts vermin, sits visible from the street…

Every property owner and lessee in Plantation must use the City's exclusive franchised hauler, Waste Management, Inc. of Florida, for Qualified Solid Waste, Recyclables, Bulk Trash…

Plantation residents must store trash, recyclables, and recovered materials in a lidded, water-tight cart or can of at least 20 gallons, kept out of view from the street when not in…

Plantation residents can't set Bulk Trash or Yard Waste at the curb until the Saturday before their scheduled monthly pickup, under Section 10-6.1. On non-pickup days, bundled Yard…

Placing or servicing a roll-off dumpster for construction and demolition debris in Plantation requires a city franchise under Section 10-7.6, and franchised haulers can't service…

Plantation collects bulk trash and yard waste on one day each month set by the franchisee. Do not put material out before the Saturday prior, and keep any single collection under…

Unincorporated Broward County requires curbside recycling for all residential and multifamily units, with exemptions granted only by permit.

In unincorporated Broward County, garbage and bulk receptacles may go to the curb no more than 24 hours before pickup and must come back in within 12 hours after collection. Recycling…

Plantation prohibits Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensing facilities anywhere within city limits. City Code § 27-112(b) invokes the municipality's authority under F.S. §…

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may grow cannabis.

Plantation requires advance event approval from the Administration before any carnival or large outdoor public assembly opens, under Code Section 27-306(b)(1). Carnivals, defined as…

Plantation limits noncommercial bazaars, fairs, and festivals to twelve outdoor permits per calendar year per site under Code Section 27-306(b)(2), reserves them for local religious…

Broward County requires an advance permit for organized gatherings, demonstrations, performances, and youth campouts in county parks, with all reservations and fees paid before the…

Broward County requires a Film Commissioner permit before shooting a Production on county-owned or Participating Municipality property, with narrow carve-outs for handheld personal use…

Plantation caps garage sales on residential property at four days per calendar year without a conditional use permit from the City Council under Code Sec. 27-308(a); each successive…

Plantation prohibits grass, weeds or brush over twelve inches or more than three months' growth within 500 feet of a structure, and can mow the property itself and record a lien for…

If land sits within 500 feet of a residential dwelling or a commercial, industrial or public structure, Section 11-8 bars more than three months' growth of grass, weeds or brush, or…

Plantation's code contains no snow or ice removal requirement. The sidewalk duty here is vegetation: if your trees or plantings block a sidewalk or right-of-way, you must cut them back…

Sec. 27-293 requires an engineer-prepared photometric plan, caps light spillover at 0.5 footcandles at the property line, limits vehicular use areas to 15 footcandles, and holds…

Section 27-293(d) requires lighting for parking areas, buildings and signs to be located, screened or shielded so adjacent property is not directly illuminated. Spillover cannot exceed…

Broward County's zoning code caps sign lighting to internal, back-lit, or fully shielded spotlight methods, requires shielded fixtures for external illumination, and bans hazardous…

Commercial drone operators in Plantation need no city permit; Florida Statute 330.41 preempts local drone regulation. They must hold an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, register…

Plantation cannot regulate recreational drones. Florida's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act, Fla. Stat. 330.41, preempts all local drone ordinances, so flights follow FAA rules: register…

Broward's Aviation Department can restrict or permit drone (UAS) use at FLL and North Perry Airport, one of nine listed aeronautical operations it controls under the county airport…

Plantation's code regulates solar collectors directly and says nothing at all about HOA covenants. Section 27-296 requires collectors to be screened from neighbors and rights-of-way…

Unincorporated Broward deems rooftop solar panels permitted accessory equipment, but a building permit acknowledging HOA covenants is still required.

Unincorporated Broward deems rooftop solar panels a permitted accessory use in every zoning district, skipping discretionary zoning review for the permit.

Every hosted or non-hosted vacation rental in Plantation must carry a City registration and certificate of compliance before renting, and operating without one is a separate violation…

Plantation has no just-cause eviction law and cannot create one. Florida governs: a 3-day notice for unpaid rent (§83.56), a 7-day notice to cure lease violations, and 30 days' notice…

Landlords in unincorporated Broward must register rental units and meet minimum habitability standards, working plumbing, hot water, sound structure, under the county's BMSD Landlord…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

In unincorporated Broward County, outdoor grills and cooking equipment can't sit in the front yard and must stay at least 5 feet from any side or rear property line.

Broward County lets residents build a campfire, bonfire, or open fire for recreation or outdoor noncommercial food preparation without a permit, as long as it avoids excessive smoke or…

Broward County exempts restaurant, bar, and nightclub business operations from its noise nuisance standard at all times, so ordinary nightlife noise can't be cited as an Unreasonably…

In unincorporated Broward County, loading and unloading noise from delivery trucks is exempt from the county's noise-nuisance rule only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.; outside those hours…

Broward County exempts engines, pumps, and generators used for emergency purposes from its unreasonably loud noise standard at all times, but routine or non-emergency generator noise…

Broward County HOA disputes must generally use pre-suit mediation under FL 720.311 before court filing. Condo election and recall disputes go to DBPR arbitration.

Broward County HOAs routinely require architectural review committee approval before exterior changes including paint, roofing, fences, pools, and hurricane shutters.

Broward County HOAs set assessments through a budget adopted by the board with 14-day member notice. Condos face mandatory reserve funding under post-Surfside law.

Broward County HOAs may levy fines up to 100 dollars per day capped at 1,000 dollars per violation, suspend use rights, and record liens. Fines over 1,000 dollars may be liened after…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Broward County bans regularly camping or sleeping on any public property countywide, requires a verbal and written warning before citation, and channels adults into a civil citation…

Broward County's Board of County Commissioners designates historical trees under Code § 27-412, and § 27-405 bans removing any designated historical tree without prior Board approval…

Unincorporated Broward requires any tree planted near power lines to follow the Right Tree, Right Place Guidelines, giving violators 60 days to remove a noncompliant tree before code…

Broward County protects any tree with an 18-inch trunk diameter and a 60% condition rating as a specimen tree, requiring a PWESD removal license or Board approval before it can be cut…

Unincorporated Broward County sets aside A-1 Agricultural Estate and A-2 General Agricultural zoning districts to protect crop raising, livestock, nurseries, equestrian operations and…

Broward County runs an administrative farm-status determination under its Right to Farm Act criteria, letting owners prove agricultural use to Public Works and Environmental Services…

Developments within a quarter mile of a Broward County reclaimed water main must extend the line and connect, and are then bound by strict limits on where reclaimed water may be used.

Unincorporated Broward County requires residential lots to keep 10 to 35 percent of their area in turf or groundcover, scaled by lot size, but allows DEP-compliant synthetic turf to…

Broward levies a tourist development tax of up to 6% on hotel, motel, apartment and short-term rental stays of six months or less, on top of state sales tax.

Filming a Production on county-owned or county-controlled Specified Property in Broward requires a permit from the Film Commissioner before shooting starts, covering movies…

Broward County requires a filming permit once a handheld production creates noise that is frequent, habitual, or long and audible 25 feet away, per County Code Sec. 20-261.

Filming on Broward County roads, rights-of-way, or other county property requires a Film Commissioner permit, and applicants must request and pay for any police or fire road-closure…

A solo student filming a class project with one handheld camera on county-controlled property needs no permit, but any crew, prop use, or paid shoot on that property requires a Film…

Broward inspects registered rental units in the unincorporated area only after receiving a minimum standards complaint, per Code Sec. 39-426.

Broward County requires landlords in the unincorporated area to register every residential rental unit annually and pass minimum-standards inspections, with a $75 fee, mandatory…

Uber, Lyft, taxis and limos picking up at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport must use the officially signed Ground Transportation Area; stopping elsewhere to load a…

Broward County uses speed detection cameras to enforce 15 mph school zone limits in unincorporated areas, ticketing drivers going 10+ mph over the posted limit near two initial school…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

Every business, profession, or occupation operating in Broward County must obtain an annual business tax receipt from the county Tax Collector, sorted into classifications such as…

Broward County's Historic Preservation Board designates historic and archaeological cultural resources, and no building permit for construction, demolition, or alteration is issued…

A density increase above what unincorporated Broward's comprehensive plan otherwise allows isn't available through a zoning variance: Section 39-39(a) expressly bars the hearing…

Unincorporated Broward bars landscaping with FLEPPC-listed invasive plants and makes removal of existing ones mandatory.

Broward County code inspectors cite common violations, from unscreened pools to illegal signs, under a set fine schedule ranging $50 to $500 per offense, doubling for repeat…

When a Broward County code inspector finds a violation in unincorporated Broward, the inspector must set a correction window of no fewer than five days and no more than thirty days…

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 403.7033 preempts the regulation of disposable plastic bags by local governments, prohibiting cities and counties from enacting bans or fees on retailers pending a…

Florida Statute 500.90 preempts the regulation of polystyrene products by local governments, blocking cities and counties from banning expanded polystyrene foam food containers, cups…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…