Broward County, FL Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Ban distance
- 660 feet from highway right-of-way
- Applies to
- Limited-access highways, countywide
- Exemption
- On-premise business ID signs only
- Existing signs
- Grandfathered, no enlargement allowed
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 86-1, Jan. 14, 1986
Summary
Broward County bans outdoor advertising signs within 660 feet of any limited-access highway countywide, unless the sign identifies an on-premise business, under the Expressway Outdoor Advertising Ordinance.
All outdoor advertising signs shall be prohibited within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any portion of any limited-access highway facility in Broward County except as provided in this section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 72 | Administrative Code: Supplement 28).
Full Breakdown
The Broward County Expressway Outdoor Advertising Ordinance (Sec. 31-67) applies countywide unless a municipal ordinance conflicts with it. Sec. 31-69 prohibits all outdoor advertising signs within 660 feet of the right-of-way of any limited-access highway, and separately bars signs placed beyond that distance if they are erected to be read from the highway's main-traveled way. On-premise signs that mainly identify the business or its principal merchandise, services, or activities are exempt if they meet South Florida Building Code standards and the Chapter 39 sign-size and construction rules; signs that are mostly brand or trade-name advertising, or that earn the owner rental income, do not qualify. Signs already standing when the 1986 ordinance took effect may remain but cannot be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or structurally altered.
Violations & Fines
County ordinance violations are enforced under Sec. 1-13, by prosecution under § 125.69, F.S., or through administrative code enforcement; noncompliant expressway signs are subject to removal, and grandfathered signs lose their protected status if enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or altered beyond 25% of assessed value in repairs per year.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I put up a billboard near I-95 or I-595 in Broward County?
Does this rule apply inside Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood?
Are signs for my own business on my own property exempt?
Sources & Official References
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