Miami City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE 2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- Amendments to Article 2
- 2.A MIAMI 21 ATLAS
- 2.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT
- 2.2 APPLICABILITY
- 2.2.1 Generally
- 2.2.2 Conflicts
- 2.2.3 Pending Actions and Development Approvals
- 2.2.4 Rules of Construction
- 2.2.5 Zone Boundaries
ARTICLE 3
GENERAL TO ZONES
Sections
- Amendments to Article 3
- 3.1 TRANSECT ZONES
- 3.2 PHASING
- 3.3 LOTS AND FRONTAGES
- 3.4 DENSITY AND INTENSITY CALCULATIONS
- 3.5 MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT
- 3.6 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
- 3.6.1 Off-street Parking Standards
- 3.6.2 Off-street Parking Driveway Standards [RESERVED]
- 3.6.3 Additional Off-street Parking Regulations
- 3.6.4 Calculation of Off-street Parking requirements related to number of seats.
- 3.6.5 Valet Parking
- 3.6.6 Parking Management Plan
- 3.6.7 Off-street Parking Reductions by Use
- 3.6.8 Deferral of Off-street Parking Standards
- 3.6.9 Off-street Loading Requirements
- 3.6.10 Off-street Bicycle Parking Requirements
- 3.7 FENCES AND WALLS
- 3.8 THOROUGHFARES
- 3.9 SPECIAL AREA PLANS
- 3.10 HISTORIC PRESERVATION STANDARDS
- 3.11 WATERFRONT STANDARDS
- Diagram 1: Waterways & Waterbodies with Waterfront Properties.
- 3.12 DESIGN GUIDELINES, NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION DISTRICTS AND STREETSCAPE MASTER PLANS
- 3.13 SUSTAINABILITY
- 3.14 PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM
- 3.15 AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE MIXED-INCOME HOUSING SPECIAL BENEFIT PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
- 3.16.A. WORKFORCE HOUSING SPECIAL BENEFIT PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
- 3.16.B WORKFORCE LIVING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAM SPECIAL BENEFIT SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
- 3.17 PUBLIC ART REQUIREMENTS
- 3.18 ANCILLARY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) STANDARDS
ARTICLE 4
STANDARDS AND TABLES
Sections
- Amendments to Article 4
- TABLE 1 TRANSECT ZONE DESCRIPTION
- TABLE 2 MIAMI21 SUMMARY
- TABLE 3 BUILDING FUNCTION: USES
- TABLE 4 DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING
- TABLE 5 BUILDING FUNCTION: PARKING AND LOADING
- TABLE 6 FRONTAGES
- TABLE 7 CIVIC SPACE TYPES
- TABLE 8 DEFINITIONS ILLUSTRATED
- DIAGRAM 9 RESIDENTIAL DENSITY INCREASE AREAS
- DIAGRAM 10 AREA SPECIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS
- DIAGRAM 11 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT - TOD
- TABLE 12 DESIGN REVIEW CRITERIA
ARTICLE 5
SPECIFIC TO ZONES
Sections
- Amendments to Article 5
- 5.1 GENERALLY
- 5.2 NATURAL TRANSECT ZONES (T1) AND RURAL TRANSECT ZONES (T2)
- 5.3 SUB-URBAN TRANSECT ZONES (T3)
- 5.4 GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONES (T4)
- 5.5 URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONES (T5)
- 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6)
- 5.6.1 Building Disposition (T6)
- 5.6.2 Building Configuration (T6)
- 5.6.3 Building Function & Density (T6)
- 5.6.4 Parking Standards (T6)
- 5.6.5 Architectural Standards (T6)
- 5.6.6 Landscape Standards (T6)
- 5.6.7 Ambient Standards (T6)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-8)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-12)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-24)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-36)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-48)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-60)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-80)
- 5.7 CIVIC SPACE ZONES (CS) AND CIVIC INSTITUTION ZONES (CI)
- 5.8 CIVIC INSTITUTION ZONES – HEALTH DISTRICT (CI-HD)
- 5.8.1 Building Disposition (CI-HD)
- 5.8.2 Building Configuration (CI-HD)
- 5.8.3 Building Function & Density (CI-HD)
- 5.8.4 Parking Standards (CI-HD)
- 5.8.5 Architectural Standards (CI-HD)
- 5.8.6 Landscape Standards (CI-HD)
- 5.8.7 Ambient Standards (CI-HD)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.8 INSTITUTION ZONE - HEALTH DISTRICT ZONES (CI-HD)
- 5.9 DISTRICT ZONES (D1 and D2)
- 5.9.1 Building Disposition (D)
- 5.9.2 Building Configuration (D)
- 5.9.3 Building Function & Density (D)
- 5.9.4 Parking Standards (D)
- 5.9.5 Architectural Standards (D)
- 5.9.6 Landscape Standards (D)
- 5.9.7 Ambient Standards (D)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.9 DISTRICT ZONES - WORK PLACE (D1)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.9 DISTRICT ZONES - INDUSTRIAL (D2)
- 5.10 WATERFRONT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ZONES (D3)
ARTICLE 6
SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
Sections
- Amendments to Article 6
- 6.1 INTENT AND EXCLUSIONS
- 6.2 COMMUNITY RESIDENCES AND SIMILAR HOMES/FACILITIES
- 6.3 COMMERCIAL USES
- 6.3.1 Large Scale Commercial
- 6.3.2 Open Air Retail, Outdoor Dining, and Vending Carts
- 6.3.3 Biscayne Boulevard Open Air Markets
- 6.3.4 Health District Green Market
- 6.3.5 Central Coconut Grove Green Market
- 6.3.6 Microbreweries
- 6.3.7 Educational Uses in the Downtown Miami Area
- 6.4 INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES
- 6.5 INDUSTRIAL
- 6.6 GAMBLING FACILITIES
ARTICLE 7
PROCEDURES AND NONCONFORMITIES
Sections
- Amendments to Article 7
- 7.1 PROCEDURES
- 7.1.1 Authorities
- 7.1.2 Permits
- 7.1.3 Application and Review Process
- 7.1.3.1 Informal Consultation
- 7.1.3.2 Generally
- 7.1.3.3 For By Right permits and ASPRs
- 7.1.3.4 Plan Approval Required for Warrants, Waivers, Exceptions and Variances
- 7.1.3.5 Modifications to Applications Requiring Public Hearing
- 7.1.3.6 Approvals granted in error do not authorize violation of this Code; corrections required
- 7.1.3.7 No Approval Available if Code Enforcement Violations
- 7.1.3.8 Resubmission and Withdrawal of Applications Requiring Public Hearing
- 7.1.4 Quasi-Judicial Procedures
- 7.1.5 Appeals
- 7.1.6 Notice of Hearings
- 7.1.7 Unity of Title
- 7.1.8 Reasonable Accommodation
- 7.2 NONCONFORMITIES: STRUCTURES; USES; LOTS; SITE IMPROVEMENTS; AND SIGNS
- 7.2.1 Generally
- 7.2.2 Structures and Uses in the Event of Disaster
- 7.2.3 Alterations and Expansion of Nonconforming Structures
- 7.2.4 Moving a Nonconforming Structure on the Same Lot
- 7.2.5 Locally Designated Historic Resources—Nonconformities
- 7.2.6 Nonconforming Uses
- 7.2.7 Nonconforming Lots
- 7.2.8 Nonconforming Site Improvements
- 7.2.9 Nonconforming signs
ARTICLE 8
THOROUGHFARES
Sections
- Amendments to Article 8
- 8.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
- 8.2 ILLUSTRATION: THE THOROUGHFARE ACROSS THE TRANSECT
- 8.3 PUBLIC FRONTAGES
- 8.4 ILLUSTRATION: SIDEWALKS
- 8.4.a ILLUSTRATION: FIRST LAYER DESIGN ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE FRONTAGES
- 8.4.b ILLUSTRATION: FIRST LAYER DESIGN ADJACENT TO FRONTAGES THAT ARE NOT COMMERCIAL, OFFICE, OR A CIVIC SPACE TYPE
- 8.4.c ILLUSTRATION: FIRST LAYER DESIGN ADJACENT TO A CIVIC SPACE TYPE
ARTICLE 9
LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Amendments to Article 9
- 9.1 INTENT AND PURPOSE
- 9.2 SHORT TITLE AND APPLICABILITY
- 9.3. PLANS REQUIRED
- 9.4 TREE REMOVAL AND PRESERVATION
- 9.5 MINIMUM STANDARDS
- 9.6 PLANT QUALITY
- 9.7 BUFFERS BETWEEN DISSIMILAR LAND USES
- 9.8 LANDSCAPED AREAS IN PARKING LOTS
- 9.9 STORMWATER RETENTION/DETENTION AREAS
- 9.10 LANDSCAPE PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA
- 9.11 PREPARER’S CERTIFICATION OF LANDSCAPE COMPLIANCE AT TIME OF FINAL INSPECTION
- 9.12 LANDSCAPE ADJUSTMENT
- 9.13 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
- 9.14 PROHIBITIONS
- 9.15 ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE 10
SIGN REGULATIONS
Sections
- Amendments to Article 10
- 10.1 GENERAL
- 10.2 SIGN DESIGN STANDARDS
- 10.3 SUPPLEMENTAL SIGN REGULATIONS
Appendix A
Neighborhood Conservation District
Sections
- A.1. CORAL GATE (NCD-1)
- A.2. VILLAGE WEST ISLAND DISTRICT AND CHARLES AVENUE (NCD-2)
- A.3. COCONUT GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT NCD-3
- 3.1 Boundaries
- 3.2 Intent
- 3.3 Effect of district designation
- 3.4 Additional notice and review
- 3.5 Coconut Grove Corridors
- 3.6 Single-Family Residential District
- 3.7 Reserved for Coconut Grove NCD-3 (R-2) Two-Family Residential District
- 3.8 Reserved for Coconut Grove NCD-3 (R-3) Multifamily Medium-Density Residential District
- 3.9 Coconut Grove NCD-3 Commercial Districts
- A.4 Reserved. Coconut Grove NCD-3 Sub-District Architectural Guidelines
Appendix C
Midtown Overlay District
Sections
- SD-27.1 Midtown Miami East Special District
- 627.1.1 Intent.
- 627.1.2 Effect of SD-27.1 district designation.
- 627.1.3 Class II Special Permit.
- 627.1.4 Principal uses and structures.
- 627.1.5. Accessory Uses.
- 627.1.6. Building Placement and buildable area.
- 627.1.7 Maximum height, Build-to, Minimum Setback and Use Requirements.
- 627.1.9 Upper Level Floorplates.
- 627.1.10 Street Grid.
- 627.1.11 Streetscape.
- 627.1.12. Buildings.
- 627.1.13. Building Functionality.
- 627.1.14. Surface Parking and Parking Garages.
- 627.1.15. Open Space
- 627.1.16. Off-Street Parking.
- 627.1.17. Off-Street Loading.
- 627.1.18. Sign Regulations.
- Midtown Miami West.
- 627.2.1. Intent.
- 627.2.2. Effect of SD-27.2 district designation.
- 627.2.3. Class II Special Permit.
- 627.2.4. Principal Uses and Structures.
- 627.2.5. Accessory Uses.
- 627.2.6. Building Placement and Buildable Area.
- 627.2.7. Maximum Height, Build-To, Minimum Setback and Use Requirements
- 627.2.8. Street Grid/Blocks.
- 627.2.9. Streetscape.
- 627.2.10. Buildings.
- 627.2.11. Building Functionality.
- 627.2.12. Surface Parking and Parking Garages.
- 627.2.13. Open Space.
- 627.2.14. Off-street Parking.
- 627.2.15. Off-street Loading.
- 627.2.16. Sign Regulations.
Appendix D
Miami Worldcenter
Sections
- MIAMI WORLDCENTER
- Section 1. MIAMI WORLDCENTER GOALS
- Section 2. EFFECT OF MIAMI WORLDCENTER AREA DESIGNATION.
- Section 3. WARRANT
- Section 4 FLEXIBLE ALLOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY
- Section 5. DEFINITIONS
- Section 7. MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT
- Section 8. BUILDING DISPOSITION
- Section 9. BUILDING CONFIGURATION
- Section 10. BUILDING USE & DENSITY
- Section 11. PARKING STANDARDS
- Section 12. ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS
- Section 13. LANDSCAPE STANDARDS
- Section 14. SIGN STANDARDS
- Section 15. AMBIENT LIGHTING STANDARDS
- Section 16. CIVIC SPACE
- Section 17. ALLOWABLE INCREASES IN FLR FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC BENEFITS
- Section 18.
Appendix E
Brickell City Centre
Sections
- Regulating Plan
- SAP 1.1 Legal Description
- SAP 1.4 Regulating Plan for Brickell City Centre
- 1.1 DEFINITIONS OF BUILDING FUNCTION: USES
- 1.2 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
- 3.3 LOTS AND FRONTAGES
- 3.13 SUSTAINABILITY
- 3.14 PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM
- Article 4, Table 5 BUILDING FUNCTION: PARKING AND LOADING
- Article 4, Table 6 FRONTAGES
- Article 4, Table 7 CIVIC SPACE TYPES
- 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-48)
- 6.5 Sign Standards - Brickell City Centre SAP
- 7.1.2 Permits
- Design Guidelines
- Ordinance
Appendix F
Miami Design District Retail Street SAP
Sections
- SAP 2 MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT RETAIL STREET
- SAP 2.1 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
- SAP 2.2 REGULATING PLAN
- ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
- ARTICLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 2.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT
- ARTICLE 3. GENERAL TO ZONES
- 3.3 LOTS AND FRONTAGES
- 3.5 MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT
- 3.6 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
- 3.9 SPECIAL AREA PLANS
- 3.13 SUSTAINABILITY
- 3.14 PUBLIC BENEFITS IN THE MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT SAP
- ARTICLE 4. STANDARDS AND TABLES
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 1 TRANSECT ZONE DESCRIPTIONS
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 2 (not applicable; please see Illustrations in Article 5)
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 3 BUILDING FUNCTION: USES
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 4 DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING T4 - GENERAL URBAN ZONE
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 4 DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING T5 – URBAN CENTER ZONE
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 4 DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING T6 – URBAN CORE ZONE
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 5 BUILDING FUNCTION: PARKING LOADING
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 6 FRONTAGES
- ARTICLE 4. TABLE 8 DEFINITIONS ILLUSTRATED
- ARTICLE 5. SPECIFIC TO ZONES
- 5.1 GENERALLY
- 5.4 GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONES (T4)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.4 URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONES (T4)
- 5.5 URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONES (T5)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.5 URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONES (T5)
- 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-8)
- ILLUSTRATION 5.6 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6-12)
- ARTICLE 6. SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
- 6.3.COMMERCIAL USES
- 6.5 SIGN STANDARDS
- ARTICLE 7. PROCEDURES AND NONCONFORMITIES
- ARTICLE 9. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS
- SAP 2.3 CONCEPT BOOK
- Exhibit "A"
Appendix J
Wynwood NRD-1
Sections
- SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS
- SECTION 2 - PURPOSE AND INTENT
- SECTION 3 - GENERAL TO ZONES
- 3.1 LOTS AND FRONTAGES
- 3.2 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
- 3.3 THOROUGHFARES
- 3.4 WYNWOOD PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM
- 3.5 WYNWOOD TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PROGRAM
- SECTION 4 - STANDARDS AND TABLES
- TABLE 3 PARKING AND LOADING
- SECTION 5 - SPECIFIC TO ZONES
- SECTION 6 - LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS
- SECTION 7 - SIGN REGULATIONS
- SECTION 8 - STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN
Appendix P
Wynwood Norte NRD-2
Sections
- SECTION 1 – DEFINITIONS
- SECTION 2 - PURPOSE AND INTENT
- SECTION 3 - GENERAL TO ZONES
- SECTION 4 - STANDARDS AND TABLES
- SECTION 5 - SPECIFIC TO ZONES
- 5.1 GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE (T4)
- 5.2 URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE (T5)
- 5.3 URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONES (T6)
- SECTION 6 – SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
- SECTION 7 - SIGN REGULATIONS
- SECTION 9 - STREET MASTER PLAN