Roofing in Parkland, FL

What is on the roofs in Parkland

Parkland is young housing. The city's 2008 housing element counted about three of every four homes as built between 1990 and early 2000, with a median year built of 1992, the years when large developments like Heron Bay and Parkland Isles arrived. Newer communities keep coming, including Parkland Bay, whose land-use change was approved in 2015, and the annexed Wedge. So many original 1990s roofs here are now 25 to 35 years old, many in planned developments, while estate-designated areas allow only one house per acre or per 2.5 acres.^5,6

Local rules and history that affect your roof

• Parkland's land-use plan reserves estate designations of one house per acre and one house per 2.5 acres; together they cover about 18% of the city, which keeps big-lot, low-density neighborhoods like Pine Tree Estates and the Ranches.⁵
• The city's roofing checklist asks for the Broward uniform application, a recorded Notice of Commencement on jobs over $5,000, a rooftop equipment form, a re-strap affidavit, the reroofing owner's notification, NOAs, and for homes over $300,000 a printout of the Property Appraiser's assessed value.⁷
• The city's setback guide notes that Cypresshead requires an HOA approval letter and sends residents to the association for its rules; many Parkland subdivisions are planned developments, so check your HOA's roof standards before choosing tile or color.⁸
• Cattle farmer Bruce B. Blount founded Parkland in 1963 on land he called BBB Ranches; early residents bought five acres for as little as $15,000, the first paved roads came in the 1980s and the first traffic light in the 1990s.⁹

Storms that hit Broward County

No storm record specific to Parkland was found in the sources we use, so these are the county-level impacts.

• Katrina (2005). On August 25, 2005, Katrina made its first U.S. landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near the Miami-Dade/Broward county line. Fort Lauderdale's airport recorded a 71-knot gust, and three of Florida's deaths were caused by trees falling in Broward.¹⁰
• Wilma (2005). Wilma crossed the peninsula on October 24, 2005, after landfall near Cape Romano. The National Hurricane Center concluded parts of Broward likely had Category 2 conditions with gusts near 100 knots; the Pompano Beach airport sensor quit at 72 knots sustained. Its report lists extensive roof damage across South Florida.¹¹
• Irma (2017). Irma landed in the Keys and at Marco Island on September 10, 2017, but its wind field covered Broward: Deerfield Beach measured a 97-knot gust, most inland stations in the Miami-Dade and Broward metro area reported sustained winds just below hurricane force, and coastal Broward saw 2 to 4 feet of inundation.¹²

What this means for a re-roof in Parkland

How old the houses are. The median home in Parkland was built in 2006; 32.8% of its 11,501 homes predate 2000 and 36.5% were built in 2010 or later. So most houses here were built in 2000 or later, around or after Florida’s first statewide building code took effect on March 1, 2002.^4,13,14,15

Repair or replace. Replacing 25% or more of a roof section in 12 months generally means redoing the section to current code — unless that roof was built or replaced under the 2007 code or later.^14,15,16,17

Product approval. In the HVHZ every roofing component needs a current product approval — a Miami-Dade NOA or a Florida approval listed for HVHZ use. Ask for the numbers and look them up yourself.^16,18

Roof age and insurance. An insurer can’t refuse a policy just because the roof is under 15 years old. If it is 15 or older, you can get an inspection first; at least 5 years of remaining life means age alone isn’t grounds to refuse.¹⁹