Animal Ordinances in Miami Beach, FL (2026)

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-15(a)

(a)Prohibitions. It shall be prohibited for any person to keep, stable, harbor or maintain any horse, poultry, livestock or farm animal, regardless of whether said animal is domesticated or trained, in any zoning district in the city, inclusive of any commercial establishment, structure, or building in the city, and any public or private property, provided, however, that nothing herein containe...

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-11(a)

(a)It shall be prohibited for the owner or person in control of any animal to permit the animal to run at large. All animals, when not on the premises of their owner or of the person in control, must be on a leash or contained in a carrier device and under the control of a competent person, except that a dog may be unrestrained and shall not be deemed to be at large if it is supervised by a com...

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-3(e)

(e)Article II of chapter 5 of the Code of Miami-Dade County entitled "Dogs" is recognized as being in force in the city and is adopted by reference as if fully set forth herein.

F.S. 586.10, Florida Statutes (Preemption of local government beekeeping ordinances)

586.10  Powers and duties of department; preemption of local government ordinances. — (1)  The authority to regulate, inspect, and permit managed honeybee colonies and to adopt rules on the placement and location of registered inspected managed honeybee colonies is preempted to the state through the department and supersedes any related ordinance adopted by a county, munici...

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-9(a)

(a)Prohibitions. It shall be prohibited for any person to keep, harbor or maintain any animal or vermin whose natural actions and presence are or may be deleterious or harmful to the public health or that may imperil the public safety; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to circuses, carnivals or similar enterprises lawfully engaged in the exhibition of animals.

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-16

It shall be unlawful for any owner or responsible person to keep, maintain or harbor more than ten domestic animals on the premises of the owner or responsible person; however, at no time shall there be more than four dogs residing on the premises of the owner or responsible person. This section does not include animal hospitals, pet stores or kennels that possess a valid occupational license t...

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-22

(b)Prohibitions.(1)Feeding interference. It shall be unlawful for any person to:a.Provide food to community cats in a manner that disrupts, undermines, or interferes with active or scheduled trapping efforts; orb.Place food or attractants in any location during an active trapping operation where such placement reasonably hinders the ability to humanely trap community cats for TNVR purposes.(2)T...

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-18(b)

(b)Permitted sources. After December 31, 2014, pet dealers and pet shops shall not display, sell, trade, deliver, barter, lease, rent, auction, transfer, offer for sale or transfer, or otherwise dispose of dogs or cats in the city, unless the pet dealer or pet shop certifies that the dog or cat comes from one of the following sources:(1)An animal rescue organization, as defined in this section,...

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-6(a)-(b)

(a)All territory embraced within the city is declared to be a bird sanctuary.(b)It shall be prohibited for any person to injure, kill, hunt, destroy, capture or molest, by any means whatsoever or in any manner or form, any bird within the city; provided, that the chief of police may issue a special permit therefor to persons holding a valid permit to destroy birds for scientific purposes issued...