Hollywood, FL Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Citywide billboard cap
- 15 signs
- Location
- Limited access arterial roadways only
- Maximum size
- 14 ft by 48 ft, single pole
- Non-conforming status
- Exempt from Article 3 removal rules
- Permit appeal window
- 30 days to City Commission
- Governing section
- Hollywood Code § 8.5.D
Summary
Hollywood caps billboards at 15 citywide, and every one must sit along a limited access arterial roadway rather than a local street. Size is fixed at 14 feet by 48 feet on a single pole, and the code carves billboards out of its normal non-conforming-sign removal rules so the existing 15 can stay in place.
D. Billboards. No more than 15 billboards are permitted in the city. They shall only be located along limited access arterial roadways, limited in size to 14 feet by 48 feet, and supported by a single pole. Such signs shall be exempt from non-conforming provisions in Article 3. This section shall not be interpreted to require removal of off-premise signs within the scope of F.S. § 70.20.
Full Breakdown
D, printed inside the article's Non-Conforming Signs provisions, states flatly that no more than 15 billboards are permitted in the city, that they may only be located along limited access arterial roadways, and that they are limited in size to 14 feet by 48 feet and must be supported by a single pole. The same subsection exempts billboards from the non-conforming provisions of Article 3 of the zoning and land development code, which is what lets the existing 15 stay lawfully in place even though the city treats new billboard construction as effectively closed except through those roadway-limited slots.
D also notes the cap does not require removal of off-premise signs within the scope of Fla. 20, the state's private property rights statute covering compensation for sign removal. C. 5, with further recourse in Broward County Circuit Court if the Commission does not approve the application.
Violations & Fines
A billboard erected beyond the 15-sign citywide cap, off a limited access arterial roadway, or without a sign and building permit is an illegal non-conforming sign under § 8.5. The Chief Building Official may initiate removal proceedings under § 8.5.B.2, and any billboard lacking a required permit, together with its supporting pole structure, must be removed under § 8.5.B.3.
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