Miami, FL Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Client cap
- one client at a time
- Staff cap
- two, one must reside on-site
- Hours
- Mon–Sat 8 a.m.–6 p.m. only
- Size cap
- 25% of dwelling unit
- Permit
- Certificate of Use required
Summary
Miami 21 caps home-based businesses to one client on site at a time, two staff (one must live there), and daytime hours only.
Maximum of one client at a time. Maximum of two staff members, one of which must reside on premises. Hours of operation limited to Monday through Saturday 8:00 AM to 6 PM. No equipment or process shall be used which creates undue noise, vibration, glare, fumes, or odors detectable to normal senses off the property. Certificate of Use required.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 | Ordinance 11000 (Previous Zoning Code): Supplement 22 | Miami 21 (Zoning Code): ?).
Full Breakdown
Miami 21's Table 13 Home Office standards, repeated for every Transect Zone from T3 Sub-Urban through T6 Urban Core, limit a home-based office to one client on the premises at a time and two staff members, at least one of whom must reside in the unit. Operating hours are capped at Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., no Sundays. The office must sit wholly inside the dwelling, cannot exceed 25% of the unit's size per county property records, and needs a Certificate of Use. Permitted occupations are limited to individual tutoring, non-amplified individual instrument instruction, authors and composers, artists, designers, seamstresses, tailors and similar low-impact uses, plus office uses excluding medical and dental offices.
Violations & Fines
Operating without a Certificate of Use, hosting more than one client at a time, running two on-site staff without one living there, or staying open past 6 p.m. or on Sunday are Miami 21 zoning violations, enforceable through the city's code enforcement process up to a stop-work or cease-of-use order.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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