Parking In Hallandale Beach

What has changed is all parking is electronic now. With the electronic App our Parking Enforcement is also done electronically. Parking Enforcement vehicles are equipped with License Plate Readers. They read the plate and if the owner has not paid, the officer is automatically notified and they in turn issue a Citation. The Citation process is also online. You can review the ticket and pay online. Obviously, tickets can be challenged but it is rare they are overturned.

Our officers do not simply enforce paid parking; they enforce parking throughout the city. Parking within our neighborhoods has become an issue. Residential areas, due to state law, have been inundated with vacation rentals and at home businesses. In the past, rentals were allowed but now they are like hotels daily. Worse, some have become party homes. Homes were allowed in the past to have an office but now that has expanded to allow a business with customers. The business cannot be the entire home.

Many municipalities tried to fight these exemptions but failed. The way we can address those adverse impacts is through various code rules which include parking requirements. We have not changed the requirements; we are simply now enforcing what we have had in books.

Single Family Homes are required to typically be built with two parking spaces or one with a garage. Parking or storing vehicles on unimproved areas or lots is prohibited. If there is a sidewalk the space between the sidewalk and the street is swale. Some swales are simply grass and overtime have been asphalted. Parking can be done in the area but cannot block that sidewalk. If it is just all asphalt and no sidewalk parking depends on the width and location of the property line.

Some neighborhoods have no sidewalks at all. In these cases, if you have a visitor or a family gathering, if a car is parked in the driveway or the grass swale and not blocking the street enforcement will allow temporary parking.

As you can see, in some cases it is clear as mud. Many of our Single-Family areas were built at various times so in these cases our staff is trying to give some leeway. It is on a case by case basis, and our Parking Supervisor Harvey Figueroa will review them. While Parking Enforcement is going around every area of our City and will issue tickets in most cases in Single Family neighborhoods it is because of a complaint, or the street is being blocked creating an unsafe situation.

Another parking issue that comes up is at condominiums when they need to perform work outside of the building or on their own parking facility. In most cases, the building supervisor will try to accommodate construction by temporarily assigning vacant spots or requesting residents to park in someone else’s spot that is not in use. In the event these options cannot be exercised the building can request temporary swale and or On-Street Parking.

With our new parking system, the cars that will be parked on the swale or on the street spot, each car needs to pay for and register in the system. This is typically a $30-dollar fee per car. This gives staff a way to monitor if cars are to be there. If not, the car will be ticketed.

If you have any questions about our parking program and policies, please visit our new and improved Website. Staff have compiled a full Neighborhood Enhancement Program Presentation on our Code Enforcement’s Site. Visit: www.cohb.org and search “Code Enforcement.”

As always, I am available anytime for your questions, concerns, and ideas to make our City a better place on my Phone/Text at: (954) 632-5700. Or you can email me at: jcooper@cohb.org. Please visit me on my Facebook page at: Mayor Joy Cooper. Like! Follow! And share!