Pompano Beach, FL Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)
Key Facts
- Authority
- City Charter § 5(28), Lot Clearing
- Applies to
- Vacant or improved lots
- Liability
- Joint and several among interest holders
- Lien enforcement
- Foreclosed like a special assessment (Art. XX)
- Voluntary alternative
- City mowing at $100/hour (§ 96.02)
Summary
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, or do the work itself and charge the owner. Unpaid charges become a lien enforceable the same way as a special assessment.
(28) Lot clearing. To require owners of real property or other persons having a beneficial interest therein to clear and clean vacant or improved lots of weeds, undergrowth, rubbish, brush and any unsightly and unsanitary debris, to fill unsanitary excavations and depressions or to have such clearing, cleaning or filling accomplished and charge the property owner or other person having a beneficial interest therein for the cost thereof, such charge to be joint and several. The charge shall also constitute a lien against the property, which lien may be foreclosed in the same manner and to the same extent as special assessment liens are foreclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article XX of this Charter, including, but not limited to, the liability of the property owner for and the lien on the property for attorney's fees, costs, expenses and interest.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-122: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through 2026-35, passed 7-29-26).
Full Breakdown
26's cross-reference note on cleaning vacant lots. It lets the city require an owner, or anyone with a beneficial interest in the property, to clear weeds, undergrowth, rubbish, brush, unsightly or unsanitary debris, and to fill unsanitary excavations or depressions, either by making the owner do it or by having the city perform the work and billing the owner. That charge is joint and several among everyone with an interest in the property and becomes a lien against the property itself, foreclosable the same way the city forecloses special assessment liens under Charter Article XX, including the owner's liability for attorney's fees, costs, expenses, and interest on top of the base charge.
28, gives the owner seven days to clear the lot, and can proceed to abatement and a lien if the owner does not act or lose a contested hearing. 02, for a flat $100 per hour with a one-hour minimum charge.
Violations & Fines
An owner who does not clear a vacant lot after a Charter § 5(28) demand faces city-performed clearing billed back at cost, with the charge treated as joint and several against every person holding a beneficial interest in the property. That charge converts into a lien foreclosable the same way as a special assessment lien under Charter Article XX, and the owner remains liable for the city's attorney's fees, costs, expenses, and interest on top of the clearing cost itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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