Doral, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

Section 74-164 permits secondhand item retailers and pawnshops only where the underlying zoning district allows the use, then subjects them to a set of location and design standards on top of the normal permitting process. The facility cannot be located on, or within 500 feet of, Doral Boulevard, and it must sit at least 1,000 feet from any residential use. It is also confined to an existing shopping center or office plaza inside the Industrial Commercial (IC) zoning district; a freestanding building outside a plaza does not qualify.

Before opening, the operator must submit a declaration of use form to the department director describing how the business will operate and confirming compliance with these standards. Pawnshops carry an added design rule: the exterior walls, apart from permitted signage, must be a single achromatic, earth-toned or pastel color, and any awnings, canopies, window shutters or other trim can only use a different shade of that same base color, with trim capped at 20 percent of the total exterior surface. Finally, Section 74-164(5) folds in county law by requiring that any secondhand dealer or pawnshop establishment also adhere to Section 21-29 of the Miami-Dade County Code, layering the county's separate licensing and recordkeeping rules for dealers in secondhand goods on top of the city's zoning conditions.

Together, these standards mean a would-be secondhand or pawn business in Doral has to clear a distance analysis from Doral Boulevard and residential uses, satisfy the IC-district plaza location rule, file the use declaration with planning staff, and get its building color scheme approved before a city business tax receipt or building permit will be issued.