Broward County
Demolition in every Broward city
Broward is not one permit office. Each city runs its own building department, and the housing, the coastline and the HOA rules change from one to the next. Here is what matters in each.
- Fort LauderdaleFort Lauderdale's demolition checklist asks for more than a permit form. It wants a dewatering affidavit, a hold harmless agreement, a gas disconnect letter and a water meter removal letter from the city. Romco is headquartered here, and we assemble that file before a machine is booked.Demolition in Fort Lauderdale →
- HollywoodJoseph W. Young laid Hollywood out in the 1920s as a planned city, and parts of that plan are now protected. A lot in the Lakes Area historic district, or a building in the Hollywood Boulevard Historic Business District, can carry review that a newer house elsewhere in the city does not.Demolition in Hollywood →
- Pompano BeachCondominium towers line Pompano Beach's shore on A1A, and each one of three or more stories falls under Florida's milestone inspection law. When a milestone report calls for concrete repair, the first trade on site is selective demolition, opening finishes and damaged concrete so the engineer can see the steel.Demolition in Pompano Beach →
- Coral SpringsCoral Springs was drained bean and cattle land until Coral Ridge Properties master-planned it in the 1960s, and its neighborhoods still answer to associations. Before a tree comes out for a demolition, the city wants a residential tree removal permit with the homeowners' association approval attached to the application.Demolition in Coral Springs →
- Pembroke PinesIn Pembroke Pines, the dumpster is not your choice. The city's Building Department states that construction and demolition debris must go out through its exclusive solid waste vendor, Waste Pro of Florida, which holds the right to supply roll-off containers. Using anyone else invites daily fines.Demolition in Pembroke Pines →
- PlantationMost of Plantation Acres, between Hiatus Road and Flamingo Road, is laid out in lots of an acre or more. A lot that size can hold a house, a guest house, a pool and outbuildings, and every one of them belongs on the survey before a demolition is priced.Demolition in Plantation →
- DavieDavie still zones for horses, and a lot that holds a house can also hold a barn, a run-in shed or a mobile home. The town treats an old mobile home as a demolition: removing it needs a demolition permit before a permit for a replacement unit can even be applied for.Demolition in Davie →
- SunriseIn Sunrise, the gas meter often belongs to the city. The Sunrise Gas System, which the city describes as the only city-owned gas utility operating in South Florida, serves homes and businesses in Sunrise and parts of neighboring cities, so the gas disconnect for a demolition is a request to City Hall.Demolition in Sunrise →
- Deerfield BeachDeerfield Beach is the last Broward city before the Hillsboro Canal and Palm Beach County, and its beachfront sits on the barrier island east of the Intracoastal. A beachfront lot there can fall seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line, which puts a state permit review beside the city's.Demolition in Deerfield Beach →
- MiramarMiramar's demolition package carries two affidavits most owners do not expect. One is an Affidavit of Awareness of Homeowner's Association, required on residential jobs even where no HOA exists. The other is a Construction Debris Removal Affidavit, because city ordinance sends demolition debris to the city's vendor, Waste Pro of Florida.Demolition in Miramar →
- WestonWeston began as Arvida's master-planned community, first called Indian Trace, and became a city in 1996, with Bonaventure joining in 1997. Its neighborhoods were built to a plan and are governed by associations, so a demolition here answers to two reviewers: the city and the HOA.Demolition in Weston →
- TamaracKen Behring built Tamarac in the 1960s as maintenance-free homes for retirees, beginning with Tamarac Lakes and growing through the Mainlands and the Woodlands. The city's demolition procedure reads like a built-out town's: utilities disconnected, sewer capped and pests treated before the permit moves.Demolition in Tamarac →
- MargateMargate's name joins its founder, Jack Marqusee, with the word gateway, from its 1955 start as a gateway to western Broward. On a commercial demolition, the city's checklist calls for a six-foot driven-pole chain-link fence with windscreen around the site and a stone wash-out pad at the entrance.Demolition in Margate →
- Coconut CreekWynmoor, the guard-gated 55-and-over community in Coconut Creek, is a village of low-rise condominium buildings built from the late 1970s. Demolition inside a unit there starts with the association, not the city: its approval, its contractor rules and its working hours.Demolition in Coconut Creek →
- LauderhillHerbert Sadkin founded Lauderhill in 1959, and its Inverrary section was designed as a planned development around a country club that once hosted a PGA Tour event. Through the 1990s the city was mainly a retirement community, and condominiums still make up much of its housing.Demolition in Lauderhill →
- Oakland ParkOakland Park was first incorporated in 1925 as Floranada, a boom-era resort plan that went bankrupt after the 1926 hurricane, and it reincorporated under its current name in 1929. The lots that history left, along the Middle River and the Dixie Highway corridor, hold some of Broward's older housing.Demolition in Oakland Park →
- Wilton ManorsWilton Manors calls itself the Island City because the north and south forks of the Middle River wrap around it. Its demolition checklist reflects that: the survey must show every body of water abutting the property, and the plans must show where water and sewer will be capped.Demolition in Wilton Manors →
- Lauderdale-By-The-SeaLauderdale-By-The-Sea is a small barrier-island town that has capped most new construction at low-rise heights since 1973. That rule shapes what replaces a demolished building, and on the beach side the Coastal Construction Control Line shapes how the old one comes down.Demolition in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea →
- Hallandale BeachIn 2020, after a demolition in Hallandale Beach damaged nearby cars, the city commission looked at tightening its demolition requirements. That is the risk on a dense coastal block: neighbors, vehicles and towers sit close to the work, and protection has to be planned before the first wall comes down.Demolition in Hallandale Beach →
- Dania BeachDania Beach was the first city incorporated in Broward County, as the Town of Dania in 1904, settled largely by farmers of Danish descent. It joined Hollywood in 1926, left again in 1927 and took its current name in 1998, so its parcels carry more than a century of layers.Demolition in Dania Beach →
- Lighthouse PointLighthouse Point takes its name from the Hillsboro Inlet lighthouse and grew as a boating city on dredged canals. The city reports that more than 95 percent of its land is developed, so a new house here generally begins with removing an old one, usually with a seawall at the back of the lot.Demolition in Lighthouse Point →
- ParklandOn a Parkland estate lot, the neighbors hear about a demolition from the paperwork before they hear the machine. The city's residential demolition checklist requires a notification letter to adjacent owners, and that letter is where the job's relationship with the street begins.Demolition in Parkland →
Questions
Across Broward
Do I need a permit for demolition?
Almost always, for anything structural. A permit is generally required to demolish a building or any part of one, and each city's building department sets its own checklist. When you hire Romco, we prepare and file the permit as the contractor of record and schedule the inspections through final. Confirm the requirements for your property with the building department.
Which cities in Broward County do you work in?
All of Broward County: every city from Deerfield Beach to Hallandale Beach and west to Parkland, Weston and Miramar, plus the unincorporated areas. We are headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. Each city has its own building department, and we work to the checklist of the one that holds your property.
Any type, any size, anywhere in Broward County
Send the address and what has to go. We will price the work.
Romco Builders is a licensed Florida general contractor, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale. One interior wall or a whole building: every job gets a written scope and a quote.