Pompano Beach, FL Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)
Key Facts
- Inspecting agencies
- Code Compliance, Building, Fire Dept.
- Entry requires
- Owner/occupant consent or court order
- No-show fee
- $50
- Admittance-denied fee
- $50
- Emergency inspections
- Allowed on probable cause
- STR pre-permit inspection
- Required under § 153.08(F)
Summary
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 compliance with the Rental Housing Code. Inspectors need the owner's or occupant's consent to enter, or a court order if consent is refused, and missed or denied inspections carry a $50 fee.
An inspector from the city's Code Compliance Division, Building Inspections Division, and Fire Department are hereby authorized to inspect all dwellings governed by this chapter to insure compliance with all minimum housing code requirements. When an Inspector is required to enter onto private premises to make an inspection, he shall do so with the consent of the owner, operator, lessee or occupant. In the event that consent to enter the premises is withheld, the Inspector may make application to the proper court for an order requiring access to the premises. ... No show fee. If the city has made an appointment with the 24-hour contact person to complete an inspection, and the 24-hour contact person fails to admit the inspector at the scheduled time, the property owner shall be charged a "no show" fee of $50.
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
11(A) authorizes inspectors from the Code Compliance Division, Building Inspections Division, and Fire Department to inspect every dwelling governed by the Rental Housing Code to confirm compliance with minimum housing standards. Entry requires "the consent of the owner, operator, lessee or occupant"; if consent is withheld, the inspector must apply to the court for an order compelling access rather than force entry. 11(B), but an inspector with probable cause to believe an immediate threat exists to health, welfare, or safety can direct an inspection be made on the spot.
11(C) attaches fees to missed appointments: a $50 "no show" fee applies if the city schedules an inspection with the property's 24-hour contact person and that person fails to admit the inspector at the scheduled time, and a separate $50 "admittance denied" fee applies if the inspector is turned away outright. 08(F) requires a compliance inspection by all three departments before any short-term rental permit issues or is renewed, and a property owner who fails to respond to three scheduling attempts, or who denies entry three times, receives a formal "Notice of Failure of Inspection," itself treated as a Code violation subject to Chapter 37 enforcement.
Violations & Fines
A property that fails inspection cannot be rented until the deficiencies are corrected and the unit is re-inspected. Refusing entry or repeatedly missing a scheduled inspection triggers the $50 no-show or admittance-denial fee under § 153.11(C), and for short-term rentals, three failed attempts produce a "Notice of Failure of Inspection," which is itself a violation enforceable under Chapter 37.
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