Miami-Dade County, FL Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA) only
- Supplier/visitor rule
- No required on-site supplier presence
- Exception
- Deliveries customary to residential use
- Traffic cap
- 45% above average residential trip generation
- Permit
- Annually renewable Certificate of Use required
Summary
In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, a home-based business can't require suppliers to visit onsite, only customary deliveries are allowed, and total vehicle trips can't exceed 45% above normal residential levels.
5.Visitors. The home occupation shall not be conducted in any way which would necessitate the presence of suppliers on the site, with the exception of deliveries customary to residential use. ... 10.Traffic. Vehicular traffic associated with the home occupation shall not exceed 45 percent above the average weekday trip generation for the residential use where the home occupation is located, per the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 135).
Full Breakdown
Miami-Dade County Code § 33-25.1(A) governs home occupations in unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA). Subsection 5 bars operating a home occupation in any way that necessitates the on-site presence of suppliers, carving out only deliveries customary to a residential use, so routine in-person client or vendor visits aren't allowed to be a required feature of the business. Subsection 10 backs that up with a numeric cap: vehicle trips generated by the home occupation can't exceed 45 percent above the average weekday trip generation of the residential use itself, measured under the ITE Trip Generation Manual. Violations put the home occupation's certificate of use at risk.
Violations & Fines
Operating with routine on-site supplier or client visits beyond customary deliveries, or generating vehicle trips over the 45% cap, violates § 33-25.1 and can trigger certificate-of-use revocation under Chapter 8CC.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can clients visit a home-based business in unincorporated Miami-Dade County?
Is there a limit on traffic from a home business?
Does this rule apply inside cities like Miami or Miami Beach?
Sources & Official References
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