Miami Beach, FL Special Events & Permits: Commercial Filming on Public Right-of-Way (2026)

Miami Beach's temporary noise permit chapter carves out its own exemption for entertainment production: under Sec. 46-156(a)(3), a film permit issued under Sec. 12-1 or a special event permit issued under Sec. 12-5 can excuse the permitted activity from the general noise prohibitions in Sec. 46-152, but only if the production specifically complies with the conditions set out in subsections 12-1(9) or 12-5(8) of those permitting chapters. The exemption sits alongside Sec. 46-156's other temporary-permit categories: the city manager can grant up to ten consecutive days of relief for an applicant actively working to bring an activity into compliance, plus separate day-and-hour windows for construction noise depending on zoning district.

Any film or event permit issued under this framework is a 'privilege,' not a right, per subsection (c), and the city manager can immediately revoke it if an emergency condition arises, the applicant misrepresented material information, or the permit holder fails to meet any condition. Failing to follow the terms of a film or special event noise exemption is treated the same as any other temporary-permit violation: it triggers the enforcement procedures and civil penalties set out in Sec. 46-159 and the nuisance remedy in Sec.

46-160, meaning a production that runs its sound system past its permitted hours or outside its permitted footprint loses the noise exemption and faces the same escalating fine schedule as an unpermitted noise violation.