Pembroke Pines, FL Special Events & Permits: Park Event Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit trigger
- Gatherings over 10 people
- Issuing authority
- Director of Recreation and Cultural Arts
- Misrepresentation penalty
- Rental ban of 1+ year
- On-site requirement
- Must produce permit on request
- General penalty
- Up to $500 or 90 days (§ 10.99)
Summary
Pembroke Pines requires a facility rental permit from the Director of Recreation and Cultural Arts before using a city park for any picnic or gathering over ten people, a commercial event, a public meeting or parade, organized athletics, or sales to the public, under City Code § 97.05. Applicants file an application and pay the required fee, and misrepresenting the request bars future rentals for at least a year.
(A) Permits are required for certain activities so that park personnel can limit or eliminate activities which would tend to damage the park, or which are likely to create an atmosphere which would discourage use of the park for its intended purpose, or which, if not eliminated, would allow monopolizing of a park or some facilities in a park by one group to the exclusion of other groups or individuals. ... (2) A facility rental permit is required when one or more of the following conditions apply: (a) Any picnic, outing, or gathering sponsored by an organization, entity or individual that is will be attended by more than ten persons;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-61: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25).
Full Breakdown
" Division (B)(1) lets any park facility be reserved in advance with the Director of Recreation and Cultural Arts by completing an application and paying the required fees, and makes it unlawful for any person to make a material misrepresentation with the intent to obtain a facility rental, a violation that can get the rental denied, revoked, or bar the applicant from future rentals for at least a year, with each misrepresentation a separate offense. Division (B)(2) lists six triggers that require a permit: any picnic, outing or gathering sponsored by an organization, entity or individual attended by more than ten persons; any commercial activity, contest, exhibit, performance, broadcast, fair or musical event; any public meeting, assembly or parade, including political meetings; organized athletics; sale, distribution or sampling of goods to the public; and any exclusive use of a facility by one group. Anyone in a park must produce their permit on request from a law enforcement officer or park personnel or face expulsion under (B)(3).
Violations & Fines
Holding a qualifying gathering, event, meeting, athletic activity or sales activity in a Pembroke Pines park without a facility rental permit, or failing to produce one on request, is a violation of § 97.05 punishable under § 10.99, up to $500 or 90 days in jail, and can result in expulsion from the park under § 97.99. Misrepresenting a rental application separately bars future rentals for at least one year.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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