Hollywood, FL Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

3, the General Development Regulations Applicable to All Districts within the Regional Activity Center (RAC) and Downtown Redevelopment District, sets Articulation requirements at item (11). Building facades must incorporate breaks in the horizontal and vertical wall plane to reduce visual mass, and any blank wall visible from an adjacent street, public area, or building is not permitted; the facade must instead incorporate articulation, with only a portion proportionate to the building's massing allowed to remain unarticulated. For ground floor commercial active uses specifically, 50 percent of the storefront facade area must provide transparency, delivered through windows, door glazing, or unobstructed openings.

Non-active-use facades still need architectural treatment, drawn from at least two of a listed set of techniques, including matching materials and construction assemblies, continued fenestration patterns and articulation rhythm, architectural screens, meshes, louvers or glass, pervious surfaces and planters, and consistent signage and lighting. 1, whose stated intent is to facilitate mixed-use development, encourage mass transit, reduce automobile dependence, and give definition to the urban form across districts such as the Core, Dixie Highway, Federal Highway, North Downtown, Parkside, Pembroke Road, Sheridan Street and Young Circle districts.

The design regulations apply on top of each subdistrict's own Building Requirements Table for height, setback and density, so a downtown building must clear both the district's dimensional standards and the citywide facade articulation rule.