Hialeah, FL Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- Latest Florida Building Code (Sec. 14-2)
- County incorporation
- Miami-Dade Code Ch. 8, arts. II & IV
- Fees
- Set by separate fee schedule (Sec. 14-3)
- Pre-construction step
- Notice-of-commencement forms required (Sec. 14-4)
- Penalty
- Up to $500 per day (Sec. 1-11)
Summary
Hialeah does not write its own building code; Sec. 14-2 adopts the Florida Building Code and specified Miami-Dade County code sections by reference as the city's construction standard. The building division then charges permit fees under a separate fee schedule set by Sec. 14-3, and Sec. 14-4 requires notice-of-commencement paperwork before work on real property begins.
The city adopts by reference, as if fully set forth in this chapter, the minimum building codes and standards provided in the latest edition of the Florida Building Code and sections 8-5, 8-13 and 8-31(A) 604.4 and chapter 8, articles II and IV of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... The building division shall charge fees and services for permits and services according to a fee schedule, as modified from time to time, without further legislative action. A copy of the fee schedule is made a part of this section and is on file in the city clerk's office.
Full Breakdown
Sec. ' Rather than drafting independent construction standards, Sec. ' Every project that requires a permit under the Florida Building Code, therefore, requires one in Hialeah as well, reviewed by the city's building division. Permit costs are not fixed in the text of the Code itself: Sec. 14-3 provides that 'the building division shall charge fees and services for permits and services according to a fee schedule, as modified from time to time, without further legislative action,' with the current schedule kept on file in the city clerk's office and expressly excluding separate zoning, land use and platting fees.
Before construction begins, Sec. ch. 713, part I,' so a permit holder recording a notice of commencement gets the lien-law disclosure at the same time. Sec. 14-5 separately adopts Miami-Dade County's contractor-licensing chapter, meaning the contractor pulling the permit must also meet county licensing rules, not just hold a city permit.
Violations & Fines
Working without a required permit, or violating the adopted Florida Building Code standards incorporated by Sec. 14-2, is enforced as a Code violation under the citywide general penalty, Sec. 1-11: a civil infraction of up to $500.00, with each day of the violation charged separately. Sec. 14-6 also lets the city council declare a building moratorium when concurrency standards under F.S. § 163.3180 are exceeded, halting new permit approvals citywide until it is lifted.
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