Overview
Hollywood uses a hybrid Euclidean-plus-form-sensitive code. The base ZLDR is Euclidean (Articles 4.1 single-family, 4.2 multifamily, 4.3 commercial, others for office/industrial), but the RAC (§4.6), Downtown CRA, and Beach CRA overlay areas introduce named sub-districts with form-based dimensional and use controls distinct from the base. PD Planned Development (§4.15) provides a floating/negotiated pathway. Platform is amlegal (codelibrary.amlegal.com), NOT Municode as v1 indicated.
Districts
| Code | Name | Category | Min lot | Height | Coverage | FAR | Du/ac | Parking | Setbacks F/S/R |
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| RS-1 | Single-Family Residential (RS-1) | res_sf | 7,500 sf[4] | 35 ft[5] | 0.4[6] | 0.5[7] | 6.2[8] | 2[9] | 25[1] / 7.5[2] / 7[3] |
| RS-2 | Single-Family Residential (RS-2) | res_sf | 6,000 sf[13] | 35 ft[14] | 0.45[15] | 0.6[16] | 7.9[17] | 2[18] | 20[10] / 7.5[11] / 6[12] |
| RS-3 / RS-4 / RS-5 / RS-6 / RS-7 / RS-8 | Single-Family Residential (RS-3 through RS-8) | res_sf | —[22] | —[23] | —[24] | —[25] | —[26] | —[27] | —[19] / —[20] / —[21] |
| RM-9 | Multiple Family Residential — Low Density (RM-9) | res_mf | 10,000 sf[31] | 45 ft[32] | 0.6[33] | 1.2[34] | 9[35] | —[36] | 20[28] / 7.5[29] / 10[30] |
| RM-12 | Multiple Family Residential — Medium Density (RM-12) | res_mf | 15,000 sf[40] | 55 ft[41] | 0.65[42] | 1.8[43] | 12[44] | —[45] | 15[37] / 10[38] / 10[39] |
| RM-18 | Multiple Family Residential — High Density (RM-18) | res_mf | 20,000 sf[49] | 65 ft[50] | 0.75[51] | 2.5[52] | 18[53] | —[54] | 10[46] / 10[47] / 10[48] |
| RM-WET | Multiple Family Wetlands (RM-WET) | res_mf | —[58] | —[59] | —[60] | —[61] | —[62] | —[63] | —[55] / —[56] / —[57] |
| C-1 | Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) | com | 5,000 sf[67] | 35 ft[68] | 0.6[69] | 0.8[70] | — | —[71] | 15[64] / —[65] / 10[66] |
| C-2 | Community Commercial (C-2) | com | 5,000 sf[75] | 45 ft[76] | 0.7[77] | 1.2[78] | — | —[79] | 10[72] / —[73] / 10[74] |
| C-3 | General / Highway Commercial (C-3) | com | 5,000 sf[83] | 55 ft[84] | 0.8[85] | 1.5[86] | — | —[87] | 5[80] / —[81] / 10[82] |
| C-4 | Downtown / High-Intensity Commercial (C-4) | com | 5,000 sf[91] | 85 ft[92] | 0.9[93] | 2.5[94] | — | —[95] | 0[88] / —[89] / 10[90] |
| C-5 | Commercial Intensity — C-5 | com | —[99] | —[100] | —[101] | —[102] | — | —[103] | —[96] / —[97] / —[98] |
| O-1 / O-2 / O-3 | Professional Office (O-1 / O-2 / O-3) | off | —[107] | —[108] | —[109] | —[110] | — | —[111] | —[104] / —[105] / —[106] |
| M-1 | Light Industrial (M-1) | ind | 15,000 sf[115] | 45 ft[116] | 0.5[117] | 0.5[118] | — | —[119] | 25[112] / —[113] / 10[114] |
| M-2 | General Industrial (M-2) | ind | 30,000 sf[123] | 65 ft[124] | 0.5[125] | 0.5[126] | — | —[127] | 25[120] / —[121] / 10[122] |
| RC-2 / YC / FH-1 / FH-2 / DMUD / DT-MU | RAC / Downtown / Beach CRA Mixed-Use Sub-Districts (§4.6) | mu | —[131] | —[132] | —[133] | —[134] | —[135] | —[136] | —[128] / —[129] / —[130] |
Confidence: confirmed partial under review not found
Overlays
State preemptions
Adopted building codes
Statewide — FL Building Code 7th ed
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Quirks & notes
Formulas
Definitions
- height
- Building height measured from grade (or BFE+freeboard in flood zones) to the highest point of the structure per ZLDR definitions; additional rooftop features (mechanical penthouses, parapets) may be excluded per §4.22.
- lot_coverage
- Footprint of principal and accessory buildings / lot area; water features excluded.
- far
- Gross floor area / lot area; exclusions for parking garages below grade and mechanical areas partial.
- du_ac
- Dwelling units per gross acre; Live Local Act uses jurisdiction-highest-density as the floor on qualifying C/M/MU parcels.
- setback_front
- Front property line to nearest building face.
- setback_side
- Side property line to nearest building face; see §4.23 encroachment rules.
- setback_rear
- Rear property line to nearest building face.
- parking
- Parking ratios governed by Article 5 (partial retrieval this pass); SB 328 2024 imposes >=20% reduction for LLA-qualifying projects.
Capacity calculations
- max_footprint_sf
lot_area_sf * lot_coverage- max_gfa_sf
lot_area_sf * far- buildable_width_ft
lot_width_ft - setback_side_ft * 2- buildable_depth_ft
lot_depth_ft - setback_front_ft - setback_rear_ft- max_stories_approx
max_height_ft / 10- rac_density_ceiling
RAC Downtown Core and Young Circle permit density significantly above RM-18 base; exact ceiling per §4.6 sub-district tables (partial retrieval — deferred to next pass). This ceiling is the Live Local Act jurisdiction-wide density floor on qualifying parcels.
Massing explorer
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| District | Category | Height | FAR | Coverage | Setbacks | Parking | Density | Min lot | Overlays |
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Research status
Publication gates
| primary url present | passed | source.code_source set to https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/hollywood/latest/hollywoodldr_fl/0-0-0-3 (canonical amlegal LDR root); source_platform = 'amlegal'. This is the city-authoritative code publisher, NOT an aggregator. |
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| no aggregator cited | passed | All citations reference FL Statutes, CFR, FBC, FEMA, FDEP, FAA, ZLDR sections, amlegal, hollywoodfl.org, hollywoodcra.org, choosehollywoodfl.com. No Zoneomics / Steadily / SitePlanGuide / SitePlanCreator / Propwire / Zonara / Unzoned references in the record. Gridics is the city-integrated interface (referenced from hollywoodfl.org/1287) and the code publisher is amlegal — Gridics is not treated as a primary citation. |
| confidence tags full form | passed | Every district standard carries a confidence tag ('confirmed' with citation, 'partial' with section reference + note, 'inferred' with derivation, or 'not_found' with search_performed). All preemption entries carry status + qualifying_condition_checked + citation_source. All overlays carry status + citation + (where partial) retrieval_failure_reason. No bare 'c' or 'i' tags. |
| overlays have parameters trigger confidence | passed | All 8 overlays (RAC, CRA, Historic, CCCL, CHHA, FP, FAA-Part77-FLL, PD) carry >=4 parameters entries, geographic_trigger string, status, and citation. CCCL and FP are 'confirmed' status; RAC/CRA/Historic/CHHA/PD are 'partial' with retrieval_failure_reason populated; FAA-Part77-FLL is 'federal_state_conflict' with federal_overlay_refs populated per INVARIANTS paired-field rule. |
| preempt section city specific | passed | state_preemptions_applicable[] contains 9 per-law FL + 1 federal entries with Hollywood-specific qualifying_condition_checked narratives referencing: Hollywood's jurisdictional RAC density ceiling as LLA density floor; Broward County HVHZ; ~6.5 mi Atlantic CCCL exposure; Hollywood Beach Broadwalk STR economy; Joseph Young 1920s plat Bert Harris exposure; FLL Part 77 cross-constraint treated as federal_state_conflict (not preempted_by_state) per INVARIANTS FM-P. Section length well above 3000 chars. No link-stub to florida.md alone. |
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