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Parking Rules in Miami-Dade County, FL (2026)

9 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 6 cities in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

RV & Boat Parking

Miami-Dade County Code Section 33-20 allows one RV per residential property with size limits of 30 feet length and 10 feet height. Boat storage limits depend on lot size: one boat under half-acre, two boats on half-acre or larger, three boats on five acres or more.

Miami-Dade County RV & Boat Parking Rules

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 33-20(f)

Recreational vehicles and camping equipment used for travel may be parked on residential properties in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, subject to certain conditions... Only one recreational vehicle (RV) or camping equipment shall be parked on the property... Equipment cannot exceed 30 feet in length and 10 feet in height... The vehicle must be stored or parked in the rear or side yard behind ...

Driveway Rules

In UMSA's AU, RU-1, RU-2 and RU-3 districts, driveways and parking areas may be graveled, mulched or hard-surfaced; every other zoning district requires hard-surfacing.

Driveway Surface Rules in Unincorporated Miami-Dade

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 33-126

In the AU, RU-1, RU-2 and RU-3 Districts the area reserved for off-street parking shall be either graveled, mulched or hard-surfaced. In all other zones it shall be hard-surfaced. Where the parking area is hard-surfaced, the same shall consist of a good rolled rock base, well tamped and topped with oil and sand or with asphalt or surfaced with concrete. Occupancy of a given structure or premise...

Commercial & Oversized Vehicles

Miami-Dade County caps commercial vehicle parking in unincorporated residential zones: two Category 1 vehicles, one screened Category 2 vehicle, and an outright ban on Category 3 trucks over 20 feet or 8 feet tall.

Commercial Vehicle Parking Rules in Miami-Dade County

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 33-124.1

(b)Storage or parking of vehicles classified in this section is allowed on private property in residential or agricultural zones as follows: ...2.In residentially zoned districts, only two Category 1 vehicles may be parked at a residence.3.In residentially zoned districts, only one Category 2 vehicle may be stored or parked at a residence... 5.Storage or parking of Category 3 vehicles are prohi...

Street Parking Limits

Miami-Dade County bans parking in front of any driveway and requires vehicles on two-way streets to park parallel to the curb facing the direction of traffic, with wheels within 12 inches of the curb: no wrong-way parking.

Miami-Dade Driveway Blocking, Wrong-Way Parking

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 30-49

(2)(c) Park or stop a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers: ... v. In front of a public or private driveway. ... (8)(a) Except where expressly designated, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway, shall be parallel parked and so stopped or parked in the direction of authorized traffic movement. When so parked or sto...

Overnight Parking

Miami-Dade County bans overnight parking on any street marked with all-night parking signs, allowing only a 30-minute grace period except for physicians and emergency responders.

Miami-Dade Overnight Parking Ban Where Signed

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 30-49(12)

(12)All night parking. No person, except physicians or other persons on emergency calls, shall park a vehicle overnight on any street, road or highway marked to prohibit all night parking between the hours so prohibited on the signs for a period of time longer than 30 minutes.

EV Charging

New multifamily buildings in unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA) with 10 or more required parking spaces must wire at least 20 percent of those spaces as EV-ready, for projects permitted on or after January 1, 2022.

Miami-Dade County EV Charging Rules for Apartments

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 33-122.5

Parking spaces specifically designed for charging of Electric Vehicles shall be required in accordance with the following provisions for all new uses other than single-family, duplex, or townhouse, and properties with a current CU and occupancy for a church or religious use...EVSE-Ready Space shall mean a parking space with full circuity installed in accordance with the Florida Building Code an...

Abandoned Vehicles

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA), depositing, storing or maintaining a junk or abandoned vehicle on any lot is unlawful unless it sits inside a legally established junkyard, backed by a $250 civil fine and mandatory removal.

Junk Vehicle Storage Ban in Unincorporated Miami-Dade

Significant Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 19-8(A)

it shall be unlawful to deposit, store, or maintain, or to permit to be deposited, stored, or maintained, junk as defined in Sec. 19.3(J) of this Code, in or on any lot, parcel or tract of land or body of water in any zoning district, except within a legally established junkyard.

Loading Zones

Miami-Dade caps passenger curb loading zones at 5 minutes and freight curb loading zones at 20 minutes, or one hour for marked parcel-truck zones.

Miami-Dade Curb Loading Zone Time Limits

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 30-49(13)

(a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such passenger curb loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed five minutes. (b) No person shall stop, stand or park a ve...

Towing & Impound Rights

Miami-Dade County prints the actual dollar ceilings a tow operator may charge when a vehicle is taken without the owner's consent. Section 30-476 caps a private property trespass tow of a passenger car at $145.00, cuts that to $72.50 if the truck is released on scene, and authorizes no ancillary fees at all on that class.

Miami-Dade Caps Trespass Tows at $145

Heavy Restrictions

Sec. 30-476

The rates established shall be uniform throughout Miami-Dade County, both in incorporated and unincorporated areas, except where municipalities pursuant to Sections 125.0103 and 166.043, Florida Statutes, have established differing maximum rates for their jurisdictions. ... (d)The maximum rates for providing immobilization, recovery, nonconsent towing, removal and storage services ... are as fo...

Parking Rules by City in Miami-Dade County

6 cities in Miami-Dade County have their own parking rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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