Miami, FL Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- New billboards
- banned, no exceptions
- LED face swap-in cost
- 4 to 8 structures removed
- Relocation approval
- city commission resolution required
- Zoning floor for relocation
- no district stricter than T5-0
Summary
Miami bans every new freestanding billboard, including LED digital displays, under Code § 62-618.3. Only existing legal billboards may be relocated or reconstructed through a city agreement, and swapping in LED faces requires giving up multiple existing sign structures.
Without exception, no new freestanding "billboards," as defined herein, shall be permitted anywhere within the territorial boundaries of the city.
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
Sec. 62-618.3 of the Miami Code prohibits construction of any new freestanding billboard anywhere in the city, and the definitions section (§ 62-618.2) makes clear a 'billboard' includes internally illuminated and LED signs, so digital displays get no carve-out. The only path to an LED billboard is amending an existing, currently legal billboard permit under § 62-618.4 through a negotiated relocation and reconstruction agreement approved by city commission resolution. Under § 62-618.5(3), swapping in one LED or internally illuminated bulletin-size face requires surrendering four existing sign structures, and two LED faces on one structure requires surrendering eight. Relocated billboards also cannot land in zoning stricter than T5-0 or inside a mapped 'gateway' area.
Violations & Fines
Erecting an unpermitted new billboard, digital or static, violates § 62-618.3 and triggers code enforcement action under chapter 2, article X, including fines and removal orders; unauthorized LED conversions outside an approved relocation agreement are treated the same way.
Frequently Asked Questions
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