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

Before touching anything within a Lauderhill right-of-way, swale, private thoroughfare, or an ingress/egress, utility, canal or stormwater easement, the property owner or the adjacent owner responsible for maintaining that area must obtain an Engineering Permit under Land Development Regulations Section 2.01. The City Engineer alone decides whether a given job needs a permit and reviews the application based on engineering judgment; any submittal requiring professional judgment must be signed, dated and sealed by a Florida-registered engineer, surveyor or landscape architect. The base application fee is $25, plus the Section 2.02 schedule of permit fees.

That schedule bills sidewalks, driveways, slabs and curbing, along with landscaping and irrigation, pavement and drainage systems, and water and sewer line work, at 4% of the certified estimated construction price; a $225 administrative fee applies to single-family applications and $560 to multi-family, commercial or industrial applications, plus a $27.50 processing fee. The percentage-based fee is waived for single-family applications, though the flat administrative and processing fees still apply. Water service line taps run $2,000 up to a two-inch line and $4,000 above that, and a water meter installation is $100.

Permit fees rise every October 1 in line with the Consumer Price Index unless the City Commission directs otherwise. Inspections are scheduled through the Engineering/GIS Department at 5581 W. Oakland Park Blvd. by calling (954) 730-3060 at least 24 hours ahead. If the work is not built to the City's adopted Engineering Standards, the owner, the party responsible for maintenance, the contractor, or whoever ordered the work can be required to remove or modify the noncompliant installation.