Miami Shores City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS

Sec. 400.- Schedule of regulations adopted.

The schedule entitled "Schedule of Regulations" and properly identified as a part of this article is hereby adopted and declared to be a part of this ordinance. The regulations listed in said schedule for each district are hereby adopted and prescribed for such district, subject to the provisions of Article V, and, unless otherwise indicated, shall be deemed to be the minimum requirements in every instance of their application.

Sec. 401. - Compliance with schedule of regulations generally.

No building shall hereafter be erected nor shall any existing building be moved, altered, added to or enlarged nor shall any land or building be used for any purpose other than is included among the uses listed in the aforesaid schedule as permitted in the district in which such building or land is located nor in any manner contrary to the requirements specified in said schedule or otherwise set forth in this ordinance or imposed pursuant to any of said regulations.

Sec. 402. - Compliance with cubage restrictions, and subdivision minimums.

(a)

No building shall hereafter be erected nor shall any existing building be moved, altered, added to or enlarged except in conformity to the requirements as to minimum cubage of buildings and type of construction set forth in the aforesaid schedule for the district in which such building is located.

(b)

No parcels of land zoned residential shall be subdivided unless the newly created lot has a minimum area of 12,500 square feet (this calculation shall not take into consideration the lands located outside of the property lines to the centerline of the street) and has 85 feet of primary, front yard, street frontage (side and rear yards shall not count toward the required minimum street frontage).

(Ord. No. 2018-09, § 1, 5-1-18)

Sec. 403. - Compliance with height restrictions.

No building shall hereafter be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit designated in said schedule for the district in which such building is located.

Sec. 404. - Compliance with space and area restrictions.

No building shall hereafter be erected, nor any existing building be structurally altered, except in conformity with the regulations regarding space and area as set forth herein, provided that the minimum plot width and area regulations shall not apply to any platted lot having less than the required width of 75 feet where permanent improvements have been erected on both side lots contiguous thereto, and such lot is, upon the adoption date of the ordinance from which this section is derived, owned by someone other than the then owner of a side contiguous lot. Any such platted lot in the One-family Residential (R) zoning districts shall comply with section 412 of Appendix A.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Sec. 406. - Reduction of plot area so as to provide for smaller yard or open space prohibited.

No plot area shall be reduced or diminished so that the yards or other open spaces thereon will be smaller than prescribed by this section. Any vacant plot subject to new construction shall have no more than ten percent impervious surface and at least 90 percent pervious surface on the plot whether by grass, landscaping or other techniques acceptable to the director of planning and zoning. Properties located in the One-family Residential (R) zoning districts shall adhere to the maximum impervious surface regulations set forth in section 412 of Appendix A.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Sec. 407. - Yard or open space contiguous to building not considered as providing yard or open space for another building.

Except as designated on any site plan approved under the provisions of Article VI and except as provided with respect to off-street parking space, as set forth in said article, no yard or other open space provided contiguous to any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any building.

Sec. 408. - Yard or open space on one plot not considered as providing yard or open space on another plot.

No yard or other open space provided on one plot for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as providing a yard or open space required on any other plot.

Sec. 409. - Required yards.

Yards identified as required yards shall be the minimum required open space for front, rear, and side yards, as distinguished from any yard area in excess of the minimum required.

Required yards for waterfront properties' shall be regulated by Division 15, Waterfront Lands, Section 534(4) Development.

Sec. 410. - Building permits.

None of the regulations contained in this ordinance shall be deemed to require any change in the plans, construction or designated use of any building or in any work on an existing building (a) for which construction or work a lawful building permit was obtained prior to the adoption of this ordinance or of any amendment thereof under which such building or work would not be permitted, (b) which construction or work has begun within 60 days after the obtaining of such permit and was substantially under way (to the extent of the actual placing of construction materials in their permanent position) at the time of the adoption of this ordinance or of such amendment, and (c) which construction or work is diligently carried on to completion and is completed within 12 months after the issuance of such permit.

(Ord. No. 700-13, § 1(App. A), 5-7-13; Ord. No. 2018-15, § 1, 9-17-18; Ord. No. 2018-16, § 1, 9-17-18)

Sec. 411. - Schedule of regulations.[5]

SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS

Being a Part of Article IV of the Miami Shores Village Zoning Ordinance No. 270

District	Minimum Building Cubage for Dwellings	Construction	Site Plan Review Required By the Planning Board as Provided in Article VI.	Permitted Uses	District	Maximum Building Height	Required Front Yard Depth, and further subject to additional requirements for arterial and collector streets.	Required Side Yards: Two required (except as otherwise specified below) each having the minimum width specified below.	Required Rear Yard Depth	Accessory Buildings
R-35 R-30 R-28 R-26 R-25 R-23 R-22.5 R-21 R-20 R-18.5 R-17.5 R-16.5 R-15.5 R-15 R-14.25 R-13 R-12.5	35,000 cubic feet 30,000 cubic feet 28,000 cubic feet 26,000 cubic feet 25,000 cubic feet 23,000 cubic feet 22,500 cubic feet 21,000 cubic feet 20,000 cubic feet 18,500 cubic feet 17,500 cubic feet 16,500 cubic feet 15,500 cubic feet 15,000 cubic feet 14,250 cubic feet 13,000 cubic feet 12,500 cubic feet	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New dwellings. 2. Additions to dwellings. 3. Cabanas. 4. Garages, storage buildings and all similar structures except utility sheds permitted under Sec. 516(5). 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Changes to the façade of single-family dwellings. 7. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 8. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 9. Any permitted accessory structure located within the required 15 feet shoreline setback. 10. Pools and pool decks in the front yard that are otherwise permitted by this ordinance.	1. One-family dwellings—but not more than one dwelling on any one plot. 2. Parks, playgrounds and other lands and reservations owned and operated by the village, including all uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including any place for the storage of other than passenger vehicles, or of construction materials or equipment for use other than on the same parcel of land. 3. Home occupation and professional offices. 4. Any use consisting of the tilling of the soil, but not any use including any commercial greenhouse or the keeping of any livestock other than domestic pets and as otherwise regulated by Sec. 501. 5. Incidental signs as provided in Article V. 6. Commercial picture origination of television or films, including both motion and still pictures, when authorized by license from Miami Shores Village Ordinances with reference to license costs, hours of permitted activities, and other appropriate conditions. The following is a partial list of uses deemed to be not included in the foregoing authorized uses nor in the list of permitted uses in the districts, as hereinafter set forth, unless expressly authorized: 1. Guest houses. 2. Accessory dwellings. 3. Kitchens or bedrooms in accessory structures. 4. More than one kitchen per dwelling.	Width: 75 feet Area: 7,500 sq. ft.	For dwellings: 2 stories, and shall not exceed 30 ft. measured from the minimum grade of the plot or when located in a flood zone, the minimum finished floor elevation as established by FEMA. For other buildings: 40 ft., excepting, for all buildings, the features specified in Article V and subject to the conditions set forth therein. Accessory buildings: Not to exceed the height of the dwelling located on the same plot. Swimming pools are not permitted in any required front yard For other buildings: Same as for dwellings. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	For dwellings: Equivalent to the median of the depths of existing front yards in the same block and lying within a distance of 100 ft. on each side, but not less than 25 ft. or necessarily greater than 35 ft.; or 25 ft. if not more than one building exists within said 100 ft. on each side.	For dwellings: 10 ft., except that on a corner plot the rear line of which adjoins the side line of a plot to the rear, the side yard on the street side shall have a width of not less than 15 ft. For swimming pools: From the inside face of pool wall to the plot line there shall be a 12½-ft. minimum setback; from the pool deck or screen enclosure to the lot line there shall be a 10-ft. minimum setback. The shoreline setback for accessory structures shall not apply to pools, their decks or screen enclosures. For other buildings or structures: Same as for dwellings unless otherwise specified in this code of ordinances. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	For dwellings: 15 ft. For swimming pools: From the inside face of pool wall to the lot line there shall be a 7½-ft. minimum setback; from the pool deck or screen enclosure to the lot line there shall be a 5-ft. minimum setback. The shoreline setback for accessory structures shall not apply to pools, their decks or screen enclosures. For other buildings or structures: Same as for dwellings unless otherwise specified in this code of ordinances. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	The floor area of all roofed accessory structures shall not exceed the floor area of the dwelling on the same plot and may be further restricted by plot coverage regulation Location: In rear yard only as defined in Sec. 201, not less than 15 ft. from the main building and not less than 10 ft. from any plot line of contiguous plot that bounds a side or front yard or not less than 5 ft. from any other plot line; provided that on a corner plot the rear line of which adjoins a side line of a plot to the rear, no accessory building shall be located nearer to the side street line than a distance equal to the depth of front yard required on the plot to the rear, provided further, that a swimming pool enclosure may be located in any side yard but not less than 10 ft. from the side plot line; provided further, that no door of an accessory building opening on an alley shall be located not less than 20 ft. from the center thereof. Accessory building shoreline setback; 15 ft. Coverage: Not more than 20% of the area of a rear yard, shall be covered by roofed structures with roofs that are more than 50 percent open to the sky, except that fabric or metal roofed structures permitted under Sec. 523.1(9) that are attached to the dwelling need not be included in computing said coverage. Fences, walls and hedges shall conform to the provisions of Article V.
A-1	For one-family dwellings: In each block, the same as specified for the nearest adjacent R district, or the least of such foregoing requirements if they differ. For multifamily dwellings: No requirement.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New one-family, multi-family dwellings and dwelling groups. 2. Changes to the façade of one-family and multi-family dwellings. 3. Additions to multi-family dwellings and residences in dwelling groups or modifications to site plans. 4. Accessory cabanas, garages and similar structures. 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 7. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 8. Any structure located within 5 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Multifamily dwellings and dwelling groups.	Width: 75 feet Area: 7,500 sq. ft., with a construction limitation of 1 square foot of floor area for each 2 square feet of plot area (Floor Area Ratio of .5), but not less than the following area for each dwelling unit located on the plat, computed in accordance with the following room count per dwelling unit: Lot Area No. of per Dwell- Rooms ing Unit 1 1,400 sq. ft. 2 1,800 sq. ft. 3 2,200 sq. ft. 4 or more 2,600 sq. ft.	Same as specified for R districts.	For dwellings of all types: 25 feet For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.	For one-family dwellings: Same as specified for dwellings in R districts For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.	For one-family dwellings: Same as specified for dwellings in R districts. For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.
A-2	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New one-family, multi-family dwellings and dwelling groups. 2. Changes to the façade of one-family and multi-family dwellings. 3. Additions to multi-family dwellings and residences in dwelling groups or modifications to site plans. 4. Accessory cabanas, garages and similar structures. 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 7. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 8. Any structure located within 5 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties. 9. Hotels.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Multifamily dwellings and dwelling groups. 3. Hotels, subject in each case to the requirements of Sec 543 and to all other applicable provisions of this code of ordinances.	Width: 75 feet. Area: 7,500 sq. ft., with a construction limitation of 1 square foot of floor area for each 2 square feet of plot area (Floor Area Ratio of .5)	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.
CR	For development standards, see Article V, Division 25, Community Residential District
PRO	Not applicable.	Masonry	See under Permitted uses for site plan requirements.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein as a use by right. 2. Office buildings of a residential type of architecture in exterior design, as a matter of right if for the use of doctors, dentists, lawyers, engineers, surveyors, abstract title companies, accountants, actuaries, insurance adjusters, auditors, insurance and bonds, manufacturers' agents, and similar uses that may be approved by the village council, but not for clinics or for treatment involving overnight care, and not including ambulance service. In all cases the site plan, design of building and display of signs in connection therewith, are to be subject to the approval of the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI. 3. By special approval of village council after site plan approval by the planning and zoning board in accordance with Article VI, other office uses in structures of nonresidential or residential architecture. Such uses shall not include display, storage or handling of merchandise on the premises However, retail and service facilities may be permitted within an office building such as barber shops, beauty shops, newsstands, and retail stores for sale of books, gifts, flowers, tobacco, drugs and sundries. Such uses shall occupy no more than 25% of the floor space of the building.		Same as specified for R districts.		For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: One story: 20 feet.	For uses permitted in R districts: All regulations applying to yards and accessory buildings shall be the same as specified for R districts. For other uses: Same as specified for R districts, except that if a building or group of buildings occupies a plot or plots surrounded on at least three sides by streets, the requirements as to yards and as to location of accessory buildings shall be as specified on a site plan for such building or group, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.
B-1	Not applicable.	Masonry	No use of any kind except for restaurants and wine and craft beer cafes shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no building shall be erected or altered in exterior appearance except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI. Site plan approval shall be required for the following and shall be referred to the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI for review and the recommendation. The planning and zoning board recommendation shall be forwarded to the village council for final determination: 1. Bookstores. 2. Outdoor cafes located on public property. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI is specifically required for the following: 1. Signs 2. Outdoor cafes located on private property. 3. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 4. Any structure located within 15 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties.	Food operations Restaurants: Subject to Chapter 4 Alcoholic Beverages and Sec. 4-2 Special approval required, if applicable. Cafeterias Catering services Take-out food service Wine and craft beer cafes: Subject to Chapter 4 Alcoholic Beverages and Sec. 4-2 Special approval required, if applicable. Health-care operations: Clinical laboratories Dentist General medical clinic Optical services and supplies Physicians X-ray clinic Office operations: Business offices Personal care operations: Barber/beautician Child care Dance studio Exercise studio Professional operations: Accountants Actuaries Advertising agency Appraisers Architects Attorneys Banking—financial Communications Insurance adjusters Investigators Investment services Real estate Tax services Retail operations: Artwork and frame shop Appliance dealers Antiques—collectibles Bookstores w/stipulations Bakery Butcher Card shop Carpet and drapes shop Ceramics—pottery Clothiers Coin and stamp Computers and accessories Cosmetics Domestic supplies Electronics Engravers—trophy makers Fabrics Firearms and accessories Flooring	For buildings permitted in R districts: Width: 75 feet. Area: 7,500 sq. ft. For other buildings: Width: 50 feet Area: 5,000 sq. ft.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: 40 feet	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: Front yard: None required. Side yard: None required, unless a side wall of a building is pierced by openings, in which case a side yard not less than 5 feet in width shall be provided adjacent to such wall. Rear yard: Equivalent to 10% of the depth of the plot, which required rear yard, shall not be occupied by any accessory building. Other regulations: (a) Provision shall be made for the retention on the plot of all roof drainage, with adequate drainage structures for the disposal of the same, all in accordance with specifications designated by the village manager. (b) All areas used for the parking of motor vehicles shall be paved in accordance with specifications designated by the village manager.			No requirements, except as specified under rear yard requirements for "other buildings."
B-1				Florist—plants Furniture Gift shop Grocery store Hardware Jewelers Lighting supplies Locksmith Music Pet supply Pharmacy Photographer Sporting goods store Stationary—office supplies Toys, hobbies and crafts store Service and repair operations: Blueprint production Business systems Data processing Dry cleaner—laundry Employment agency Mail service Printing service Store repairing Sign painting Tailoring Telephone store Travel and tour agency The following is a partial list of uses deemed to be not included in the foregoing authorized uses nor in the list of permitted uses in district B-2 zones, as hereinafter set forth, unless expressly authorized: Abortion clinics Adoption services Adult novelties Amusement arcades Bail bonds Bingo halls Car wash Clubhouses and meeting halls Dating service Drug addiction clinic Escort services Funeral services Gasoline—service stations Massage parlor Mechanical repair Modeling agency Movie theaters Pawn shops Pest control services Psychic—palm reader—spiritualist Soup kitchens Storage Used merchandise sale Veterinary clinic
B-1				Notwithstanding the prohibition of bookstores generally, bookstores shall be a permitted and authorized use if, and only if, the following criteria are met: 1. No sale or display of any printed or recorded material which depicts "sexual conduct" as defined in Section 837.001 (1993), Florida Statutes shall be permitted; 2. Such establishments must be spaced no less than 1,000 feet apart, measuring in a straight line, from the nearest property line of any existing bookstore, to the nearest property line of the proposed bookstore; 3. No operation shall be permitted between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.; 4. All such establishments shall require a glass storefront design which allows law enforcement officers to see into the entire sales and display area of the building from patrol vehicles and on foot; 5. There shall be a limitation on window signs and displays within three (3) feet of the windows such that no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the glass area may be obscured; 6. In-store gondolas, displays and aisles shall be aligned so as to allow observation by law enforcement officers from patrol vehicles and on foot; 7. Such establishments shall set minimum lighting levels as 5.0 foot-candles at the task surface for the interior, 5.0 foot-candles for the exterior, and 3.0 foot-candles for parking areas; and such standards shall apply during all hours of operation and be reduced to 1.0 foot-candles for the interior and for other areas after hours; and 8. Such establishments shall be subject to site plan review and special approval by the village council pursuant to the standards and procedures set forth in Article VI, in general, and Section 602, in particular.
B-2	Not applicable.	Masonry	No use of any kind except for restaurants and wine and craft beer cafes shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no building shall be erected or altered in exterior appearance except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI. Site plan review shall be required for the following and shall be referred to the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI for review and the recommendation of the planning and zoning board shall be forwarded to the village council for final determination: 1. Bookstores. 2. Hotels. 3. Outdoor cafes located on public property. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be specifically required for the following: 1. Signs. 2. Video sales and rentals. 3. Outdoor cafes located on private property.	1. All uses permitted in B-1 districts, subject to all limitations therein, except that restaurants in which service is provided primarily at tables or counters entirely within a building may also provide service, except for beer and wine to occupants of motor vehicles standing entirely within the boundaries of the plot on which such restaurant is located and in places designated therefor on the site plan approved for such use, as provided in Article VI. 2. Video sales/rentals w/stipulations. 3. Hotels, subject to the regulations applying to hotels in A-2 districts. 4. Veterinary clinics without boarding facilities. 5. Gasoline stations and minor motor vehicle repair. 6. Establishments for general motor vehicle repair (which may include body work, welding and painting) but only in connection with sales and show rooms for new automobiles and on the same plot therewith. 7. (a) Establishments supplying hourly dry cleaning and similar kinds of cleaning of wearing apparel. (b) All cleaning solutions and detergents used in such establishments shall be odorless and methods of using the same as well as the containers in which they are kept shall be approved by the board of fire underwriters and no noxious fumes or vapors shall be permitted. (c) All such businesses shall be so operated so as not to constitute any public or private nuisance. (d) Every business so conducted shall not employ more than five employees which shall include within its scope the owners and operators of said business, and shall not occupy floor space of more than 1,500 sq. ft. in any one approved location (e) Duly authorized officials of this village shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect the premises of businesses permitted hereunder. 8. Package stores. 9. Food operations: a. Restaurants: Subject to Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, and Sec. 4-2, Special approval required, if applicable. b. Wine and craft beer cafes: Subject to Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, and Sec. 4-2, Special approval required, if applicable.	Same as specified for B-1 districts.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: 50 feet.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI, except that on any plot abutting a state highway, a yard not less than 25 feet in depth or width, as the case may be, shall be provided along the plot line contiguous to such state highway.	No requirement, except as may be designated on or in connection with the site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.
C	Not applicable.	Masonry	All uses permitted in C districts shall conform to standards set forth in Article VI. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be required for the following: 1. New buildings. 2. Additions to buildings. 3. Changes to the façade of buildings. 4. New uses. 5. The expansion in gross square footage of any permitted or any accessory use that would increase the parking requirement. 6. Any change in use except for uses that are the same or less intense than the use it is proposed to replace. 6. Signs. 7. New site plans or alterations to existing site plans.	1. All uses, other than dwellings, that are permitted in R districts. 2. Offices for business or professional use, but not including the retail sale of goods, materials or products, or any place of entertainment or amusement. 3. Storage warehouses for food products, feed, household and garden supplies, or similar goods. 4. Scientific research laboratories. 5. Pharmaceutical laboratories. 6. Cabinet making. 7. Film processing. 8. Manufacture of any of the following: Clocks, watches, handcraft products, novelty products, hearing aides, optical instruments, precision instruments, surgical instruments and dressing. 9. Any use consisting of light fabrication, processing or handling of products, goods or materials that is determined by the planning and zoning board, by a finding made pursuant to a specific application, or by a general rule, and on the basis of such technical information as said board may deem to be necessary, to be similar to the foregoing specifically permitted uses with respect to general character, type of operation, traffic resulting from or in connection with the use, or other features, but not including any dwelling or hotel or any theater or other place of entertainment or amusements, or any use involving the retail sale of any good or products, including the sale of meals, beverages or refreshments. 10. Incidental signs as permitted in Article V. 11. Exercise studios. 12. Health-Care operations: Clinical laboratories Dentist General medical services Optical services and supplies Physicians X-Ray clinics Home health care provider Psychologists Medical diagnostic center Physical therapy	Same as specified for B1 districts.	Same as specified for B-1 districts.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.			Same as specified for B-2 districts.
S-1	No requirement	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be required for universities. Development that is consistent with a campus master plan approved by the planning and zoning board shall not require further review by the planning and zoning board at the time of actual construction.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Universities, including all buildings and uses customarily appurtenant thereto. 3. Signs in connection therewith, are to be subject to the approval of the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI.	35 acres.	Equal to the distance of the building from any street line.	Such yard dimensions as may be shown on a site plan, which need cover only the minimum distance of buildings from street lines, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.			No limitation, except that no accessory building shall be located in any front or side yard.
P	Not applicable.	Masonry		1. Park and recreation facilities owned by the village or by Miami-Dade County.	No requirement.	No requirement.	As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.			No limitation, except that no accessory building shall be located nearer to any street line than the distance of the nearest main building from that street line, except for structures incidental to the operation of a park or country club.
CF	Not applicable.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New buildings. 2. Additions to buildings. 3. Changes to the façade of buildings. 4. New uses. 5. Accessory uses under paragraph 6 of Permitted Uses. 6. The expansion in gross square footage of any permitted or any accessory use that would increase the parking requirement. 7. Any change in use except for uses that are the same or less intense than the use it is proposed to replace. 8. Signs. 9. New site plans or alterations to existing site plans.	1. Public libraries. 2. Village governmental uses. 3. Churches and other places of worship including accessory educational and recreational facilities. 4. Public schools. 5. Subject to Special Approval by the Village Council: (a) Private elementary and secondary schools. (b) Public utility installations to serve the Village. 6. Subject to site plan approval by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI: (a) One accessory dwelling of not less than 400 sq. ft. and not more than 1,000 sq. ft. or fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area of the church or other place of worship in which it is located, whichever is less, (b) An accessory rectory, convent or monastery located on the same plot as the church or other place of worship. (c) An accessory office to a church or other place of worship may be located in a single-family detached dwelling provided there are no exterior modifications to such dwellings or indications that the structure is other than a single-family detached dwelling	2.5 acres for churches and schools. Otherwise no requirement.	40 ft. except spires and cupolas are exempt.	Same as P district.			Same as P district.
PK	Not applicable	Masonry	No parking lot or parking structure shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no parking lot or building shall be constructed or altered except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.	1. Parking lots, and parking structures subject in each case to approval of a site plan thereof by the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI.	No requirement, not applicable.	40 ft.

(Ord. No. 700-13, § 1(App. A), 5-7-13; Ord. No. 711-15, § 1, 11-3-15; Ord. No. 733-17, § 1, 2-7-17; Ord. No. 2023-02, § 2, 4-4-23; Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24; Ord. No. 2025-04, § 2, 3-4-25)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, adopted July 16, 2024, moved the Schedule of Regulations, which was previously unnumbered, into a newly-adopted § 411. All historical notations that previously existed following the Schedule of Regulations were realigned to either accompany § 410 or § 411, depending on which section they had impacted.

Footnotes:

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Properties located in the One-family Residential (R) districts shall also be subject to the regulations established in section 412 of Appendix A.

Sec. 412. - Development standards.

The following additional development standards shall be applicable to properties located within the One-family Residential (R) districts.

(1)

Maximum lot coverage: 40 percent for a one-story structure and 30 percent for a two-story structure.

(2)

Maximum impervious surface: 55 percent impervious, 45 percent pervious.

(3)

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.45.

(4)

Required yard: Maximum 80 percent of front façade is allowed to be built to the minimum front yard depth, with the front yard depth of the remaining 20 percent of the front façade set back an additional five feet.

(5)

Step backs: Additional step back of six feet for second story on both front and side yards. The vertical plane of the front façade(s) of the second story, including balconies, shall not exceed 65 percent of the allowable façade width.

This subsection shall not be applicable to:

(1)

Additions to one-family dwellings that were in existence as of the date of adoption of this section, if those additions total less than 50 percent of the existing floor area of the one-family dwelling.

(2)

A front or side façade of any one-family dwelling that is at least six feet back from the applicable yard depth.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Miami Shores City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS

Sec. 400.- Schedule of regulations adopted.

Sec. 401. - Compliance with schedule of regulations generally.

Sec. 402. - Compliance with cubage restrictions, and subdivision minimums.

(a)

(b)

(Ord. No. 2018-09, § 1, 5-1-18)

Sec. 403. - Compliance with height restrictions.

No building shall hereafter be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit designated in said schedule for the district in which such building is located.

Sec. 404. - Compliance with space and area restrictions.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Sec. 406. - Reduction of plot area so as to provide for smaller yard or open space prohibited.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Sec. 407. - Yard or open space contiguous to building not considered as providing yard or open space for another building.

Sec. 408. - Yard or open space on one plot not considered as providing yard or open space on another plot.

No yard or other open space provided on one plot for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as providing a yard or open space required on any other plot.

Sec. 409. - Required yards.

Yards identified as required yards shall be the minimum required open space for front, rear, and side yards, as distinguished from any yard area in excess of the minimum required.

Required yards for waterfront properties' shall be regulated by Division 15, Waterfront Lands, Section 534(4) Development.

Sec. 410. - Building permits.

(Ord. No. 700-13, § 1(App. A), 5-7-13; Ord. No. 2018-15, § 1, 9-17-18; Ord. No. 2018-16, § 1, 9-17-18)

Sec. 411. - Schedule of regulations.[5]

SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS

Being a Part of Article IV of the Miami Shores Village Zoning Ordinance No. 270

District	Minimum Building Cubage for Dwellings	Construction	Site Plan Review Required By the Planning Board as Provided in Article VI.	Permitted Uses	District	Maximum Building Height	Required Front Yard Depth, and further subject to additional requirements for arterial and collector streets.	Required Side Yards: Two required (except as otherwise specified below) each having the minimum width specified below.	Required Rear Yard Depth	Accessory Buildings
R-35 R-30 R-28 R-26 R-25 R-23 R-22.5 R-21 R-20 R-18.5 R-17.5 R-16.5 R-15.5 R-15 R-14.25 R-13 R-12.5	35,000 cubic feet 30,000 cubic feet 28,000 cubic feet 26,000 cubic feet 25,000 cubic feet 23,000 cubic feet 22,500 cubic feet 21,000 cubic feet 20,000 cubic feet 18,500 cubic feet 17,500 cubic feet 16,500 cubic feet 15,500 cubic feet 15,000 cubic feet 14,250 cubic feet 13,000 cubic feet 12,500 cubic feet	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New dwellings. 2. Additions to dwellings. 3. Cabanas. 4. Garages, storage buildings and all similar structures except utility sheds permitted under Sec. 516(5). 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Changes to the façade of single-family dwellings. 7. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 8. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 9. Any permitted accessory structure located within the required 15 feet shoreline setback. 10. Pools and pool decks in the front yard that are otherwise permitted by this ordinance.	1. One-family dwellings—but not more than one dwelling on any one plot. 2. Parks, playgrounds and other lands and reservations owned and operated by the village, including all uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including any place for the storage of other than passenger vehicles, or of construction materials or equipment for use other than on the same parcel of land. 3. Home occupation and professional offices. 4. Any use consisting of the tilling of the soil, but not any use including any commercial greenhouse or the keeping of any livestock other than domestic pets and as otherwise regulated by Sec. 501. 5. Incidental signs as provided in Article V. 6. Commercial picture origination of television or films, including both motion and still pictures, when authorized by license from Miami Shores Village Ordinances with reference to license costs, hours of permitted activities, and other appropriate conditions. The following is a partial list of uses deemed to be not included in the foregoing authorized uses nor in the list of permitted uses in the districts, as hereinafter set forth, unless expressly authorized: 1. Guest houses. 2. Accessory dwellings. 3. Kitchens or bedrooms in accessory structures. 4. More than one kitchen per dwelling.	Width: 75 feet Area: 7,500 sq. ft.	For dwellings: 2 stories, and shall not exceed 30 ft. measured from the minimum grade of the plot or when located in a flood zone, the minimum finished floor elevation as established by FEMA. For other buildings: 40 ft., excepting, for all buildings, the features specified in Article V and subject to the conditions set forth therein. Accessory buildings: Not to exceed the height of the dwelling located on the same plot. Swimming pools are not permitted in any required front yard For other buildings: Same as for dwellings. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	For dwellings: Equivalent to the median of the depths of existing front yards in the same block and lying within a distance of 100 ft. on each side, but not less than 25 ft. or necessarily greater than 35 ft.; or 25 ft. if not more than one building exists within said 100 ft. on each side.	For dwellings: 10 ft., except that on a corner plot the rear line of which adjoins the side line of a plot to the rear, the side yard on the street side shall have a width of not less than 15 ft. For swimming pools: From the inside face of pool wall to the plot line there shall be a 12½-ft. minimum setback; from the pool deck or screen enclosure to the lot line there shall be a 10-ft. minimum setback. The shoreline setback for accessory structures shall not apply to pools, their decks or screen enclosures. For other buildings or structures: Same as for dwellings unless otherwise specified in this code of ordinances. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	For dwellings: 15 ft. For swimming pools: From the inside face of pool wall to the lot line there shall be a 7½-ft. minimum setback; from the pool deck or screen enclosure to the lot line there shall be a 5-ft. minimum setback. The shoreline setback for accessory structures shall not apply to pools, their decks or screen enclosures. For other buildings or structures: Same as for dwellings unless otherwise specified in this code of ordinances. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	The floor area of all roofed accessory structures shall not exceed the floor area of the dwelling on the same plot and may be further restricted by plot coverage regulation Location: In rear yard only as defined in Sec. 201, not less than 15 ft. from the main building and not less than 10 ft. from any plot line of contiguous plot that bounds a side or front yard or not less than 5 ft. from any other plot line; provided that on a corner plot the rear line of which adjoins a side line of a plot to the rear, no accessory building shall be located nearer to the side street line than a distance equal to the depth of front yard required on the plot to the rear, provided further, that a swimming pool enclosure may be located in any side yard but not less than 10 ft. from the side plot line; provided further, that no door of an accessory building opening on an alley shall be located not less than 20 ft. from the center thereof. Accessory building shoreline setback; 15 ft. Coverage: Not more than 20% of the area of a rear yard, shall be covered by roofed structures with roofs that are more than 50 percent open to the sky, except that fabric or metal roofed structures permitted under Sec. 523.1(9) that are attached to the dwelling need not be included in computing said coverage. Fences, walls and hedges shall conform to the provisions of Article V.
A-1	For one-family dwellings: In each block, the same as specified for the nearest adjacent R district, or the least of such foregoing requirements if they differ. For multifamily dwellings: No requirement.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New one-family, multi-family dwellings and dwelling groups. 2. Changes to the façade of one-family and multi-family dwellings. 3. Additions to multi-family dwellings and residences in dwelling groups or modifications to site plans. 4. Accessory cabanas, garages and similar structures. 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 7. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 8. Any structure located within 5 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Multifamily dwellings and dwelling groups.	Width: 75 feet Area: 7,500 sq. ft., with a construction limitation of 1 square foot of floor area for each 2 square feet of plot area (Floor Area Ratio of .5), but not less than the following area for each dwelling unit located on the plat, computed in accordance with the following room count per dwelling unit: Lot Area No. of per Dwell- Rooms ing Unit 1 1,400 sq. ft. 2 1,800 sq. ft. 3 2,200 sq. ft. 4 or more 2,600 sq. ft.	Same as specified for R districts.	For dwellings of all types: 25 feet For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.	For one-family dwellings: Same as specified for dwellings in R districts For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.	For one-family dwellings: Same as specified for dwellings in R districts. For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.
A-2	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New one-family, multi-family dwellings and dwelling groups. 2. Changes to the façade of one-family and multi-family dwellings. 3. Additions to multi-family dwellings and residences in dwelling groups or modifications to site plans. 4. Accessory cabanas, garages and similar structures. 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 7. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 8. Any structure located within 5 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties. 9. Hotels.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Multifamily dwellings and dwelling groups. 3. Hotels, subject in each case to the requirements of Sec 543 and to all other applicable provisions of this code of ordinances.	Width: 75 feet. Area: 7,500 sq. ft., with a construction limitation of 1 square foot of floor area for each 2 square feet of plot area (Floor Area Ratio of .5)	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.
CR	For development standards, see Article V, Division 25, Community Residential District
PRO	Not applicable.	Masonry	See under Permitted uses for site plan requirements.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein as a use by right. 2. Office buildings of a residential type of architecture in exterior design, as a matter of right if for the use of doctors, dentists, lawyers, engineers, surveyors, abstract title companies, accountants, actuaries, insurance adjusters, auditors, insurance and bonds, manufacturers' agents, and similar uses that may be approved by the village council, but not for clinics or for treatment involving overnight care, and not including ambulance service. In all cases the site plan, design of building and display of signs in connection therewith, are to be subject to the approval of the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI. 3. By special approval of village council after site plan approval by the planning and zoning board in accordance with Article VI, other office uses in structures of nonresidential or residential architecture. Such uses shall not include display, storage or handling of merchandise on the premises However, retail and service facilities may be permitted within an office building such as barber shops, beauty shops, newsstands, and retail stores for sale of books, gifts, flowers, tobacco, drugs and sundries. Such uses shall occupy no more than 25% of the floor space of the building.		Same as specified for R districts.		For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: One story: 20 feet.	For uses permitted in R districts: All regulations applying to yards and accessory buildings shall be the same as specified for R districts. For other uses: Same as specified for R districts, except that if a building or group of buildings occupies a plot or plots surrounded on at least three sides by streets, the requirements as to yards and as to location of accessory buildings shall be as specified on a site plan for such building or group, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.
B-1	Not applicable.	Masonry	No use of any kind except for restaurants and wine and craft beer cafes shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no building shall be erected or altered in exterior appearance except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI. Site plan approval shall be required for the following and shall be referred to the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI for review and the recommendation. The planning and zoning board recommendation shall be forwarded to the village council for final determination: 1. Bookstores. 2. Outdoor cafes located on public property. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI is specifically required for the following: 1. Signs 2. Outdoor cafes located on private property. 3. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 4. Any structure located within 15 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties.	Food operations Restaurants: Subject to Chapter 4 Alcoholic Beverages and Sec. 4-2 Special approval required, if applicable. Cafeterias Catering services Take-out food service Wine and craft beer cafes: Subject to Chapter 4 Alcoholic Beverages and Sec. 4-2 Special approval required, if applicable. Health-care operations: Clinical laboratories Dentist General medical clinic Optical services and supplies Physicians X-ray clinic Office operations: Business offices Personal care operations: Barber/beautician Child care Dance studio Exercise studio Professional operations: Accountants Actuaries Advertising agency Appraisers Architects Attorneys Banking—financial Communications Insurance adjusters Investigators Investment services Real estate Tax services Retail operations: Artwork and frame shop Appliance dealers Antiques—collectibles Bookstores w/stipulations Bakery Butcher Card shop Carpet and drapes shop Ceramics—pottery Clothiers Coin and stamp Computers and accessories Cosmetics Domestic supplies Electronics Engravers—trophy makers Fabrics Firearms and accessories Flooring	For buildings permitted in R districts: Width: 75 feet. Area: 7,500 sq. ft. For other buildings: Width: 50 feet Area: 5,000 sq. ft.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: 40 feet	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: Front yard: None required. Side yard: None required, unless a side wall of a building is pierced by openings, in which case a side yard not less than 5 feet in width shall be provided adjacent to such wall. Rear yard: Equivalent to 10% of the depth of the plot, which required rear yard, shall not be occupied by any accessory building. Other regulations: (a) Provision shall be made for the retention on the plot of all roof drainage, with adequate drainage structures for the disposal of the same, all in accordance with specifications designated by the village manager. (b) All areas used for the parking of motor vehicles shall be paved in accordance with specifications designated by the village manager.			No requirements, except as specified under rear yard requirements for "other buildings."
B-1				Florist—plants Furniture Gift shop Grocery store Hardware Jewelers Lighting supplies Locksmith Music Pet supply Pharmacy Photographer Sporting goods store Stationary—office supplies Toys, hobbies and crafts store Service and repair operations: Blueprint production Business systems Data processing Dry cleaner—laundry Employment agency Mail service Printing service Store repairing Sign painting Tailoring Telephone store Travel and tour agency The following is a partial list of uses deemed to be not included in the foregoing authorized uses nor in the list of permitted uses in district B-2 zones, as hereinafter set forth, unless expressly authorized: Abortion clinics Adoption services Adult novelties Amusement arcades Bail bonds Bingo halls Car wash Clubhouses and meeting halls Dating service Drug addiction clinic Escort services Funeral services Gasoline—service stations Massage parlor Mechanical repair Modeling agency Movie theaters Pawn shops Pest control services Psychic—palm reader—spiritualist Soup kitchens Storage Used merchandise sale Veterinary clinic
B-1				Notwithstanding the prohibition of bookstores generally, bookstores shall be a permitted and authorized use if, and only if, the following criteria are met: 1. No sale or display of any printed or recorded material which depicts "sexual conduct" as defined in Section 837.001 (1993), Florida Statutes shall be permitted; 2. Such establishments must be spaced no less than 1,000 feet apart, measuring in a straight line, from the nearest property line of any existing bookstore, to the nearest property line of the proposed bookstore; 3. No operation shall be permitted between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.; 4. All such establishments shall require a glass storefront design which allows law enforcement officers to see into the entire sales and display area of the building from patrol vehicles and on foot; 5. There shall be a limitation on window signs and displays within three (3) feet of the windows such that no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the glass area may be obscured; 6. In-store gondolas, displays and aisles shall be aligned so as to allow observation by law enforcement officers from patrol vehicles and on foot; 7. Such establishments shall set minimum lighting levels as 5.0 foot-candles at the task surface for the interior, 5.0 foot-candles for the exterior, and 3.0 foot-candles for parking areas; and such standards shall apply during all hours of operation and be reduced to 1.0 foot-candles for the interior and for other areas after hours; and 8. Such establishments shall be subject to site plan review and special approval by the village council pursuant to the standards and procedures set forth in Article VI, in general, and Section 602, in particular.
B-2	Not applicable.	Masonry	No use of any kind except for restaurants and wine and craft beer cafes shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no building shall be erected or altered in exterior appearance except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI. Site plan review shall be required for the following and shall be referred to the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI for review and the recommendation of the planning and zoning board shall be forwarded to the village council for final determination: 1. Bookstores. 2. Hotels. 3. Outdoor cafes located on public property. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be specifically required for the following: 1. Signs. 2. Video sales and rentals. 3. Outdoor cafes located on private property.	1. All uses permitted in B-1 districts, subject to all limitations therein, except that restaurants in which service is provided primarily at tables or counters entirely within a building may also provide service, except for beer and wine to occupants of motor vehicles standing entirely within the boundaries of the plot on which such restaurant is located and in places designated therefor on the site plan approved for such use, as provided in Article VI. 2. Video sales/rentals w/stipulations. 3. Hotels, subject to the regulations applying to hotels in A-2 districts. 4. Veterinary clinics without boarding facilities. 5. Gasoline stations and minor motor vehicle repair. 6. Establishments for general motor vehicle repair (which may include body work, welding and painting) but only in connection with sales and show rooms for new automobiles and on the same plot therewith. 7. (a) Establishments supplying hourly dry cleaning and similar kinds of cleaning of wearing apparel. (b) All cleaning solutions and detergents used in such establishments shall be odorless and methods of using the same as well as the containers in which they are kept shall be approved by the board of fire underwriters and no noxious fumes or vapors shall be permitted. (c) All such businesses shall be so operated so as not to constitute any public or private nuisance. (d) Every business so conducted shall not employ more than five employees which shall include within its scope the owners and operators of said business, and shall not occupy floor space of more than 1,500 sq. ft. in any one approved location (e) Duly authorized officials of this village shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect the premises of businesses permitted hereunder. 8. Package stores. 9. Food operations: a. Restaurants: Subject to Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, and Sec. 4-2, Special approval required, if applicable. b. Wine and craft beer cafes: Subject to Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, and Sec. 4-2, Special approval required, if applicable.	Same as specified for B-1 districts.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: 50 feet.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI, except that on any plot abutting a state highway, a yard not less than 25 feet in depth or width, as the case may be, shall be provided along the plot line contiguous to such state highway.	No requirement, except as may be designated on or in connection with the site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.
C	Not applicable.	Masonry	All uses permitted in C districts shall conform to standards set forth in Article VI. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be required for the following: 1. New buildings. 2. Additions to buildings. 3. Changes to the façade of buildings. 4. New uses. 5. The expansion in gross square footage of any permitted or any accessory use that would increase the parking requirement. 6. Any change in use except for uses that are the same or less intense than the use it is proposed to replace. 6. Signs. 7. New site plans or alterations to existing site plans.	1. All uses, other than dwellings, that are permitted in R districts. 2. Offices for business or professional use, but not including the retail sale of goods, materials or products, or any place of entertainment or amusement. 3. Storage warehouses for food products, feed, household and garden supplies, or similar goods. 4. Scientific research laboratories. 5. Pharmaceutical laboratories. 6. Cabinet making. 7. Film processing. 8. Manufacture of any of the following: Clocks, watches, handcraft products, novelty products, hearing aides, optical instruments, precision instruments, surgical instruments and dressing. 9. Any use consisting of light fabrication, processing or handling of products, goods or materials that is determined by the planning and zoning board, by a finding made pursuant to a specific application, or by a general rule, and on the basis of such technical information as said board may deem to be necessary, to be similar to the foregoing specifically permitted uses with respect to general character, type of operation, traffic resulting from or in connection with the use, or other features, but not including any dwelling or hotel or any theater or other place of entertainment or amusements, or any use involving the retail sale of any good or products, including the sale of meals, beverages or refreshments. 10. Incidental signs as permitted in Article V. 11. Exercise studios. 12. Health-Care operations: Clinical laboratories Dentist General medical services Optical services and supplies Physicians X-Ray clinics Home health care provider Psychologists Medical diagnostic center Physical therapy	Same as specified for B1 districts.	Same as specified for B-1 districts.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.			Same as specified for B-2 districts.
S-1	No requirement	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be required for universities. Development that is consistent with a campus master plan approved by the planning and zoning board shall not require further review by the planning and zoning board at the time of actual construction.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Universities, including all buildings and uses customarily appurtenant thereto. 3. Signs in connection therewith, are to be subject to the approval of the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI.	35 acres.	Equal to the distance of the building from any street line.	Such yard dimensions as may be shown on a site plan, which need cover only the minimum distance of buildings from street lines, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.			No limitation, except that no accessory building shall be located in any front or side yard.
P	Not applicable.	Masonry		1. Park and recreation facilities owned by the village or by Miami-Dade County.	No requirement.	No requirement.	As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.			No limitation, except that no accessory building shall be located nearer to any street line than the distance of the nearest main building from that street line, except for structures incidental to the operation of a park or country club.
CF	Not applicable.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New buildings. 2. Additions to buildings. 3. Changes to the façade of buildings. 4. New uses. 5. Accessory uses under paragraph 6 of Permitted Uses. 6. The expansion in gross square footage of any permitted or any accessory use that would increase the parking requirement. 7. Any change in use except for uses that are the same or less intense than the use it is proposed to replace. 8. Signs. 9. New site plans or alterations to existing site plans.	1. Public libraries. 2. Village governmental uses. 3. Churches and other places of worship including accessory educational and recreational facilities. 4. Public schools. 5. Subject to Special Approval by the Village Council: (a) Private elementary and secondary schools. (b) Public utility installations to serve the Village. 6. Subject to site plan approval by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI: (a) One accessory dwelling of not less than 400 sq. ft. and not more than 1,000 sq. ft. or fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area of the church or other place of worship in which it is located, whichever is less, (b) An accessory rectory, convent or monastery located on the same plot as the church or other place of worship. (c) An accessory office to a church or other place of worship may be located in a single-family detached dwelling provided there are no exterior modifications to such dwellings or indications that the structure is other than a single-family detached dwelling	2.5 acres for churches and schools. Otherwise no requirement.	40 ft. except spires and cupolas are exempt.	Same as P district.			Same as P district.
PK	Not applicable	Masonry	No parking lot or parking structure shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no parking lot or building shall be constructed or altered except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.	1. Parking lots, and parking structures subject in each case to approval of a site plan thereof by the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI.	No requirement, not applicable.	40 ft.

(Ord. No. 700-13, § 1(App. A), 5-7-13; Ord. No. 711-15, § 1, 11-3-15; Ord. No. 733-17, § 1, 2-7-17; Ord. No. 2023-02, § 2, 4-4-23; Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24; Ord. No. 2025-04, § 2, 3-4-25)

Footnotes:

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Properties located in the One-family Residential (R) districts shall also be subject to the regulations established in section 412 of Appendix A.

Sec. 412. - Development standards.

The following additional development standards shall be applicable to properties located within the One-family Residential (R) districts.

(1)

Maximum lot coverage: 40 percent for a one-story structure and 30 percent for a two-story structure.

(2)

Maximum impervious surface: 55 percent impervious, 45 percent pervious.

(3)

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.45.

(4)

(5)

This subsection shall not be applicable to:

(1)

(2)

A front or side façade of any one-family dwelling that is at least six feet back from the applicable yard depth.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Miami Shores City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS

Sec. 400.- Schedule of regulations adopted.

Sec. 401. - Compliance with schedule of regulations generally.

Sec. 402. - Compliance with cubage restrictions, and subdivision minimums.

(a)

(b)

(Ord. No. 2018-09, § 1, 5-1-18)

Sec. 403. - Compliance with height restrictions.

No building shall hereafter be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit designated in said schedule for the district in which such building is located.

Sec. 404. - Compliance with space and area restrictions.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Sec. 406. - Reduction of plot area so as to provide for smaller yard or open space prohibited.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)

Sec. 407. - Yard or open space contiguous to building not considered as providing yard or open space for another building.

Sec. 408. - Yard or open space on one plot not considered as providing yard or open space on another plot.

No yard or other open space provided on one plot for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as providing a yard or open space required on any other plot.

Sec. 409. - Required yards.

Yards identified as required yards shall be the minimum required open space for front, rear, and side yards, as distinguished from any yard area in excess of the minimum required.

Required yards for waterfront properties' shall be regulated by Division 15, Waterfront Lands, Section 534(4) Development.

Sec. 410. - Building permits.

(Ord. No. 700-13, § 1(App. A), 5-7-13; Ord. No. 2018-15, § 1, 9-17-18; Ord. No. 2018-16, § 1, 9-17-18)

Sec. 411. - Schedule of regulations.[5]

SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS

Being a Part of Article IV of the Miami Shores Village Zoning Ordinance No. 270

District	Minimum Building Cubage for Dwellings	Construction	Site Plan Review Required By the Planning Board as Provided in Article VI.	Permitted Uses	District	Maximum Building Height	Required Front Yard Depth, and further subject to additional requirements for arterial and collector streets.	Required Side Yards: Two required (except as otherwise specified below) each having the minimum width specified below.	Required Rear Yard Depth	Accessory Buildings
R-35 R-30 R-28 R-26 R-25 R-23 R-22.5 R-21 R-20 R-18.5 R-17.5 R-16.5 R-15.5 R-15 R-14.25 R-13 R-12.5	35,000 cubic feet 30,000 cubic feet 28,000 cubic feet 26,000 cubic feet 25,000 cubic feet 23,000 cubic feet 22,500 cubic feet 21,000 cubic feet 20,000 cubic feet 18,500 cubic feet 17,500 cubic feet 16,500 cubic feet 15,500 cubic feet 15,000 cubic feet 14,250 cubic feet 13,000 cubic feet 12,500 cubic feet	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New dwellings. 2. Additions to dwellings. 3. Cabanas. 4. Garages, storage buildings and all similar structures except utility sheds permitted under Sec. 516(5). 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Changes to the façade of single-family dwellings. 7. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 8. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 9. Any permitted accessory structure located within the required 15 feet shoreline setback. 10. Pools and pool decks in the front yard that are otherwise permitted by this ordinance.	1. One-family dwellings—but not more than one dwelling on any one plot. 2. Parks, playgrounds and other lands and reservations owned and operated by the village, including all uses customarily incidental thereto, but not including any place for the storage of other than passenger vehicles, or of construction materials or equipment for use other than on the same parcel of land. 3. Home occupation and professional offices. 4. Any use consisting of the tilling of the soil, but not any use including any commercial greenhouse or the keeping of any livestock other than domestic pets and as otherwise regulated by Sec. 501. 5. Incidental signs as provided in Article V. 6. Commercial picture origination of television or films, including both motion and still pictures, when authorized by license from Miami Shores Village Ordinances with reference to license costs, hours of permitted activities, and other appropriate conditions. The following is a partial list of uses deemed to be not included in the foregoing authorized uses nor in the list of permitted uses in the districts, as hereinafter set forth, unless expressly authorized: 1. Guest houses. 2. Accessory dwellings. 3. Kitchens or bedrooms in accessory structures. 4. More than one kitchen per dwelling.	Width: 75 feet Area: 7,500 sq. ft.	For dwellings: 2 stories, and shall not exceed 30 ft. measured from the minimum grade of the plot or when located in a flood zone, the minimum finished floor elevation as established by FEMA. For other buildings: 40 ft., excepting, for all buildings, the features specified in Article V and subject to the conditions set forth therein. Accessory buildings: Not to exceed the height of the dwelling located on the same plot. Swimming pools are not permitted in any required front yard For other buildings: Same as for dwellings. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	For dwellings: Equivalent to the median of the depths of existing front yards in the same block and lying within a distance of 100 ft. on each side, but not less than 25 ft. or necessarily greater than 35 ft.; or 25 ft. if not more than one building exists within said 100 ft. on each side.	For dwellings: 10 ft., except that on a corner plot the rear line of which adjoins the side line of a plot to the rear, the side yard on the street side shall have a width of not less than 15 ft. For swimming pools: From the inside face of pool wall to the plot line there shall be a 12½-ft. minimum setback; from the pool deck or screen enclosure to the lot line there shall be a 10-ft. minimum setback. The shoreline setback for accessory structures shall not apply to pools, their decks or screen enclosures. For other buildings or structures: Same as for dwellings unless otherwise specified in this code of ordinances. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	For dwellings: 15 ft. For swimming pools: From the inside face of pool wall to the lot line there shall be a 7½-ft. minimum setback; from the pool deck or screen enclosure to the lot line there shall be a 5-ft. minimum setback. The shoreline setback for accessory structures shall not apply to pools, their decks or screen enclosures. For other buildings or structures: Same as for dwellings unless otherwise specified in this code of ordinances. Provided as follows with respect to other buildings: (a) If a building occupies a plot surrounded on at least 3 sides by streets, the yards adjacent to such streets shall have such dimensions as are specified on a site plan for such building, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Section VI.	The floor area of all roofed accessory structures shall not exceed the floor area of the dwelling on the same plot and may be further restricted by plot coverage regulation Location: In rear yard only as defined in Sec. 201, not less than 15 ft. from the main building and not less than 10 ft. from any plot line of contiguous plot that bounds a side or front yard or not less than 5 ft. from any other plot line; provided that on a corner plot the rear line of which adjoins a side line of a plot to the rear, no accessory building shall be located nearer to the side street line than a distance equal to the depth of front yard required on the plot to the rear, provided further, that a swimming pool enclosure may be located in any side yard but not less than 10 ft. from the side plot line; provided further, that no door of an accessory building opening on an alley shall be located not less than 20 ft. from the center thereof. Accessory building shoreline setback; 15 ft. Coverage: Not more than 20% of the area of a rear yard, shall be covered by roofed structures with roofs that are more than 50 percent open to the sky, except that fabric or metal roofed structures permitted under Sec. 523.1(9) that are attached to the dwelling need not be included in computing said coverage. Fences, walls and hedges shall conform to the provisions of Article V.
A-1	For one-family dwellings: In each block, the same as specified for the nearest adjacent R district, or the least of such foregoing requirements if they differ. For multifamily dwellings: No requirement.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New one-family, multi-family dwellings and dwelling groups. 2. Changes to the façade of one-family and multi-family dwellings. 3. Additions to multi-family dwellings and residences in dwelling groups or modifications to site plans. 4. Accessory cabanas, garages and similar structures. 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 7. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 8. Any structure located within 5 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Multifamily dwellings and dwelling groups.	Width: 75 feet Area: 7,500 sq. ft., with a construction limitation of 1 square foot of floor area for each 2 square feet of plot area (Floor Area Ratio of .5), but not less than the following area for each dwelling unit located on the plat, computed in accordance with the following room count per dwelling unit: Lot Area No. of per Dwell- Rooms ing Unit 1 1,400 sq. ft. 2 1,800 sq. ft. 3 2,200 sq. ft. 4 or more 2,600 sq. ft.	Same as specified for R districts.	For dwellings of all types: 25 feet For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.	For one-family dwellings: Same as specified for dwellings in R districts For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.	For one-family dwellings: Same as specified for dwellings in R districts. For other buildings: Same as specified for "other buildings" in R districts.
A-2	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New one-family, multi-family dwellings and dwelling groups. 2. Changes to the façade of one-family and multi-family dwellings. 3. Additions to multi-family dwellings and residences in dwelling groups or modifications to site plans. 4. Accessory cabanas, garages and similar structures. 5. Conversion of garages, cabanas or storage structures to living space. 6. Metal roofs and metal roof color on single-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings and accessory buildings. 7. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 8. Any structure located within 5 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties. 9. Hotels.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Multifamily dwellings and dwelling groups. 3. Hotels, subject in each case to the requirements of Sec 543 and to all other applicable provisions of this code of ordinances.	Width: 75 feet. Area: 7,500 sq. ft., with a construction limitation of 1 square foot of floor area for each 2 square feet of plot area (Floor Area Ratio of .5)	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.	Same as specified for A-1 districts.
CR	For development standards, see Article V, Division 25, Community Residential District
PRO	Not applicable.	Masonry	See under Permitted uses for site plan requirements.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein as a use by right. 2. Office buildings of a residential type of architecture in exterior design, as a matter of right if for the use of doctors, dentists, lawyers, engineers, surveyors, abstract title companies, accountants, actuaries, insurance adjusters, auditors, insurance and bonds, manufacturers' agents, and similar uses that may be approved by the village council, but not for clinics or for treatment involving overnight care, and not including ambulance service. In all cases the site plan, design of building and display of signs in connection therewith, are to be subject to the approval of the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI. 3. By special approval of village council after site plan approval by the planning and zoning board in accordance with Article VI, other office uses in structures of nonresidential or residential architecture. Such uses shall not include display, storage or handling of merchandise on the premises However, retail and service facilities may be permitted within an office building such as barber shops, beauty shops, newsstands, and retail stores for sale of books, gifts, flowers, tobacco, drugs and sundries. Such uses shall occupy no more than 25% of the floor space of the building.		Same as specified for R districts.		For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: One story: 20 feet.	For uses permitted in R districts: All regulations applying to yards and accessory buildings shall be the same as specified for R districts. For other uses: Same as specified for R districts, except that if a building or group of buildings occupies a plot or plots surrounded on at least three sides by streets, the requirements as to yards and as to location of accessory buildings shall be as specified on a site plan for such building or group, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.
B-1	Not applicable.	Masonry	No use of any kind except for restaurants and wine and craft beer cafes shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no building shall be erected or altered in exterior appearance except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI. Site plan approval shall be required for the following and shall be referred to the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI for review and the recommendation. The planning and zoning board recommendation shall be forwarded to the village council for final determination: 1. Bookstores. 2. Outdoor cafes located on public property. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI is specifically required for the following: 1. Signs 2. Outdoor cafes located on private property. 3. Docks, davits and boat lifts. 4. Any structure located within 15 feet of the rear or side plot line on shoreline properties.	Food operations Restaurants: Subject to Chapter 4 Alcoholic Beverages and Sec. 4-2 Special approval required, if applicable. Cafeterias Catering services Take-out food service Wine and craft beer cafes: Subject to Chapter 4 Alcoholic Beverages and Sec. 4-2 Special approval required, if applicable. Health-care operations: Clinical laboratories Dentist General medical clinic Optical services and supplies Physicians X-ray clinic Office operations: Business offices Personal care operations: Barber/beautician Child care Dance studio Exercise studio Professional operations: Accountants Actuaries Advertising agency Appraisers Architects Attorneys Banking—financial Communications Insurance adjusters Investigators Investment services Real estate Tax services Retail operations: Artwork and frame shop Appliance dealers Antiques—collectibles Bookstores w/stipulations Bakery Butcher Card shop Carpet and drapes shop Ceramics—pottery Clothiers Coin and stamp Computers and accessories Cosmetics Domestic supplies Electronics Engravers—trophy makers Fabrics Firearms and accessories Flooring	For buildings permitted in R districts: Width: 75 feet. Area: 7,500 sq. ft. For other buildings: Width: 50 feet Area: 5,000 sq. ft.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: 40 feet	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: Front yard: None required. Side yard: None required, unless a side wall of a building is pierced by openings, in which case a side yard not less than 5 feet in width shall be provided adjacent to such wall. Rear yard: Equivalent to 10% of the depth of the plot, which required rear yard, shall not be occupied by any accessory building. Other regulations: (a) Provision shall be made for the retention on the plot of all roof drainage, with adequate drainage structures for the disposal of the same, all in accordance with specifications designated by the village manager. (b) All areas used for the parking of motor vehicles shall be paved in accordance with specifications designated by the village manager.			No requirements, except as specified under rear yard requirements for "other buildings."
B-1				Florist—plants Furniture Gift shop Grocery store Hardware Jewelers Lighting supplies Locksmith Music Pet supply Pharmacy Photographer Sporting goods store Stationary—office supplies Toys, hobbies and crafts store Service and repair operations: Blueprint production Business systems Data processing Dry cleaner—laundry Employment agency Mail service Printing service Store repairing Sign painting Tailoring Telephone store Travel and tour agency The following is a partial list of uses deemed to be not included in the foregoing authorized uses nor in the list of permitted uses in district B-2 zones, as hereinafter set forth, unless expressly authorized: Abortion clinics Adoption services Adult novelties Amusement arcades Bail bonds Bingo halls Car wash Clubhouses and meeting halls Dating service Drug addiction clinic Escort services Funeral services Gasoline—service stations Massage parlor Mechanical repair Modeling agency Movie theaters Pawn shops Pest control services Psychic—palm reader—spiritualist Soup kitchens Storage Used merchandise sale Veterinary clinic
B-1				Notwithstanding the prohibition of bookstores generally, bookstores shall be a permitted and authorized use if, and only if, the following criteria are met: 1. No sale or display of any printed or recorded material which depicts "sexual conduct" as defined in Section 837.001 (1993), Florida Statutes shall be permitted; 2. Such establishments must be spaced no less than 1,000 feet apart, measuring in a straight line, from the nearest property line of any existing bookstore, to the nearest property line of the proposed bookstore; 3. No operation shall be permitted between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.; 4. All such establishments shall require a glass storefront design which allows law enforcement officers to see into the entire sales and display area of the building from patrol vehicles and on foot; 5. There shall be a limitation on window signs and displays within three (3) feet of the windows such that no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the glass area may be obscured; 6. In-store gondolas, displays and aisles shall be aligned so as to allow observation by law enforcement officers from patrol vehicles and on foot; 7. Such establishments shall set minimum lighting levels as 5.0 foot-candles at the task surface for the interior, 5.0 foot-candles for the exterior, and 3.0 foot-candles for parking areas; and such standards shall apply during all hours of operation and be reduced to 1.0 foot-candles for the interior and for other areas after hours; and 8. Such establishments shall be subject to site plan review and special approval by the village council pursuant to the standards and procedures set forth in Article VI, in general, and Section 602, in particular.
B-2	Not applicable.	Masonry	No use of any kind except for restaurants and wine and craft beer cafes shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no building shall be erected or altered in exterior appearance except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI. Site plan review shall be required for the following and shall be referred to the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI for review and the recommendation of the planning and zoning board shall be forwarded to the village council for final determination: 1. Bookstores. 2. Hotels. 3. Outdoor cafes located on public property. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be specifically required for the following: 1. Signs. 2. Video sales and rentals. 3. Outdoor cafes located on private property.	1. All uses permitted in B-1 districts, subject to all limitations therein, except that restaurants in which service is provided primarily at tables or counters entirely within a building may also provide service, except for beer and wine to occupants of motor vehicles standing entirely within the boundaries of the plot on which such restaurant is located and in places designated therefor on the site plan approved for such use, as provided in Article VI. 2. Video sales/rentals w/stipulations. 3. Hotels, subject to the regulations applying to hotels in A-2 districts. 4. Veterinary clinics without boarding facilities. 5. Gasoline stations and minor motor vehicle repair. 6. Establishments for general motor vehicle repair (which may include body work, welding and painting) but only in connection with sales and show rooms for new automobiles and on the same plot therewith. 7. (a) Establishments supplying hourly dry cleaning and similar kinds of cleaning of wearing apparel. (b) All cleaning solutions and detergents used in such establishments shall be odorless and methods of using the same as well as the containers in which they are kept shall be approved by the board of fire underwriters and no noxious fumes or vapors shall be permitted. (c) All such businesses shall be so operated so as not to constitute any public or private nuisance. (d) Every business so conducted shall not employ more than five employees which shall include within its scope the owners and operators of said business, and shall not occupy floor space of more than 1,500 sq. ft. in any one approved location (e) Duly authorized officials of this village shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect the premises of businesses permitted hereunder. 8. Package stores. 9. Food operations: a. Restaurants: Subject to Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, and Sec. 4-2, Special approval required, if applicable. b. Wine and craft beer cafes: Subject to Chapter 4, Alcoholic Beverages, and Sec. 4-2, Special approval required, if applicable.	Same as specified for B-1 districts.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: 50 feet.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI, except that on any plot abutting a state highway, a yard not less than 25 feet in depth or width, as the case may be, shall be provided along the plot line contiguous to such state highway.	No requirement, except as may be designated on or in connection with the site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.
C	Not applicable.	Masonry	All uses permitted in C districts shall conform to standards set forth in Article VI. Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be required for the following: 1. New buildings. 2. Additions to buildings. 3. Changes to the façade of buildings. 4. New uses. 5. The expansion in gross square footage of any permitted or any accessory use that would increase the parking requirement. 6. Any change in use except for uses that are the same or less intense than the use it is proposed to replace. 6. Signs. 7. New site plans or alterations to existing site plans.	1. All uses, other than dwellings, that are permitted in R districts. 2. Offices for business or professional use, but not including the retail sale of goods, materials or products, or any place of entertainment or amusement. 3. Storage warehouses for food products, feed, household and garden supplies, or similar goods. 4. Scientific research laboratories. 5. Pharmaceutical laboratories. 6. Cabinet making. 7. Film processing. 8. Manufacture of any of the following: Clocks, watches, handcraft products, novelty products, hearing aides, optical instruments, precision instruments, surgical instruments and dressing. 9. Any use consisting of light fabrication, processing or handling of products, goods or materials that is determined by the planning and zoning board, by a finding made pursuant to a specific application, or by a general rule, and on the basis of such technical information as said board may deem to be necessary, to be similar to the foregoing specifically permitted uses with respect to general character, type of operation, traffic resulting from or in connection with the use, or other features, but not including any dwelling or hotel or any theater or other place of entertainment or amusements, or any use involving the retail sale of any good or products, including the sale of meals, beverages or refreshments. 10. Incidental signs as permitted in Article V. 11. Exercise studios. 12. Health-Care operations: Clinical laboratories Dentist General medical services Optical services and supplies Physicians X-Ray clinics Home health care provider Psychologists Medical diagnostic center Physical therapy	Same as specified for B1 districts.	Same as specified for B-1 districts.	For buildings permitted in R districts: Same as specified for such buildings in R districts. For other buildings: As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.			Same as specified for B-2 districts.
S-1	No requirement	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be required for universities. Development that is consistent with a campus master plan approved by the planning and zoning board shall not require further review by the planning and zoning board at the time of actual construction.	1. All uses permitted in R districts, as permitted therein. 2. Universities, including all buildings and uses customarily appurtenant thereto. 3. Signs in connection therewith, are to be subject to the approval of the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI.	35 acres.	Equal to the distance of the building from any street line.	Such yard dimensions as may be shown on a site plan, which need cover only the minimum distance of buildings from street lines, approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.			No limitation, except that no accessory building shall be located in any front or side yard.
P	Not applicable.	Masonry		1. Park and recreation facilities owned by the village or by Miami-Dade County.	No requirement.	No requirement.	As may be designated on the approved site plan for the plot, as provided in Article VI.			No limitation, except that no accessory building shall be located nearer to any street line than the distance of the nearest main building from that street line, except for structures incidental to the operation of a park or country club.
CF	Not applicable.	Masonry	Site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board is required for the following, except for additions to dwellings less than 400 square feet, not visible from a public right-of-way (alleyways excluded). 1. New buildings. 2. Additions to buildings. 3. Changes to the façade of buildings. 4. New uses. 5. Accessory uses under paragraph 6 of Permitted Uses. 6. The expansion in gross square footage of any permitted or any accessory use that would increase the parking requirement. 7. Any change in use except for uses that are the same or less intense than the use it is proposed to replace. 8. Signs. 9. New site plans or alterations to existing site plans.	1. Public libraries. 2. Village governmental uses. 3. Churches and other places of worship including accessory educational and recreational facilities. 4. Public schools. 5. Subject to Special Approval by the Village Council: (a) Private elementary and secondary schools. (b) Public utility installations to serve the Village. 6. Subject to site plan approval by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI: (a) One accessory dwelling of not less than 400 sq. ft. and not more than 1,000 sq. ft. or fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area of the church or other place of worship in which it is located, whichever is less, (b) An accessory rectory, convent or monastery located on the same plot as the church or other place of worship. (c) An accessory office to a church or other place of worship may be located in a single-family detached dwelling provided there are no exterior modifications to such dwellings or indications that the structure is other than a single-family detached dwelling	2.5 acres for churches and schools. Otherwise no requirement.	40 ft. except spires and cupolas are exempt.	Same as P district.			Same as P district.
PK	Not applicable	Masonry	No parking lot or parking structure shall be established except in accordance with a site plan approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI, and no parking lot or building shall be constructed or altered except in accordance with a design thereof approved by the planning and zoning board as provided in Article VI.	1. Parking lots, and parking structures subject in each case to approval of a site plan thereof by the planning and zoning board, as provided in Article VI.	No requirement, not applicable.	40 ft.

(Ord. No. 700-13, § 1(App. A), 5-7-13; Ord. No. 711-15, § 1, 11-3-15; Ord. No. 733-17, § 1, 2-7-17; Ord. No. 2023-02, § 2, 4-4-23; Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24; Ord. No. 2025-04, § 2, 3-4-25)

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Properties located in the One-family Residential (R) districts shall also be subject to the regulations established in section 412 of Appendix A.

Sec. 412. - Development standards.

The following additional development standards shall be applicable to properties located within the One-family Residential (R) districts.

(1)

Maximum lot coverage: 40 percent for a one-story structure and 30 percent for a two-story structure.

(2)

Maximum impervious surface: 55 percent impervious, 45 percent pervious.

(3)

Maximum floor area ratio: 0.45.

(4)

(5)

This subsection shall not be applicable to:

(1)

(2)

A front or side façade of any one-family dwelling that is at least six feet back from the applicable yard depth.

(Ord. No. 2024-05, § 2, 7-16-24)