Coral Springs, FL Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

2 sits in Chapter 8's Article III, Maintenance of Property, and applies citywide to every building's exterior, which reaches rental housing along with owner-occupied homes and commercial buildings. Exterior wall surfaces, including perimeter walls and fences, must stay free of faded or chipped paint and be kept in good repair and good condition; once twenty-five percent or more of an exposed surface is discolored, as the code defines that term, or is peeling, the owner must repaint, recover, or clean it. The same twenty-five percent trigger applies separately to roofs and gutters, which must likewise be kept free of faded or chipped paint and repainted, recovered, or cleaned once a quarter of the surface is discolored or scaling.

Paint colors on any exterior surface must conform to the city's architectural guidelines, and a non-residential property repainting its exterior needs the color approved by the department of community development and must finish within sixty calendar days of that approval, though using white on perimeter walls and fences skips the color-application step. Subsection (e) is the operative rule for rental property: owners remain primarily responsible for maintaining buildings, structures, and exterior premises whether or not that responsibility has been assigned to or accepted by a property manager, tenant, or agent, so a landlord cannot point to a lease clause or a management contract to avoid liability for a deteriorating exterior.

3 layers on an added duty for owners of two or more rental units in the same building or complex: they must retain a local agent to oversee upkeep and post an eight-by-ten-inch sign at the building or leasing office with the owner's or agent's name, address, and phone number.