Miami Beach, FL

Florida's Cottage Food Law (F.S. 500.80) allows Miami Beach residents to sell homemade food products with annual gross sales up to $250,000 without a state license or inspection. The…

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%…

Home daycare operations in unincorporated Miami-Dade County require Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) licensing. Family day care homes serving up to 10 children are…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA), home occupations are allowed as an accessory residential use, capped at 25% of the dwelling's living area or 500 square feet, with no onsite…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County allows home occupations as an accessory use to a residence, but Section 33-25.1(A)(4) flatly bans any sign advertising one: no sign relating to the…

Miami Beach restricts ADUs under its Land Development Regulations. ADUs are permitted only in certain single-family residential zoning districts, must maintain the external appearance…

Accessory dwelling units in unincorporated Miami-Dade County must be rented for at least one month at a time: guesthouses can't be rented separately from the main home, and neither one…

Miami-Dade County charges its countywide mobility impact fee on every building permit application, including new accessory dwelling units. Code Section 33E-14(d)(7) exempts accessory…

Miami-Dade County caps utility sheds at 400 square feet per lot in unincorporated areas, with a relaxed 5-foot setback for small sheds under 100 square feet and 10-foot height, though…

Florida Statute 553.73 makes the Florida Building Code the single, uniform construction standard for all permanent dwellings statewide, including tiny homes, preempting cities from…

Beekeeping in Miami Beach is governed by Florida Statute 586, which preempts local governments from prohibiting beekeeping on residential property. Beekeepers must register with the…

Miami Beach does not run its own dangerous-dog or breed program; City Code Sec. 10-3(e) adopts Article II of Miami-Dade County Code Chapter 5, "Dogs," by reference, putting the…

Miami Beach bans keeping any horse, poultry, livestock or farm animal in any zoning district citywide, on any public or private property, with only a city-manager permit exception for…

Miami Beach requires animals off their owner's property to be leashed or in a carrier, with a narrow off-leash exception for supervised dogs in designated park and beach areas during…

Miami Beach caps households at ten domestic animals total, with no more than four dogs among them, though licensed pet stores, kennels and animal hospitals in an allowed zoning…

Miami Beach declares the entire city a bird sanctuary under Sec. 10-6, banning killing, hunting, capturing or molesting any bird anywhere in city limits, along with traps, poisons and…

Miami Beach bans keeping any animal or vermin whose natural actions or presence are harmful to public health or perilous to public safety, backed by escalating civil fines up to…

Since December 31, 2014, Miami Beach pet dealers and pet shops cannot sell dogs or cats unless the animal is certified as coming from an animal rescue organization or a public animal…

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 10-22 makes it a civil infraction to interfere with trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) work on community cats. It is unlawful to disrupt an active trapping…

Every dog and cat sold in Miami-Dade County must be microchipped before sale, with the seller registering the chip and notifying the County within 48 hours.

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, a veterinary or pet hospital is a listed permitted use only in the BU-1A Limited Business District (air-conditioned) and IU-1 industrial zones…

Miami-Dade requires groomers, including mobile groomers, to disinfect equipment and bathtubs between every animal or face a $200 civil fine.

Miami-Dade County requires sterilization of any dog found running at large more than twice, with violations affirmed on appeal; intact dogs also face steeper civil fines than…

Miami-Dade County's Parks Rule 10(c) strictly forbids feeding any exotic or native animal inside a County park or in the public areas immediately adjacent to one, unless the Parks…

Barking dogs and noisy animals in Miami Beach fall under Miami-Dade County Ordinance 21-28(c), which prohibits animal noise that disturbs the peace of neighbors. Police officers who…

Gas-powered leaf blowers are outlawed citywide in Miami Beach under City Code Sec. 46-242. Only battery- and electric-powered blowers may be used, and operators are urged to keep noise…

Miami Beach bans unreasonably loud vehicle noise under City Code Sec. 46-152, covering horns sounded for unnecessary periods, exhausts discharged without an effective muffler, and…

Miami Beach bars radios, speakers, phonographs and other amplified sound from disturbing neighbors at any hour, and treats any such device playing between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that…

Miami Beach bans outdoor power tools, mowers, edgers, blowers and chain saws between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on weekdays, and 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays under…

Miami Beach's noise ordinance exempts aircraft, along with locomotives and other railroad equipment, from its excessive-noise prohibitions under City Code Sec. 46-157(6), because…

Miami-Dade County caps sound from rural event venues, farm wineries, breweries and distilleries, and other agritourism uses in the AU Agricultural District at 70 dBA or 80 dBC…

Miami-Dade County bars noisy construction, repair, alteration, or demolition equipment audible at a residence's property line between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., countywide unless a…

Miami Beach enforces strict pool safety under Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (F.S. 515) and the Florida Building Code HVHZ provisions. All residential pools require at…

Miami-Dade County's Zoning Code lists above-ground pools among the installations the Florida Building Code exempts from a building permit but that still need county review. Under Code…

Miami Beach previously adopted EV-ready parking requirements for new construction, but Florida Senate Bill 1084 (effective July 2024) preempts all local EV charger regulation. The city…

Miami Beach freight and commercial curb loading zones run Monday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a 30-minute cap for freight vehicles; parking there without an FLZ or AL…

Miami Beach bans parking a truck, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer on public streets in any residential zoning district, and bans any such vehicle over 5,000 pounds net weight on…

Miami Beach lets a resident or invited guest park to block their own single-family driveway or their own assigned space at a small multifamily building, stacking cars one behind the…

Miami Beach designates Residential Parking Permit zones, over 20 of them from South Pointe to Altos del Mar, when a neighborhood's on-street spaces are occupied above 70% and commuter…

Miami Beach declares any boat or boat trailer parked on a street for more than two hours a public nuisance and unlawful citywide, and separately bans recreational vehicle and…

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…

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.

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.

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…

Miami Beach declares street-side trees a hazard once they block a sidewalk, obscure traffic signage, or cut sight lines at an intersection, and puts the duty to prune or remove them on…

Miami Beach requires a tree work permit before removing or effectively destroying any non-specimen, specimen, heritage or prohibited-species tree on public or private land. The…

Miami Beach sets no inch-based height cap for grass or weeds on occupied properties. City Code Sec. 58-298(e) instead bans "excessive growth of weeds, grass and other flora," defining…

Miami Beach bans landscape irrigation citywide between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily and limits sprinkling to two assigned days a week under Sec. 110-77: even-numbered addresses water…

Miami Beach's landscape irrigation rules exempt rain barrels, cisterns and similar rain-harvesting devices from the citywide watering-day and watering-hour schedule. Sec. 110-77(b)(6)…

Miami-Dade County's Responsible Property Owner and Merchant Act defines "solid waste" to exclude "yard trash (except for compost piles)," so a backyard compost pile does not count as…

Miami-Dade's landscape code excludes native and very drought-tolerant groundcover from the maximum lawn-area cap and lets native species meet up to 30% of required tree plantings…

Miami Beach bans private and public fireworks without a fire department permit, and even a permit does not open the door in residential neighborhoods or over Biscayne Bay. The city…

Miami Beach requires anyone planning to burn material in the open, anywhere in the city, to get a fire department permit first under City Code Sec. 50-10(f). The permit covers plan…

Miami Beach treats any bonfire, from a beach bonfire to a backyard fire pit gathering, as a permitted activity under City Code Sec. 50-10(g). Anyone hosting one must get a fire…

Miami Beach follows Florida Building Code Residential Section R314 and Florida Statute 553.883 for smoke alarms, plus F.S. 509.211 carbon monoxide rules for lodging. Alarms are…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

Miami Beach bars hosting platforms like Airbnb from listing a rental unless the property's business tax receipt and resort tax certificate numbers are displayed, and bars processing…

Miami Beach fines a first short-term rental violation $1,000, but a second violation within six months jumps to $5,000 and triggers automatic revocation of the business tax receipt and…

Miami Beach bars advertising a residential property as a short-term rental until the owner files a sworn affidavit, holds a business tax receipt, and holds a resort tax registration…

Miami Beach caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per bedroom, not counting children under two. The cap still cannot exceed the maximum occupant load set by the Florida…

Miami Beach levies a 4 percent resort tax on the rent of every hotel, motel or apartment-house room, including short-term rentals, collected by the operator from the guest. Operators…

Miami Beach requires every short-term rental owner to carry liability insurance covering guests and their invitees for the entire time the property is rented out. The owner attests to…

Miami Beach requires every transient occupant of a short-term rental to follow the city's general noise ordinance banning unreasonably loud sound, and bans outdoor amplified sound at…

Miami Beach caps short-term rental guests at two vehicles at a time, and every vehicle must park in the property's driveway or designated parking area, or on the street or swale…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade areas designated Estate or Low Density residential on the county's land use plan, the 'responsible party' running a vacation rental must actually live at…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, the vacation-rental ordinance only covers stays under 30 days; renting a home or room for a full month or longer falls outside Section 33-28's…

Miami-Dade does not impose a countywide primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals, but Florida statute §509.032 and Ord. 14-77 limit the county's ability to ban…

Miami-Dade does not cap the annual number of nights a property may be rented short-term. Florida §509.032 preempts local minimum-stay or annual-night limits, so the county relies on…

Miami-Dade County requires a retaining wall or equivalent feature whenever site grading raises a lot more than 1.5 feet above the elevation of adjacent properties, per DERM's…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, known as the UMSA, wire and chain link fences are allowed in every zoning district, but barbed wire and electrically charged fences are restricted…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, all walls and fences need a permit, and RU/EU-M residential yards cap fences and walls at 6 feet, with hedges capped at 7 feet.

Miami-Dade County requires a building permit before erecting any wall or fence in unincorporated Miami-Dade (UMSA), with height, location and material rules enforced by Code Section…

Building a wall on a shared property line in unincorporated Miami-Dade requires the neighbor's consent before you finish the far side, or proof you tried.

Miami Beach does not have a just-cause eviction ordinance. Evictions follow Florida Statute Chapter 83 (the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act). Landlords may terminate…

Miami Beach's property maintenance code sets minimum equipment and facility standards for every dwelling, vacant or occupied: a working kitchen sink, a private bathroom with a flush…

Anyone renting out three or more units on a single lot in Miami Beach must obtain a residential landlord license under City Code Sec. 18-536 before leasing, with a separate license…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

Florida's Solar Rights Act (Section 163.04, Florida Statutes) prohibits HOAs and condominium associations from banning solar panel installations. Associations may impose reasonable…

Solar panels are a permitted accessory use on any unincorporated lot, but ground-mounted arrays must meet standard accessory-building setbacks, and installers still need a Florida…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Miami Beach and throughout Florida. Florida law only permits medical marijuana through licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (MMTCs)…

Florida preempts most local cannabis regulation under FL §381.986. Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers must locate at least 500 feet from public or private elementary, middle, or…

Florida MMTCs may deliver medical marijuana directly to qualified patients and caregivers anywhere in the state under FL §381.986 and OMMU rules. Miami-Dade cannot prohibit deliveries…

Miami-Dade treats Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers as pharmacies under FL §381.986 pharmacy parity. Retail dispensing is allowed in commercial and business zones where pharmacies…

Miami Beach limits garage sales to one per residential property per 12-month period. Each sale may last a maximum of two consecutive days. Exceeding the frequency limit or conducting…

Miami Beach requires every pawnshop to hold a state pawnbroker license before the city will issue a business tax receipt. City Code Sec. 18-721 adopts the Florida Pawnbroking Act, Fla…

Miami Beach requires secondhand and junk dealers to register with the Florida Department of Revenue instead of obtaining a separate city license. City Code Sec. 18-761 adopts Fla…

Miami Beach retailers selling nicotine vaporizers or liquid nicotine must card buyers, avoid self-service displays accessible to minors, and post a required warning sign, or risk a…

Miami Beach bans total nudity and sexual conduct at any alcoholic beverage establishment citywide and confines partial nudity to locations set back 300 feet from residential zones…

A towing business must hold a city permit under chapter 106, article VI before removing any vehicle from private property without the owner's consent, must comply with F.S. Sec…

Miami-Dade County requires massage establishments to hold a Local Business Tax Receipt, taxed at $30 plus $3 per employee above ten, before operating anywhere in the county.

It's illegal to tattoo a minor anywhere in Miami-Dade County unless a parent or guardian gives written consent first: a decades-old countywide ordinance still on the books for tattoo…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade (UMSA), you can only fix your own car at home, in daylight, and only minor work finished within 72 hours.

Miami Beach prohibits public camping and sleeping on all public property, but officers must offer an eligible person shelter placement or housing assistance before an arrest can be…

Miami Beach bars walking, standing, sitting, lying or placing objects so as to intentionally block pedestrian or vehicle passage after a law enforcement officer orders the person or…

Miami Beach bans drinking, serving, selling, or possessing an open alcohol container on any public street, sidewalk, park, beach, or right-of-way, except in a permitted sidewalk cafe…

Miami Beach makes it unlawful to smoke cannabis, marijuana or hemp on any public property, including streets, sidewalks, parks and beaches, and requires retailers of smokable products…

Miami Beach bans skateboarding at any time on Lincoln Road Mall, the Ocean Drive sidewalks between South Pointe Drive and 15th Street, and the Baywalk. Grinding, rail sliding…

Miami Beach makes it unlawful to intentionally urinate or defecate in plain view of the public on any sidewalk, street, alley, park, beach or mall, but exempts proper use of a restroom…

Smoking any lighted tobacco product, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and similar items, is unlawful in every Miami Beach public park and on every public beach under City Code Sec…

Miami Beach bans panhandling and other in-person solicitation within 20 feet of outdoor cafes, ATMs, package stores, financial institutions, and pay-on-foot parking machines, and…

Miami Beach requires a special event permit for large-scale residential parties under City Code Sec. 12-5.2 during five enumerated high-season windows, including Super Bowl/Spring…

Miami-Dade County makes it a crime to loiter on public streets, sidewalks, bridges or overpasses in a way that blocks pedestrian or vehicle passage, punishable by up to $500 in fines.

Miami Beach requires every assisted living facility with enclosed hallways to run sprinkler systems through those hallways and into every bedroom, on top of whatever the Florida…

Miami Beach polices electrical work under the National Electrical Code, adopted by reference into the Florida Building Code at Section 14-401 pursuant to F.S. § 553.73. Every…

Miami Beach requires an up-front, nonrefundable processing fee before it will begin reviewing a building permit application, and that fee is credited toward your final permit cost…

Miami Beach enforces the Plumbing volume of the Florida Building Code as its plumbing code, adopted under Section 14-401 pursuant to F.S. § 553.73 and Miami-Dade County Code chapter 8…

Miami Beach's Elevator Safety Division, created under Section 14-65, holds jurisdiction over every elevator, escalator, moving walk and wheelchair lift in the city under Florida's…

Miami Beach requires periodic building recertification under Section 14-67, tied to Miami-Dade County Code Section 8-11(f), with owners filing inspection reports on schedules the…

Miami-Dade County fast-tracks permit review for green buildings certified or registered under recognized rating systems like LEED, instead of imposing a separate green building code.

Miami-Dade County requires every operator and employee of a child care facility or day care home to pass a Miami-Dade Police Department criminal background investigation, renewed every…

Miami Beach bans putting biohazardous waste, a category the code specifically defines to include used disposable sharps, into ordinary garbage cans, trash containers or dumpsters. Sec…

Miami Beach makes rodent control a legal duty of building owners and occupants, not just a nuisance complaint. Every foundation wall and exterior opening has to be built and kept…

Florida lacks a specific bed bug statute, but landlords must maintain habitable rental units under FL §83.51. Miami-Dade Code Compliance enforces minimum housing standards under…

Miami Beach caps how far a dock, wharf or mooring pile can extend into a canal or waterway, measured from the seawall, and requires a building permit plus Army Corps sign-off on…

Miami Beach requires a development permit before any grading, filling, or construction activity in a mapped flood hazard area, under a floodplain management program built on the FEMA…

Any land-disturbing construction in Miami Beach, even on less than an acre, must use FDEP-standard sediment and erosion controls under City Code Sec. 46-238. Projects disturbing an…

Miami Beach requires every residential, commercial and construction site to deploy best management practices that keep pollutants out of its storm sewer system, Biscayne Bay and other…

New construction and substantially improved buildings in Miami Beach's mapped flood zones must set their lowest floor at 9.0 feet NGVD (7.44 feet NAVD), the crown of the road plus one…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 58-363 lets any tenant or group of tenants file oral or written grievances with the landlord, the landlord's agents, or any government agency over…

Miami-Dade's Minimum Housing Enforcement Officer inspects rental dwellings countywide on complaint or owner request, not on a routine schedule, under the Minimum Housing Standards…

Miami Beach's 2017-2028 building permit reprieve program lets owners renew an expired roof permit without a final city inspection if a Florida-licensed architect or engineer certifies…

Miami Beach's gas-powered leaf blower and chainsaw bans don't apply during storm cleanup. City Code Secs. 46-243 and 46-246 let the city manager, at the manager's sole discretion…

Miami-Dade County Code Section 8-40 requires shutters and other opening-protection products to carry a high wind velocity zone approval from the Florida Building Commission, or a…

New and substantially improved homes in Miami-Dade's flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor built at or above the base flood elevation plus freeboard, not just to the federal…

Miami Beach caps garage sale signs at two per sale, each no bigger than 12 by 18 inches, and bans them from public property or rights-of-way entirely. Signs may only go up on the first…

Digital Class B billboards are allowed only in BU/IU commercial-industrial districts or at large assembly venues, on 10+ acre sites, in unincorporated Miami-Dade.

Miami-Dade County regulates political campaign signs as a category of 'special events signs' under Section 33-99: they're capped at 22 by 28 inches, must sit at least 5 feet from the…

Miami Beach requires bicyclists to ride at a safe speed, yield to pedestrians with an audible warning before passing, and never obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic. Bikes also…

Miami Beach outlaws bringing or delivering motorized scooters, mopeds, autocycles, golf carts, or low-speed vehicles anywhere in the city to rent or lease them to the public. Only…

Miami Beach adopted Florida's Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act red-light camera program under City Code Sec. 106-480, and since April 2024 also runs automated speed-detection cameras in…

Miami-Dade County bars Uber, Lyft and other transportation network company (TNC) drivers from picking up riders at designated taxicab stands, soliciting business on the street or…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

Miami Beach prohibits selling, storing or offering food for sale from open-air stands anywhere in the city; food sales must happen inside an enclosed building unless the city manager…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County confines mobile food, sales, and banking operations to BU, IU, urban center, urban area, and GU zoning districts, plus limited residential and…

Miami-Dade County requires every mobile food unit to hold a health department permit before operating, per Code § 14B-13: issued only after inspection, must be displayed on the unit…

Miami Beach requires a film and print production permit under City Code Sec. 12-1 before shooting on public property, on residentially zoned private property, or for any production…

Miami Beach can let a film or print production exceed the city's noise ordinance under City Code Sec. 12-1(9), but only through the same film and print permit process, not…

Filming on any Miami Beach public property, including streets, requires an advance film and print permit under City Code Sec. 12-1, and separately closing a street for any purpose…

Miami-Dade County waives its film and photo permit fee for students and faculty producing exclusively educational content on county-owned or controlled property, provided the school…

Miami Beach bans blocking sidewalks, streets, alleys, beach walks or beach entrances after a law enforcement officer orders you to clear the path. The rule targets anyone who sits…

Obstructing any Miami Beach street or sidewalk, or impeding pedestrian or vehicle traffic on one, requires a Public Works Department permit under City Code Sec. 82-151 first…

Miami Beach property owners and occupants, including rental occupants held jointly liable, must keep abutting sidewalks, swale areas and curbs clean and free of hazards under City Code…

Every dwelling and commercial establishment in Miami Beach must carry solid waste collection service; there's no opt-out. Sec. 90-97 splits who provides it: single-family waste…

Dumping garbage, trash or solid waste on any vacant or occupied premises, street, alley, park or waterway in Miami Beach is unlawful under Sec. 90-102. A first offense draws a $500.00…

Large household items like appliances, furniture and major tree-cutback debris count as "bulky waste" under Miami Beach's code, and Sec. 90-100(c)(4) puts the job of getting rid of…

Miami Beach gives property owners two options for garden, tree and shrubbery trash under Sec. 90-105: containerize or bundle it for city collection, or haul it to a regulated stash…

Owners and occupants of single-family homes, duplexes and townhouses in Miami Beach must clear garbage, trash or other solid waste off their property and the adjoining swale within 24…

Miami Beach requires garbage cans, dumpsters and other facilities to sit in a walled or enclosed area on private property, never in a front yard or a corner lot's street-facing side…

Miami Beach bans rolloffs, portable containers and dumpsters from alleys, bridges and specific tourist corridors like Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue, and prohibits letting any…

Every Miami Beach multifamily building of two or more units must run a single-stream recycling program separating newspaper, glass, metal food/beverage containers, other metal…

Every commercial establishment in Miami Beach must run a single-stream recycling program covering at least three of seven listed material types, with owners and operators jointly…

Miami Beach lets any homeowner, business, or tenant post a visible 'No Solicitor' sign to bar solicitors from their property. Anyone who solicits in violation of a posted sign can be…

Anyone making home solicitation sales in Miami Beach, going door-to-door to sell goods or services, needs a state home solicitation permit from the circuit court clerk plus a City of…

During sea turtle nesting season, April 1 through October 31, Miami Beach's Turtle Nesting Protection Ordinance bars artificial light that is directly, indirectly or cumulatively…

Miami Beach prohibits flashing, strobing or multidirectional moving lights on residential property that unreasonably disturb a neighbor's quiet enjoyment. City Code Sec. 46-250…

Miami-Dade County caps digital billboard brightness at 500 nits from sunset to sunrise (5,000 nits by day), bans flashing or scrolling illumination, and requires ambient-light sensors…

Miami Beach protects its most valuable trees through a heritage tree designation made by the environment and sustainability director. Once designated, a heritage tree gets a protected…

Miami-Dade requires street trees along roadways at no more than 35 feet apart on center, with a 2-inch caliper, 12-foot height and four feet of clear trunk at planting.

Any tree with a trunk diameter of 18 inches or more counts as a protected 'specimen tree' under Miami-Dade County's tree ordinance, and removing one requires a Department permit even…

Miami Beach bans the sale, propagation, planting, importation and transport of any species on Miami-Dade County's chapter 24 prohibited species list, and requires those trees be…

Miami Beach treats an overgrown or trash-strewn vacant lot within 200 feet of any improved property as a declared public nuisance, especially once it draws rodents, vermin, or…

Miami Beach declares an unenclosed, unsanitary vacant lot or building a public nuisance under Section 58-300 once code inspectors cite it twice in 18 months, and orders the owner to…

Miami Beach closes fenced parks, beaches and golf courses at night when their gates are shut, and locks down unfenced parks and golf courses from midnight to 5:00 a.m. Unfenced beaches…

Miami-Dade bars anyone under 17 from public and semi-public places countywide from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and midnight to 6 a.m. Friday night through Sunday…

Miami Beach makes it unlawful for a car alarm to sound continuously or intermittently for more than 15 minutes if audible 100 feet away under City Code Sec. 46-161, with police…

Miami Beach treats bars, nightclubs and hotels with six or more noise offenses in 12 months as habitual offenders under City Code Sec. 46-159(h), authorizing the city manager to…

Solid waste and recycling trucks in Miami Beach may only collect between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., must use leakproof, enclosed and sanitized bodies, and cannot be driven, parked or…

Miami-Dade law requires stationary generators and other combustion engines to vent exhaust through a muffler that prevents loud or explosive noise, countywide.

Miami Beach levies a 4% resort tax on the rent of every hotel, motel, roominghouse or apartment house room, plus 2% on restaurant food and beverage sales, collected by the operator…

Miami Beach lets a city-issued film permit or special event permit exempt permitted activity from the general noise ordinance in Sec. 46-152, but only if the production specifically…

Miami Beach requires a special events permit under City Code Sec. 12-5 for any temporary use of public or private property, including parks and beaches, that a zoning district would…

Miami Beach bans selling or renting merchandise, goods or services on any public street, park, beach or city-owned property under City Code Sec. 82-1, so street-fair and festival…

Miami Beach requires anyone organizing a parade on public streets to obtain a written permit from the chief of police under City Code Sec. 106-366. Applications must be filed 15 to 90…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, closing a street for a parade, procession, or block party requires a special event permit from the county's Department of Transportation and Public…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, a restaurant adding outdoor dining needs prior Zoning Department review and an annually renewable certificate of use, and the seating cannot be…

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 110-43 makes it every property owner's, agent's or tenant's duty to stop leaks on their own premises immediately and to promptly report to the public works…

Miami-Dade County requires water customers who use reclaimed water as an auxiliary supply to install a backflow preventer on their potable water connection, per WASD's cross-connection…

WASD offers conservation rebates for replacing high-water-use turf with Florida-friendly landscaping, micro-irrigation, and rain sensors in unincorporated Miami-Dade and participating…

Companies that collect or dispose of solid waste, recyclables, hazardous or biohazardous material in Miami Beach must hold a business tax receipt (BTR) under one of five…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County (UMSA), decorative yard elements on residential lots in the AU, EU, GU, and RU zoning districts must sit in front of the principal structure's…

Miami-Dade County bans operating any recreational drone or model aircraft on, above, or within a defined buffer of any County airport. Section 25-11 of the Code of Miami-Dade County…

Miami-Dade County confines radio-controlled and model aircraft, including hobby drones, to areas specifically set aside for that use inside every County park. Rule 15 of Section 26-1…

Miami-Dade County bans flying drones within one statute mile of runway ends and a half-mile of runway centerlines at every county airport, plus anywhere on or above airport property.

Commercial drone operations in Florida are regulated by federal FAA Part 107 and state law; local governments cannot impose additional commercial operation restrictions.

Unincorporated Miami-Dade zones farmland AU, requiring 5 acres and 200 feet of frontage per lot and disclosing Right-to-Farm Act protection to buyers of AU land.

Sellers of AU-zoned or AU-adjacent land in Miami-Dade County must give buyers a signed statement warning that farm activity nearby is lawful and may be shielded from nuisance suits…

Miami-Dade requires every HOA, condo and co-op association to file an annual registration disclosing current special assessments, fees and financial statements to the County.

Every condominium, cooperative and homeowners' association governing residential property in Miami-Dade County must file a written registration with the Department of Regulatory and…

County zoning bars HOA architectural boards in townhouse, rowhouse and cluster-development districts from blocking temporary hurricane storm panels, but leaves HOA sign-off intact for…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Miami-Dade's open-burning ban exempts fires used only for noncommercial cooking of food, so backyard smokers, grills and BBQ pits are legal countywide without a burn permit from DERM.

Miami-Dade County's Downtown Kendall Urban Center District imposes a form-based design code with build-to lines, colonnade and streetwall rules, and building heights up to seven-story…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade, developments that set aside workforce housing units earn a density bonus of up to 25% above the CDMP land use cap.

Miami-Dade County's Historic Preservation Board can designate any building, structure, landscape feature, or archaeological zone as a protected individual site, district, or cultural…

Florida §500.90 preempts local bans on polystyrene foam containers in private commerce. Miami-Dade cannot ban Styrofoam at private restaurants. The county does prohibit polystyrene at…

Florida Statute §403.7033 preempts all local regulation of disposable plastic bags. Miami-Dade and its cities cannot ban or tax single-use plastic bags. Miami Beach passed a bag ban in…

Miami-Dade cannot mandate paid sick leave or predictable scheduling for private employers. House Bill 433 (2024) preempts all local employment benefits, hours, scheduling, and leave…

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade (UMSA), residential setbacks are fixed per zoning district. RU-1 requires 15-25 ft front and rear, EU-1 requires 50 ft front.

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, single-family RU-1 lots may not have buildings covering more than 40 percent of the lot in new subdivisions, or 35 percent in older platted…

Unincorporated Miami-Dade caps building height at 35 feet and two stories unless a public hearing approves more.

A County Code Inspector who finds a violation sets a correction deadline based on severity and practicality, then serves a written civil violation notice by mail, hand delivery, or…

Miami-Dade code inspectors don't work off a fixed clock. Section 8CC-3(d) has them weigh severity, danger, and ease of fixing the problem to set a reasonable correction deadline…

Miami-Dade County cites common Code violations, noise, unlicensed business activity, litter, animal offenses, as civil offenses under Chapter 8CC, with a published fine schedule from…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…