Miami
City of Miami Building Department
In short
City of Miami Building Department issues 2 permits we publish for Miami, last verified 2026-09-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Building Permit | City of Miami Building Department | 1.00 per cent of estimated construction cost up to $30,000,000, then 0.50 per cent above that, with a minimum permit fee of $110 and a $40 non-refundable application fee. A solid waste commercial surcharge of 2.50 per cent of construction cost applies, minimum $57 and maximum $10,500, plus an energy conservation surcharge of $0.11 per square foot on new construction or additions | per permit | 2026-09-03 |
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Miami Building Department | $0.10 per square foot for a commercial certificate, subject to a minimum of $250 for a certificate of occupancy and $150 for a certificate of completion. Residential is $105 per unit | one-time issuance | 2026-09-03 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Commercial Building Permit
One per cent of construction cost is the headline, but the surcharges are what move the number: the solid waste commercial surcharge alone adds another two and a half per cent up to a $10,500 ceiling. A $200,000 fit-out therefore runs roughly $2,000 in permit fee plus $5,000 in solid waste surcharge before the energy surcharge. The city's schedule also warns that state and Miami-Dade County surcharges sit on top and are not shown in it. Starting work without a permit is expensive by design — the after-the-fact base is $110 plus four times the base fee for commercial work. Reinspection is $57, and revisions after the second review cost $56 per discipline. Extending an expired commercial permit application older than 180 days is $500.
Certificate of Occupancy
Ten cents a square foot with a $250 floor, so anything under 2,500 square feet pays the minimum. Know the difference between the two documents: a certificate of occupancy is for space people will occupy, and a certificate of completion, at a $150 minimum, is for shell work with no occupancy. Either has to be in hand before you apply for the certificate of use if the space is new or has been altered — which puts it two steps before the business tax receipt on the critical path. Extending a temporary certificate costs the same per-square-foot rate for the first two requests, and half the building permit fee on the third.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Miami
- Phone
- (305) 468-5900
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- City of Miami building permit fee schedule, Exhibit C (Resolution R-26-0200, adopted 23 April 2026)City of Miami Building Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other offices serving Miami
- City of Miami Business Licensing, Finance Department
- City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, Fire Prevention Bureau
- City of Miami Office of Zoning
- Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources, Consumer Protection
- Miami-Dade County Office of the Tax Collector, Local Business Tax Section
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