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Parking Rules in Miami Beach, FL (2026)

6 verified parking rules for Miami Beach, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

RV & Boat Parking

Miami Beach declares any boat or boat trailer parked on a street for more than two hours a public nuisance and unlawful citywide, and separately bans recreational vehicle and tractor-trailer truck parking outright on public streets in the South Pointe/Ocean Drive area, with police authorized to remove and impound violators.

Miami Beach Boat and RV Street Parking Limits

Significant Restrictions

Miami Beach City Code Secs. 106-152, 106-153

Parking, placing or storage of any boat or boat trailer upon any street or public way in the city for a period of more than two hours shall be deemed a nuisance detrimental to the convenience, comfort and safety of the citizens of the city; and the creation of such a nuisance is hereby declared to be unlawful. ... Parking of recreational vehicles and tractor-trailer trucks upon public streets i...

Commercial & Oversized Vehicles

Miami Beach bans parking a truck, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer on public streets in any residential zoning district, and bans any such vehicle over 5,000 pounds net weight on streets in every district except industrial, unless it's actively loading, unloading, or servicing property on that block.

Miami Beach Truck and Trailer Parking Restrictions

Some Restrictions

Miami Beach City Code Secs. 106-154, 106-155

It shall be unlawful for any person to park or cause to be parked a truck, tractor, trailer or semitrailer upon the public streets in any area of the city zoned residential districts, as such districts are shown in chapter 142, except while loading or unloading property or when such vehicle is parked in connection with and in aid of the performance of a service to or on the property in the bloc...

Street Parking Limits

Miami Beach lets a resident or invited guest park to block their own single-family driveway or their own assigned space at a small multifamily building, stacking cars one behind the other, but the vehicle can never spill into the travel lane, the sidewalk, a neighbor's sightline, or a fire hydrant clearance.

Miami Beach Rules on Blocking Your Own Driveway

Some Restrictions

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 106-8

A resident or his or her invited guest(s) may park in such a fashion as to block his or her own: (1)Driveway (in a single-family residence); or(2)Assigned parking space (in a multifamily dwelling of up to four residences) by parking a vehicle or vehicles one behind the other so long as the building does not prohibit such parking. In no event shall any vehicle so parked: (a)Extend into a lane or...

EV Charging

Miami Beach previously adopted EV-ready parking requirements for new construction, but Florida Senate Bill 1084 (effective July 2024) preempts all local EV charger regulation. The city continues to operate public EV charging stations in municipal garages including Tesla Superchargers.

Miami Beach EV Charging and Parking Rules

Few Restrictions

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 130-39 (Ordinance No. 2016-3988)

Except in single-family residential districts, wherever off-street parking is required pursuant to the land development regulations, a minimum of two percent (2%) of the required off-street parking spaces, with a minimum of one (1) parking space, shall contain electric vehicle parking spaces... In commercial zoning districts, where 20 or more off-street parking spaces are required by the land d...

Loading Zones

Miami Beach freight and commercial curb loading zones run Monday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a 30-minute cap for freight vehicles; parking there without an FLZ or AL permit, or beyond posted hours, draws escalating civil fines up to $15,000.

Miami Beach Freight and Commercial Loading Zone Rules

Some Restrictions

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 106-47

The city manager or their designee is hereby authorized to designate any street freight, commercial, and passenger curb loading zones as permissible automobile parking areas during such hours as such officials, in their discretion, may direct, subject to the following conditions. Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, all freight and commercial loading zones shall be in effec...

Preferential Parking Districts

Miami Beach designates Residential Parking Permit zones, over 20 of them from South Pointe to Altos del Mar, when a neighborhood's on-street spaces are occupied above 70% and commuter vehicles top 25% of capacity or a street is regularly used by non-resident vehicles overnight.

Miami Beach Residential Parking Permit Zone Rules

Significant Restrictions

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 106-77

Impacted by commuter vehicles means:(1)A condition whereby:a.The total number of spaces actually occupied by any vehicles exceeds 70 percent of the number of spaces on such streets on the weekdays of any month; andb.The average number of commuter vehicles parking on streets in a residential area is in excess of 25 percent of the number of parking spaces on such streets; or(2)A condition whereby...

Looking for Miami-Dade County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Miami Beach city rules.

Parking Rules in Miami-Dade County