Hollywood, FL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

01 of the Hollywood Code of Ordinances bars any person from using a street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way, or any public property, for a private business or commercial enterprise, defined broadly to include selling, displaying, bartering or leasing merchandise, commodities, land, real estate or services, without first obtaining a permit or franchise from the City Commission or another authorized city official. The section is the general gate that covers most encroachment uses of the public way that don't fall under a more specific licensing chapter, such as a sidewalk vendor cart, a display of goods in front of a storefront, or a temporary commercial structure placed in the right-of-way.

01(B), the City Commission may pass a motion granting revocable permission for the use once the applicant shows the proposed use doesn't conflict with the public interest, but that permission never vests any ongoing right in the applicant no matter how long the city allows it to continue, so the Commission can end the arrangement at will. 01(C) carves out two exemptions from the permit requirement: a natural person selling farm, grove, horticultural or floricultural products they grew within the city, sold from the public right-of-way abutting the land where the crop was grown, and the sale of newspapers or other constitutionally protected material, which the city cannot condition on a commercial-use permit.

02, which separately covers mobile food unit sales, so a food truck or cart operating on the public way follows that chapter's licensing process rather than this general permit requirement. 99.