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Oakland Park · Broward County

How high does a seawall have to be in Oakland Park?

5.0ft NAVD88

New or substantially rehabilitated seawalls, seawall caps, canal banks or berms in Oakland Park must reach at least 5.0 ft NAVD88. Applications filed before 1 Jan 2035 can be approved at 4.0 ft NAVD88 if the wall is designed to be raised to 5.0 ft by 2050. The city code sets no maximum seawall height.

Source: Oakland Park Code of Ordinances Ch. 14, Art. I, Sec. 14-1 (Ord. No. O-2022-015); Secs. 14-3, 14-5, 14-7, 14-8 · Verified 2026-10

The detail

Minimum5.0 ft NAVD88 - Code Sec. 14-1(b)
Interimapplications submitted before 1 Jan 2035 may be permitted at 4.0 ft NAVD88 if designed to accommodate 5.0 ft NAVD88 by 1 Jan 2050 - Sec. 14-1(b)
Substantial repairwork on more than 50% of shoreline length or costing 50% or more of the structure's value - Sec. 14-1(a)
Whole shorelinesubstantial repair/rehab must cover the entire shoreline - Sec. 14-1(g)
Docksmay be no higher than the adjacent seawall - Sec. 14-7
The city can order a wallWhere the building official finds bank stabilization is needed to abate a nuisance or a danger to navigation, the owner must build a seawall or approved revetment - Sec. 14-1
PermitFrom the building official, with plan approval from the Department of Planning and Environmental Protection; the application shows the mean water line, ground elevation and waterway width - Sec. 14-3
VariancesHeard by the city commission; $200 application fee, a newspaper notice at least 10 days ahead and mailed notice to property owners within three hundred feet - Sec. 14-8
Docks and the wallDocks must be built independent of the seawall unless sealed engineering shows the wall can carry the dock load. No docks on waterways under 50 ft wide; elsewhere up to 10% of width or 15 ft - Sec. 14-5, 14-7

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