Fort Lauderdale, FL Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Sec. and staffed by only one employee. Subsection (e), Window signs, required every covered store, no later than December 31, 1990, to keep its window signage arranged so there is a clear and unobstructed view of the cash register and transaction area from outside the store, the goal being to let a passing patrol officer or passerby see directly to the counter. Subsection (f) reinforces that visibility standard from another angle: window tinting is prohibited outright if it reduces exterior or interior viewing during the hours the section applies to, and any tinting that existed before the ordinance had to come off by the same December 31, 1990 deadline.

The same section layers on other security mandates that give this window rule its context: a silent alarm and security camera system, parking lot lighting of at least two footcandles per square foot, a posted sign stating the register holds $50 or less, height markers at the entrance, and a cash management policy limiting cash on hand overnight. Enforcement runs through the city's general penalty at Sec. 1-6 via subsection (j), except that a store that fixes a violation within 10 days of a noncompliance notice avoids the noncompliance fee, and subsection (k) lets the city seek a civil fine of up to $5,000 for a willful and deliberate violation. Code inspectors and city law enforcement officers are both authorized to enforce the article under subsection (l).