The City of Miami runs its own building department, separate from Miami-Dade County, and it is the jurisdiction where the paperwork around who may act on your behalf is strictest. Permit expediters must be registered with the City before working a project.
Jurisdiction contact details change. Verify against the official site before relying on them.
Every jurisdiction has two or three things that stall files over and over. These are the ones we see in Miami.
Confirm the jurisdiction before you file. A Miami mailing address does not mean City of Miami jurisdiction, and filing in the wrong place burns weeks.
Miami 21 is a form-based zoning code. Use and dimensional questions do not work the way they do in conventional codes.
Certificate of Use is required separately from the building permit for commercial occupancy.
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A-02Recertification
A-03Residential permits
A-04Commercial build-out
A-05Roofing permits
A-06Windows & doors
Send the address. We'll confirm the jurisdiction, tell you what it needs, and quote it flat.