Miami Gardens City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS1
Sections
- Sec. 34-1.- How chapter is designated and cited.
- Sec. 34-2. - Catchlines of sections; history notes; references.
- Sec. 34-3. - Effect of repeal of ordinances.
- Sec. 34-4. - Amendments to code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.
- Sec. 34-5. - Supplementation of chapter.
- Sec. 34-6. - General penalty; continuing violations.
- Sec. 34-7. - Court costs for law enforcement education.
- Sec. 34-8. - Financial debts and obligations owed to the city.
- Sec. 34-9. - Severability.
- Sec. 34-10. - Provisions deemed continuation of existing ordinances.
- Sec. 34-11. - Certain ordinances not affected by chapter.
- Sec. 34-12. - Legislative purpose and intent.
- Sec. 34-13. - Zoning districts established.
- Sec. 34-14. - Purpose and intent of zoning districts.
- Sec. 34-15. - Rules for interpretation of district boundaries.
- Sec. 34-16. - Restrictions upon land, air rights, water, and structure.
- Sec. 34-17. - Zoning map.
- Sec. 34-18. - Legality of chapter.
ARTICLE II
ADMINISTRATION2
Sections
- Sec. 34-40.- Comprehensive development master plan.
- Sec. 34-41. - City council.
- Sec. 34-42. - City council as the local planning agency.
- Sec. 34-43. - City council as the zoning appeals board.
- Sec. 34-44. - Quasi-judicial proceedings.
- Sec. 34-45. - Development approval.
- Sec. 34-45.1. - Design review committee (DRC).
- Sec. 34-45.2. - Site plan approval.
- Sec. 34-46. - Applications to the zoning appeals board.
- Sec. 34-47. - Granting of variances and waivers.
- Sec. 34-48. - Granting of special exception uses.
- Sec. 34-49. - Amendments or adoption of changes in the text of the LDRs, change of actual zoning map designation of a parcel or parcels.
- Sec. 34-50. - Administrative variance and waivers.
- Sec. 34-51. - Unity of title.
- Sec. 34-52. - Declaration of restrictive covenant.
- Sec. 34-53. - Commencement of development.
- Sec. 34-54. - Zoning administration.
- Sec. 34-55. - Zoning improvement permit (ZIP).
- Sec. 34-56. - Permit to move building; bond.
- Sec. 34-57. - Administrative moratoriums.
- Sec. 34-58. - Nonconforming uses and structures.
- Sec. 34-59. - Alteration or enlargement of nonconforming structure.
- Sec. 34-60. - Moving of nonconforming structure.
- Sec. 34-61. - Nonconforming lots of record.
- Sec. 34-62. - Vested rights.
- Sec. 34-63. - Substantial compliance determination.
- Sec. 34-64. - Overlay zoning districts and master plans.
ARTICLE III
CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT, IMPACT FEES3
Sections
- Sec. 34-85.- Title and authority.
- Sec. 34-86. - Purpose.
- Sec. 34-87. - Concurrency inquiry statement.
- Sec. 34-88. - Concurrency required.
- Sec. 34-89. - Mandatory and optional review of development orders.
- Sec. 34-90. - Concurrency process.
- Sec. 34-91. - Proportionate fair-share.
- Sec. 34-92. - Proportionate fair-share program for roads.
- Sec. 34-93. - Proportionate fare share mitigation for transportation.
- Sec. 34-94. - Levels of service standards (LOS).
- Sec. 34-95. - Public school concurrency.
- Sec. 34-96. - Public schools proportionate share mitigation.
- Sec. 34-97. - Impact fees.
ARTICLE VI
HOUSING
Sections
- Sec. 34-178.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 34-179. - Administration.
- Sec. 34-180. - Definitions.
- Sec. 34-181. - Applicability.
- Sec. 34-182. - Workforce housing incentives intended for home ownership.
- Sec. 34-183. - Requirements for all housing.
- Sec. 34-184. - Authority of city to stipulate conditions for maintenance and operation.
- Sec. 34-185. - City inspection.
- Sec. 34-186. - Incentives for providing workforce housing.
- Sec. 34-187. - Available incentive bonuses.
ARTICLE VII
PLATS, SUBDIVISIONS, EXCAVATIONS, ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT
Sections
- Sec. 34-209.- Plats.
- Sec. 34-210. - Administrative prohibition of action on or approval of tentative plats and waivers of plats; vested rights procedure.
- Sec. 34-211. - Vested rights.
- Sec. 34-212. - Plat approval before recording.
- Sec. 34-213. - Revising plat after approval.
- Sec. 34-214. - Procedure for platting.
- Sec. 34-215. - Final plat.
- Sec. 34-216. - Building permits.
- Sec. 34-217. - Public improvements and maintenance, withholding from subdivisions not approved or accepted.
- Sec. 34-218. - Drainage.
- Sec. 34-219. - Design standards.
- Sec. 34-220. - Required improvements.
- Sec. 34-221. - Construction plans required.
- Sec. 34-222. - Bond in lieu of immediate construction.
- Sec. 34-223. - Subdivision of portion of tract.
- Sec. 34-224. - Encroachment on or in streets.
- Sec. 34-225. - Variances and waivers.
- Sec. 34-226. - City's regulations, effect.
- Sec. 34-227. - Excavations.
- Sec. 34-228. - Address assignments.
- Sec. 34-229. - Uniform street naming system.
- Sec. 34-230. - Street signs.
- Sec. 34-231. - Proposed street names on plats and plans.
- Sec. 34-232. - Street type designations.
- Sec. 34-233. - Alternatives to renaming streets.
- Sec. 34-234. - Uniform building numbering system.
- Sec. 34-235. - Building numbering for specific uses.
- Sec. 34-236. - Building numbers specifications.
- Sec. 34-237. - Authority for changing building numbers.
- Sec. 34-238. - Duty of building owners relative to building numbering.
ARTICLE XI
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS GENERALIZED TABLE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 34-342.- Tables for development standards.
- Sec. 34-343. - Setbacks—Measurement.
- Sec. 34-344. - Same—Survey required when property line in doubt.
- Sec. 34-345. - Use of more restrictive dimensions; compliance with special setback lines.
- Sec. 34-346. - Building height exceptions.
- Sec. 34-347. - Maximum setbacks in certain districts.
- Sec. 34-348. - Permits to issue for lots on public road only.
- Sec. 34-349. - Front street setbacks for pump islands and canopies at vehicle fueling stations and sales in the PCD, NC and AU districts.
- Sec. 34-350. - Development in more liberal zoning districts.
ARTICLE XII
OFF-STREET PARKING, LOADING AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION REQUIREMENTS
Sections
- Sec. 34-374.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 34-375. - Parking and loading facilities required.
- Sec. 34-376. - General requirements.
- Sec. 34-377. - Parking facility standards for single-family residential and fewer than four dwelling units on a lot.
- Sec. 34-378. - Construction standards, pavement markings and signage.
- Sec. 34-379. - Location of parking facilities.
- Sec. 34-380. - Configuration of parking and loading ingress and egress.
- Sec. 34-381. - Number of required off-street parking space requirements for all districts and uses.
- Sec. 34-382. - Dimensional requirements.
- Sec. 34-383. - Off-street loading spaces.
- Sec. 34-384. - Parking for the disabled.
- Sec. 34-385. - Veterans parking.
- Sec. 34-386. - Bicycle parking.
- Sec. 34-387. - Shared parking.
- Sec. 34-388. - Commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, and boat definitions.
- Sec. 34-389. - Commercial vehicle, recreational vehicle, boat parking on single-family residential properties and in single-family residential zoning districts restricted.
- Sec. 34-390. - Commercial vehicle parking in industrially zoned properties restricted.
- Sec. 34-391. - Commercial, vehicle parking in EO, PCD, NC, zoned properties permitted.
- Sec. 34-392. - Commercial parking facilities.
ARTICLE XIII
DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections
- Sec. 34-413.- Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 34-414. - Residential design standards.
- Sec. 34-415. - Nonresidential design standards.
- Sec. 34-416. - Parking garages.
- Sec. 34-417. - Lighting standards.
- Sec. 34-418. - Mechanical equipment screening.
- Sec. 34-419. - Water conservation.
- Sec. 34-420. - Landscape design standards.
- Sec. 34-421. - Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) requirements.
- Sec. 34-422. - Complete streets.
- Sec. 34-423. - Underground utility lines.
ARTICLE XIV
MINIMUM LANDSCAPE AND BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS; FENCES; WALLS; HEDGES, TREE PROTECTION6
Sections
- Sec. 34-439.- In general.
- Sec. 34-440. - Landscape permit and plans required.
- Sec. 34-441. - Landscape plan review criteria.
- Sec. 34-443. - Issuance of certificate of occupancy.
- Sec. 34-444. - Landscape, buffering minimum standards.
- Sec. 34-445. - Landscape and buffering specifications.
- Sec. 34-446. - Fences, walls and perimeter hedges; sight triangles.
- Sec. 34-447. - Tree preservation and protection permit.
- Sec. 34-448. - Procedures for determining tree replacement requirements.
- Sec. 34-449. - Tree protection standards.
- Sec. 34-450. - City of Miami Gardens Tree Trust Fund.
- Sec. 34-451. - Maintenance requirements.
ARTICLE XV
ENTERTAINMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT EO, STADIUM DISTRICT S AND BUSINESS TRANSITIONAL OVERLAY DISTRICT BTO7
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - ENTERTAINMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT (EO)[8]
- DIVISION 2. - STADIUM ZONING ORDINANCE - S, STADIUM DISTRICT[9]
- Sec. 34-601. - Short title.
- Sec. 34-602. - Purpose, intent, and applicability.
- Sec. 34-603. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 34-604. - Setbacks.
- Sec. 34-605. - Lot size.
- Sec. 34-606. - Height, floor area ratio and lot coverage.
- Sec. 34-607. - Signage.
- Sec. 34-608. - Off-street parking.
- Sec. 34-609. - Declaration of restrictive covenant, procedures for the City of Miami Gardens.
- Sec. 34-610. - Vested rights.
- Sec. 34-611. - Landscaped open space and impervious area.
- Sec. 34-612. - Special events.
- Sec. 34-613. - Procedures.
- Sec. 34-614. - Conflicts.
- DIVISION 3. - BUSINESS TRANSITIONAL OVERLAY DISTRICT (BTO)[10]
ARTICLE XVII
SIGN REGULATIONS11
Sections
- Sec. 34-647.- Title.
- Sec. 34-648. - General principles.
- Sec. 34-649. - Purpose and intent.
- Sec. 34-650. - Exemption from regulation.
- Sec. 34-651. - Sign plan required—Permanent signs.
- Sec. 34-652. - Sign permit required; maintenance; compliance.
- Sec. 34-653. - Signs permitted without sign permit.
- Sec. 34-654. - Nonconforming signs/amortization.
- Sec. 34-656. - Sign variances.
- Sec. 34-657. - General monument and wall sign standards.
- Sec. 34-658. - Sign area for monument signs along principal arterial and minor arterial corridors (PAMA).
- Sec. 34-659. - Sign area for monument signs along collector and all other rights-of-way.
- Sec. 34-660. - Wall signs.
- Sec. 34-661. - Directional/information sign design standards.
- Sec. 34-662. - Window sign standards.
- Sec. 34-663. - Entrance feature signs.
- Sec. 34-664. - Directory signs.
- Sec. 34-665. - Flags.
- Sec. 34-666. - Billboard signs.
- Sec. 34-667. - Vehicle fueling stations and sales.
- Sec. 34-668. - Theaters, playhouses, places of public assembly, and other similar cultural or civic establishments.
- Sec. 34-669. - Drive-through signs.
- Sec. 34-670. - Temporary signs.
- Sec. 34-671. - Prohibited signs.
- Sec. 34-672. - Violations and penalties.
- Sec. 34-673. - Substitution of noncommercial speech for commercial speech.
- Sec. 34-674. - Severability.