Miramar, FL Sign Regulations: Holiday Displays (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing provision
- City Code § 10-124(16)
- Display window
- 30 days before to 30 days after the holiday
- Article
- Ch. 10, Art. VII, Property Maintenance
- Enforcement process
- Code enforcement notice-and-correction, § 10-129
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. No. 91-33, amended Ord. No. 98-37
Summary
Miramar caps how long holiday lights and decorations can stay up on a property. Under City Code Section 10-124(16), part of the exterior property maintenance article, displays are permitted only during the thirty days before and thirty days after the relevant holiday, after which they count as an exterior maintenance violation enforceable by code compliance.
(16) Holiday lights and decorations. Holiday lights and decorations are permitted during the period thirty (30) days prior to and thirty (30) days after the relevant holiday.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
Section 10-124, 'Maintenance of exterior of premises,' is part of Chapter 10, Article VII, the city's property maintenance article adopted by Ordinance No. 91-33 in 1991 and amended by Ordinance No. 98-37 in 1998. The section imposes sixteen specific duties on every owner or operator to keep a property free of hazards and unsightly conditions, from overgrown natural growth and refuse to unmaintained fences and driveways. ' Outside that sixty-day window, lights or decorations left up on the exterior of a home or business are treated the same as any other maintenance violation under this article, which Section 10-118 explains exists to prevent 'blighting conditions' and protect neighborhood property values.
Article VII applies to every residential, nonresidential and mixed-use property in the city under Section 10-121, regardless of when the structure was built or what permits were previously issued. 21. If the condition is not corrected, the city can pursue code enforcement board action, and unresolved liens for cost recovery under Section 10-130 accrue interest and may be foreclosed after six months unpaid.
Violations & Fines
Because Section 10-124 falls under the property maintenance article rather than the general penalty chapter, the primary enforcement path is the code enforcement officer's notice-and-correction process in Section 10-129, backed by the city's supplemental code enforcement board procedures under F.S. § 162.21, which can impose ongoing fines until the display is removed. Independent of that track, the city's general penalty, Section 1-13, still authorizes a fine up to $500.00 or up to sixty days' imprisonment for a Code violation.
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