Lauderhill, FL Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Billboards
- Prohibited citywide, Sec. 6.0(c)
- Dynamic display signs allowed
- Only in S-1, CR, PR, CE zones
- Minimum site size (S-1/CR)
- 150 acres
- Max sign area
- 360 sq ft
- Change frequency limit
- Once per 8 seconds
- Brightness cap
- 5,000 nits day / 500 nits night
Summary
In the City of Lauderhill, billboard signs are flatly prohibited citywide under Schedule I, Section 6.0(c). Electronic dynamic display signs are allowed only as a narrow exception: one double-faced pylon sign per unified development, and only in the S-1, CR, PR and CE zoning districts, subject to strict size, siting and change-rate conditions.
(c)Billboards signs. ... One (1) double-faced dynamic display pylon sign is allowed within a unified development that is located within the Open Space and Recreational (S-1) and Commercial Recreation (CR) zoning districts, [and] the Regional Park (PR) and the Commercial Entertainment (CE) zoning districts. Within S-1 and CR zoning districts, dynamic displays are limited to property with a minimum size of one hundred fifty (150) acres, a maximum height of fifty-three (53) feet as measured from the average grade to the top of the structure, and abutting an arterial road with an ultimate minimum right-of-way of at least one hundred ten (110) feet according to the Broward County Trafficways Plan Map (2008)
Full Breakdown
Schedule I, Section 6.0 lists signs that may neither be constructed nor maintained within the City, and subsection (c) names billboards outright, alongside pole signs, roof signs and flashing illuminated signs. The only electronic message signage the City Commission allows is a dynamic display under Sections 15.0 and 16.0, and even that is confined to one double-faced dynamic display pylon sign within a unified development located in the Open Space and Recreational (S-1), Commercial Recreation (CR), Regional Park (PR) or Commercial Entertainment (CE) zoning districts.
Within S-1 and CR, the host property must be at least 150 acres, the structure capped at 53 feet, and the site must abut an arterial road with a minimum 110-foot right-of-way under the Broward County Trafficways Plan. A site plan approval is a prerequisite to any building permit, sign area is capped at 360 square feet, and the display cannot change more than once every 8 seconds except for time, date or temperature information. Section 15.2 also ties every dynamic display to the brightness limits in Section 16.0: 5,000 nits by day and 500 nits at night.
Because a true billboard is banned under 6.0(c) regardless of technology, only an on-site pylon sign meeting all of Section 15.2's conditions may carry a changing electronic message.
Violations & Fines
Displaying a billboard, or operating a dynamic display sign outside the S-1, CR, PR or CE districts or beyond Section 15.2's size, timing or brightness limits, is a Schedule I violation. Code Compliance Officers can cite and order removal after notice under Section 14.0, and Section 17.0 sets fines of $50 to $500 per violation, with continuing violations enjoinable in Broward County Circuit Court.
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