Miami, FL Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Size limit
- 25% of dwelling unit floor area
- Client limit
- One client on-site at a time
- Staff limit
- Two staff, one must live onsite
- Hours
- Mon–Sat 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Permit
- Certificate of Use, renewed annually
Summary
Miami 21 caps a home-based Home Office at 25% of the dwelling's square footage, limits it to one client and two staff at a time, restricts hours to Monday–Saturday 8 a.m.–6 p.m., and requires an annual Certificate of Use.
Shall be located wholly within Dwelling Unit. Maximum size of Home Office shall be 25% of the size of the Dwelling Unit based on county property records. Home Occupations limited to individual tutoring... 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
Under Miami 21's Article 6, Table 13, a Home Office must sit wholly inside the dwelling unit and cannot exceed 25% of the unit's floor area, per county property records. Occupations are limited to activities like tutoring, instrument instruction, writing, art, design, sewing and tailoring, plus general office uses other than medical or dental practices. Only one client may be on-site at a time, staffing tops out at two people with one living at the property, and hours run Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Article 4, Table 3 allows Home Office by right citywide in every T3-T6 zone, but requires an annual Certificate of Use.
Violations & Fines
Operating without a Certificate of Use, exceeding the 25% floor-area cap, hosting more than one client, employing more than two staff, or running outside 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday–Saturday hours violates Miami 21's Home Office standards.
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