Miami Beach, FL Filming & Production: Production Noise (2026)

Under Sec. 12-1(9), a film or print production that cannot be shot without breaching the city's noise ordinance in Chapter 46, Article IV can still get city authorization, but only as part of a film and print permit already sought under Sec. 12-1. The applicant must first satisfy every other requirement for the permit, then show the production genuinely cannot comply with the noise ordinance. The city manager or designee does not issue a blanket noise waiver; the permit must state precisely how much the noise limit may be exceeded, for what duration, and at which specific locations, so the exception is scoped to the production and cannot be used more broadly.

The manager retains discretion to modify or revoke the noise authorization mid-production if it is excessively harming the surrounding neighborhood, independent of any other permit violation. Holding a noise-exception permit does not excuse the production from any other local, county, state or federal law that applies, including other film and print regulations, parking rules, and moratoria the city has placed on overused filming locations. Because this exception lives inside the same Sec. 12-1 permit system, a production that exceeds noise limits without first obtaining this specific authorization is enforced the same way as any other Sec. 12-1 violation, by the code compliance division and the Miami Beach Police Department.