Pompano Beach, FL

Pompano Beach does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but § 90.22 mandates microchipping of every community cat under a registered caregiver's care, along with sterilization…

Pompano Beach caps households at four dogs or four cats, or four in combination, under City Code § 90.18. The city treats an unlimited pet count as a public nuisance affecting health…

Pompano Beach allows registered caregivers to feed and manage free-roaming 'community cats' under Code of Ordinances § 90.22, but only after filing a care-location permission form with…

Indian Mound Park is legally designated a bird sanctuary under Pompano Beach's code, and willfully destroying or harming any bird there is a criminal offense punishable under the…

Pompano Beach's zoning code sets specific operating standards for veterinary hospitals and clinics under City Code § 155.4214.D. Clinics that board or exercise animals outdoors must…

Pompano Beach bans pet stores from selling, trading or otherwise transferring dogs and cats under § 90.39. Stores may only offer shelter or rescue animals for adoption, mirroring the…

Beekeeping allowed under FL §586.10 state preemption. Cities cannot ban beekeeping. FDACS registration required annually. HOAs may still restrict.

Pompano Beach classifies pet grooming as a licensed commercial trade. Operators need a Business Tax Receipt under classification '008- Animal Grooming Service,' priced at $95.72, and…

Pompano Beach requires every dog to be on a leash, within its owner's physical presence, or confined behind a fence under Code of Ordinances § 90.08(A); anything less counts as running…

Pompano Beach does not impose breed-specific dog restrictions. Effective October 1, 2023, FL SB 942 prohibits local governments from designating dogs as dangerous based solely on…

Pompano Beach bans keeping chickens and livestock, including equine, bovine and swine animals, goats, sheep, mules, horses, hogs, cattle and other grazing animals, in any residential…

Pompano Beach Section 90.27 addresses feeding of free-roaming domestic animals. Feeding wildlife that creates nuisance conditions is discouraged through general code provisions…

Broward County bans owning or harboring any wild animal as a pet unless the owner holds the required state wildlife permit; zoos, circuses, and licensed animal exhibitions are exempt…

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.

Lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers, blowers, and power hedge shears cannot run between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. anywhere in Pompano Beach. The restriction does not apply on golf courses, and…

Pilots using Pompano Beach Air Park must follow noise abatement procedures set by the City Commission, including full-length runway departures to gain maximum altitude over airport…

Pompano Beach treats a dog or other animal that barks, whines, or howls excessively enough to disturb neighbors' sleep or peace as a nuisance under Code of Ordinances § 90.07(A)(4)…

Playing a radio, speaker, loudspeaker, or musical instrument loud enough to annoy or disturb a reasonable neighbor is a noise disturbance in Pompano Beach under § 97.60(A)(2)-(3)…

Construction, excavation, and building alteration work is barred between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. on weekdays and from 11 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday. Pile driving faces even tighter…

Pompano Beach defers motor vehicle and motor boat sound levels to state law, F.S. Chapters 316 and 327, under § 97.30, but separately bans repairing, rebuilding, or testing a vehicle…

Pompano Beach Code § 97.20 sets zone-specific decibel ceilings measured at the property line: 55 dBA by day and 50 dBA at night for single-family homes, 60/55 dBA for multi-family…

Pompano Beach cuts allowable sound levels after 10:01 p.m. Single-family residential property drops from 55 dBA by day to 50 dBA at night, and multi-family, public or institutional…

Pompano Beach requires every vehicle parked on a two-way street to sit within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, bans facing oncoming traffic, and prohibits parking that blocks the free…

Pompano Beach's zoning code, § 155.4303.X, lets homeowners park an RV, boat, or trailer on residential property as an accessory use, but only under strict size, surface, and…

Pompano Beach limits loading-zone parking to 30 minutes under Code of Ordinances § 76.07(B), and on Pompano Beach Boulevard, A1A, and Seabreeze Way near NE 2nd and NE 3rd Streets it…

Pompano Beach bans parking, storing, or leaving any abandoned, wrecked, junked, discarded, or dismantled vehicle on public rights-of-way or on private property under City Code § 96.40…

Pompano Beach's free resident parking decal for the Oceanside Parking Lot only covers metered parking from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Code of Ordinances § 76.06(C)(1) bars overnight…

Pompano Beach's zoning code bars most commercial vehicles from residential lots under § 155.4303.Y. Only a commercial automobile or light truck no longer than 21 feet, no taller than 8…

In Pompano Beach residential zoning districts, any motor vehicle, RV, boat, or trailer parked or stored on the property must sit on a hard, dustless, bonded surface, such as asphaltic…

Pompano Beach does not have a specific EV charging ordinance. FL Statute 163.04 protects homeowners' rights to install EV chargers and limits HOA restrictions. Electrical permits are…

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…

Every Pompano Beach short-term rental must post notice that unreasonably loud noise crossing the property line is unlawful and that occupants must comply with the city's noise…

Operating a short-term rental in a Residential Zoning District in Pompano Beach without a permit is unlawful. Section 153.08 requires every owner to obtain a short-term rental permit…

Pompano Beach does not cap the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) preempts cities from regulating the duration or frequency of vacation…

Pompano Beach charges short-term rental owners a nonrefundable permit fee under § 153.08(D)(2): $675 for a single-family home or duplex, $750 for a triplex or quadplex, and $375 for…

Pompano Beach revokes short-term rental permits on a two-strike rule. Under § 153.08(H)(1)(i), if the Special Magistrate finds an owner or Local Designated Representative responsible…

Pompano Beach Section 153.26 limits STR occupancy to that permitted by the underlying zoning district. In no case may occupancy exceed 2 persons per bedroom. The city requires annual…

Pompano Beach STRs must maintain required off-street parking under Zoning Code Section 155.5102. Guest vehicles cannot obstruct sidewalks, fire hydrants, or neighboring properties. RVs…

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…

Pompano Beach caps backyard storage sheds at 10 feet in height and limits size to 20% of the principal structure's floor area, with a 300 square foot minimum allowed regardless. Sheds…

Pompano Beach allows one ADU per single-family lot under §155.4303.A, capped at the lesser of 1,000 sq ft or 25% of the principal dwelling. ADUs may be attached or detached. 1-2…

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…

Residential fences in Pompano Beach top out at four feet in the front yard and six feet on the sides and rear, with posts allowed six inches taller. Near street and driveway…

Stacking a fence on top of a retaining wall or berm in Pompano Beach does not let the combined structure exceed the height limit that would apply to a fence alone: total height is…

Pompano Beach bans barbed wire, razor wire, concertina wire, and aboveground electrified fencing in every zoning district, residential included, unless the property owner gets an…

Broward County caps fences on residential lots at six feet, eight feet next to commercial or industrial land, bans barbed and razor wire, and limits corner-lot fences to 30 inches near…

Florida's one statewide fence statute, §588.011, defines a legal fence as at least 3 feet high with three strands of wire on posts no more than 20 feet apart. Residential height…

City Code § 155.4303.S caps how much traffic a Pompano Beach home based business can generate: deliveries, shipments, vehicular trips, and foot traffic can't exceed what's normally…

Home based businesses in Pompano Beach's single- and two-family districts get a smaller sign allowance than other uses: one non-illuminated sign up to four square feet with six-inch…

Pompano Beach allows a home based business as an accessory use in any dwelling under City Code § 155.4303.S, but the operation must stay secondary to the home's residential use, keep…

Cottage food operations in Pompano Beach are authorized under FL Statute 500.80. Operators may sell specified homemade food products without a food establishment license. Annual sales…

Home daycare operations in Pompano Beach require state licensing through the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) under FL Statute 402. A Zoning Use Certificate confirms…

Synthetic turf is allowed citywide but restricted to single-family and two-family lots when used as a pervious surface substitute; it needs a building permit, an eight-year warranty…

Cutting down, relocating, or substantially altering a protected tree in Pompano Beach requires a Tree Permit, and the Development Services Director can only approve removal on specific…

Pompano Beach caps grass and weeds at 6 inches high on any property, improved or not, declaring anything taller a public nuisance under City Code § 96.26(C)(3). Dense stands of trees…

Pompano Beach bans landscape irrigation citywide between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. every day and limits sprinkler use to two assigned days a week based on address. Even addresses water…

Pompano Beach's landscape code mandates native vegetation on larger sites: where a project needs 20 or more required trees, at least half must be native species, no more than a fifth…

FL Statute 373.228 authorizes rainwater harvesting and prohibits local restrictions on residential rain barrels. Pompano Beach residents may install rain barrels without city permits…

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 bans hatracking, topping, flush cuts, and non-ANSI pruning cuts as "tree abuse" countywide, whether or not a tree removal permit is otherwise required, enforced by PWESD…

Smoke alarms in Pompano Beach are governed by the Florida Building Code, Residential, §R314 (8th Ed., 2023) and NFPA 72, both adopted statewide and enforced locally by Pompano Beach…

Burning rubbish, cleared vegetation, or waste of any kind in Pompano Beach requires a permit from the Fire Chief, who sets the terms for how the burning is done. Small amounts of trash…

Consumer fireworks legal on July 4th, Dec 31, and Jan 1 under FL §791.08 state preemption. Outside those dates, only sparklers and novelties are legal without a permit. City Fire…

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…

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

Above-ground pools in Pompano Beach are subject to the same safety barrier requirements as in-ground pools under FL Statute 515 and the Florida Building Code. A 48-inch barrier is…

Pompano Beach enforces pool safety under FL Statute 515 (Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act). All pools require barriers of at least 48 inches. Residential pool alarms may be…

Pompano Beach does not have rent control. FL Statute 166.043(2) flatly prohibits municipal rent control: the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old emergency exception. Landlords may…

Pompano Beach's Rental Housing Code (Chapter 153) sets minimum habitability standards for every rental dwelling, rental unit, and rooming house. Section 153.19 requires premises be…

Pompano Beach does not have a just-cause eviction ordinance. Evictions follow FL Statute 83 (Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act). Landlords may terminate tenancies with proper…

Unincorporated Broward landlords must register each residential rental unit with the Housing and Urban Planning Division before leasing it, and renew annually for a $75 fee.

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 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…

Pompano Beach residents must set roll carts curbside within five feet of the curb line, no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup, and pull them back out of public view by the…

Pompano Beach requires vegetative material, grass clippings, palm fronds and tree trimmings to go into the resident's garbage roll cart, or out as bulk trash when it won't fit…

Pompano Beach residential customers must sort recyclables under City Code § 96.20 and set them out once a week in the city-supplied roll cart under § 96.11. Only rinsed newspaper…

Residential garbage is collected twice a week and recycling once a week under city contract, with roll carts required curbside no more than five feet from the curb. Carts must go out…

Pompano Beach requires residential customers to commingle approved recyclables, newspaper, cardboard, glass, aluminum and steel cans, and PETE #1/HDPE #2/PVC #3 plastics, into the…

Pompano Beach picks up residential garbage twice a week, recyclables once a week, and bulk trash once a week under Code of Ordinances § 96.11. Commercial and multifamily accounts get…

Pompano Beach bans dumping refuse, garbage, or trash on streets, sidewalks, the beach, or private property without a permit under Code of Ordinances § 96.10. Anyone letting trash…

Multifamily and nonresidential dumpsters and compactors must be screened on three sides by a masonry wall and a gate on the fourth, at least six inches taller than the container…

Bulk trash goes to the curb once a week on a fixed collection day, capped at four cubic yards, with vegetative material under six feet and 50 pounds. Residents get two free excess…

Pompano Beach caps wrecker and towing rates at Broward County's adopted schedule and bars anyone but the city's authorized towing contractor from removing a vehicle from a city street…

Anyone opening a massage establishment in Pompano Beach must first obtain a city business tax receipt. The BTR schedule lists Massage Establishment as item 758 under category 158 at…

Pompano Beach bans selling or furnishing nicotine vaporizers or liquid nicotine to anyone under 18 and bans self-service vending machines for these products citywide. City law…

Pompano Beach confines sexually oriented businesses to a single zoning category and requires a 1,000-foot separation from residential zoning districts under City Code § 155.4224.A. The…

Pompano Beach requires a Business Tax Receipt to run a tattoo parlor, body piercing studio, or permanent makeup business, with the BTR schedule pricing each activity at $191.45 under…

Pompano Beach expands who counts as a secondhand dealer and layers extra recordkeeping onto Florida's Secondhand Dealers and Secondary Metals Recyclers Act. Code of Ordinances Section…

Pompano Beach adds its own restrictions on top of Florida's Pawnbroking Act for every pawnshop in the city. Code of Ordinances Section 115.17 bars pawnbrokers from opening between 8:00…

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…

Bars, nightclubs, and other retail or commercial properties in Pompano Beach are capped at 65 dBA at the property boundary, day or night, under § 97.20(A)(3), with no relaxation after…

Setting up or operating a generator on a Pompano Beach park, beach, or cultural facility is a prohibited act under § 98.02(Z), punishable as a civil infraction starting at a $100 fine…

Air-conditioning and air-handling units in Pompano Beach residential areas may not exceed 60 dBA at the property boundary or 55 dBA inside a neighboring home, measured for at least…

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…

Street trees planted in Pompano Beach's right-of-way swales must follow the Zoning Code's landscaping standards, stay five feet clear of city utility lines, and leave a sight window…

Pompano Beach protects trees by size and species rather than a blanket list: any tree with a trunk diameter of 18 inches or more at breast height, in condition of 60% or better, is a…

Pompano Beach designates a tree historical if it sits on a historically significant site, ties to a historic event, connects to the city's heritage, or is at least 75 years old…

Pompano Beach requires a City Manager-issued permit for any special event on private property under § 132.27, capping smaller lots at four events per fiscal year and requiring…

Anyone sponsoring or giving a street fair, festival, or other public event in Pompano Beach needs a permit from the Public Event Committee before the event happens. Applications go to…

Sidewalk cafes accessory to a Pompano Beach eating or drinking establishment need a permit under § 155.4303.V that expires every September 30, requires a $1,000,000 general liability…

Using a Pompano Beach city park or recreational facility for an event or reserved gathering requires an advance rental permit from the Parks and Recreation Department, with fees paid…

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…

Pompano Beach parks close from sunset to sunrise under § 98.13, except lighted facilities the City Manager designates for night use, which may stay open until 11:00 p.m.; the municipal…

Broward County enforces a juvenile curfew that applies to Pompano Beach. Minors under 18 are subject to curfew restrictions during late night hours. Exceptions exist for employment…

Skateboarding, rollerblading, riding a Segway, hoverboard, motorized scooter, or bicycle is banned on Pompano Beach Boulevard's east sidewalk and on city recreational or cultural…

Pompano Beach folds loitering into its disorderly conduct law: being found loitering around a dock, depot, bank, store, or other listed public place without a reasonable account for…

Pompano Beach makes it a crime to aggressively beg in a public place: soliciting money while touching, following, cursing at, or using violent gestures toward the person solicited is…

Pompano Beach bans drinking or carrying an open container of any alcoholic beverage on unlicensed public and quasi-public property citywide, including streets, sidewalks and public…

Pompano Beach Code § 100.35(D)(5) spells out five ways a pedestrian can be cited for jaywalking, from crossing within 200 feet of a marked crosswalk to cutting diagonally through an…

Smoking is prohibited on the municipal beach and in any city park, plus any Broward County park inside the city, under § 98.02(MM), except unfiltered cigars are specifically carved out…

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 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…

Pompano Beach issues one business tax receipt per location, tied to a single classification code from the § 113.39 fee schedule, such as 001- ABSTRACTING/LAND TITLE at $255.27 a year…

Pompano Beach Code § 54.04 requires public, commercial, office, industrial, warehouse and multifamily properties to connect to the city's reclaimed water system once it is available…

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…

City Code § 96.26 sets uniform minimum maintenance standards for every building and structure in Pompano Beach to eliminate what it calls a blighting influence: an unlawful, offensive…

The Pompano Beach City Charter gives the city direct authority, under § 5(28), to require owners to clear vacant or improved lots of weeds, undergrowth, rubbish, and unsanitary debris…

New and substantially improved homes in Pompano Beach must have the lowest floor at or above the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, or 18 inches above the crown of the…

Pompano Beach Code § 53.13 bars discharging anything into the city's stormwater system without written permission from the City Engineering Department, bars non-stormwater discharges…

Building, repairing, or installing a dock, lift, or other mooring structure in Pompano Beach waterways requires an engineering permit from the City Engineer plus a building permit…

Pompano Beach Code § 53.16(A) requires every construction site to maintain structural and non-structural best management practices during and after work to reduce pollutants and…

Anyone starting development within Pompano Beach's flood hazard areas must first get a floodplain development permit from the Floodplain Administrator under § 152.24, separate from any…

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

Pompano Beach bans lodging on public property without City Manager consent and bans storing personal property on public property overnight, with a mandatory social-services outreach…

Pompano Beach doesn't issue a separate 'food truck permit,' but Code of Ordinances Section 115.18 makes every mobile vendor carry proof of insurance and produce health, licensing, and…

Pompano Beach keeps mobile food vendors off public sidewalks entirely. Code of Ordinances Section 115.18(D)(6) bars a vendor from being located on a sidewalk or interfering with…

Pompano Beach bars mobile food vendors from setting up near schools, parks, and bus stops, and limits street sales to occupants of the abutting property. Code of Ordinances Section…

Pompano Beach fixes yard setbacks by residential zoning district in its Intensity and Dimensional Standards tables. In the RS-1 Single-Family Residence 1 district the minimum front…

Pompano Beach caps building footprint by zoning district: 30% maximum lot coverage in the RS-1 single-family district and 40% in RS-2, each paired with a 30% minimum pervious area…

In Pompano Beach's Single-Family Residence 1 (RS-1) zoning district, Code of Ordinances Section 155.3202.C caps building height at 35 feet, the lowest-density residential district in…

Pompano Beach requires new and substantially improved residential buildings to elevate the lowest floor to the base flood elevation plus one foot, or 18 inches above the crown of the…

City Code § 96.38 declares disaster debris a public nuisance and requires every gated community and private-road property owner or association to grant the city right of entry to clear…

Broward County bars keeping hurricane shutters mounted or closed on occupied buildings for more than 15 consecutive days after a declared hurricane watch or warning ends, and the clock…

In the Downtown Pompano Beach (DP) Overlay District, a property can add up to 20 units per acre above the base cap in Section 155.3708.F, but only by qualifying for one of four listed…

Pompano Beach treats bicycles as vehicles on public roadways: riders must follow the same traffic ordinances and state laws as drivers, and the city has adopted Florida's bicycle…

Pompano Beach outlaws motorized scooter rental outright: no person may rent, or make available for rent, a motorized scooter anywhere in the city under Code of Ordinances § 115.31…

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…

Pompano Beach treats a solar energy collection system as an accessory use allowed by right, marked "A," in every zoning district under City Code § 155.4303.EE.1. Panels may mount on a…

FL Statute 163.04 protects homeowners' rights to install solar panels and limits HOA restrictions. HOAs cannot prohibit installations. Reasonable aesthetic guidelines are allowed but…

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

Pompano Beach requires carbon monoxide detection in larger rental homes. Section 153.33(E) mandates single-family rentals housing eight or more people to install a monitored fire alarm…

Pompano Beach requires a construction permit from the Building Department for every phase of a construction project before work begins, under Code of Ordinances § 152.03. Plans, a…

Pompano Beach has no standalone plumbing chapter; plumbing work is permitted through the general building permit system in Code § 152.03, which requires a valid permit for every phase…

Pompano Beach requires floodplain-permitted construction to pass inspection by the Floodplain Administrator, including a lowest-floor elevation certificate before vertical framing…

Pompano Beach runs a certification-based green building program under Code of Ordinances §§ 152.50-152.60. City-owned civic or office construction is expected to participate, but for…

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.

Before doing any electrical work in Broward County, contractors and journeymen must hold a certificate of competency from Division II of the Central Examining Board, valid for permits…

Pompano Beach sets hard foot-candle ceilings for how much light can cross onto a neighbor's land: 1.0 foot-candle next to single-family homes, 2.0 near multifamily, and 3.0 everywhere…

Pompano Beach caps upward glare at the fixture, not just the property line. Any exterior light source over 900 lumens must be concealed or shielded with a full cut-off fixture angled…

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…

Political signs in Pompano Beach are protected by the First Amendment and FL Statute 106.1435. Signs on private property during election periods are generally protected. Chapter 156…

Pompano Beach caps most storefront window signs at 20% of the tenant's window area and restricts them to first-floor entrances, per Table 156.07(B) of the city's Sign Code. Businesses…

Pompano Beach bans billboards and general advertising signs outright under § 156.12(E) of its sign code. On-premise digital reader boards, classified as an automatic changeable copy…

Broward County caps yard sale signs at 2 square feet, exempts them from permits, and requires removal at the end of the sale, but the rule only reaches unincorporated Broward, not its…

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…

Broward County exempts holiday lights from its outdoor lighting standards, but only if each bulb is under 10 watts and 70 lumens: brighter displays must meet the county's full cutoff…

Pompano Beach bans building, depositing, or leaving any structure, package, bicycle, or scooter on a public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way under City Code of Ordinances § 100.35…

Pompano Beach puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner. City Code § 100.02 makes it unlawful for an owner or occupant to let the sidewalk in front of the lot fill with…

Pompano Beach lets an eating or drinking establishment extend accessory seating onto the public sidewalk as a permitted 'Sidewalk Café' under Code of Ordinances § 155.4303.V, but only…

Pompano Beach designates historic districts, structures, and sites to a Local Register of Historic Places under Code of Ordinances § 155.2427. Once a property is listed, the Historic…

Pompano Beach's landscaping code bans installing any plant species listed as invasive by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council on any site subject to a landscape plan, and requires…

Home cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in Florida. FL Statute 381.986 does not authorize personal cultivation by medical marijuana patients. Pompano Beach enforces state law. The…

Pompano Beach prohibits medical marijuana dispensing retail establishments under Section 115.28 of the Code of Ordinances. No marijuana dispensary or medical marijuana treatment center…

Pompano Beach's Code Compliance Division, Building Inspections Division, and Fire Department can inspect any rental dwelling, rental unit, or rooming house under § 153.11 to verify…

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

Pompano Beach declares any infestation of insects, rodents, or other vermin that may endanger the public a public nuisance under City Code § 96.26(C)(10). The same section separately…

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…

Recreational drone flying in Pompano Beach follows FAA recreational flyer rules. Pilots must pass the TRUST safety test, fly below 400 feet, and maintain visual line of sight. FL…

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…

Commercial drone operations in Florida are regulated by federal FAA Part 107 and state law; local governments cannot impose additional commercial operation restrictions.

Pompano Beach regulates soliciting through its business licensing code. Residents may post no-soliciting signs. Florida's two-party consent recording law (FL §934.03) applies to…

Pompano Beach regulates commercial soliciting through its business licensing code. Commercial door-to-door solicitors may need a city business license. Section 115.18 governs mobile…

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 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…

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…

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's Zoning Code caps unincorporated residents at two yard sales a year, three days each, with no permit needed for the sale itself.

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…