Miami
City of Miami Office of Zoning
In short
City of Miami Office of Zoning issues 1 permit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Use | City of Miami Office of Zoning | $50 application fee, credited toward the total, plus an inspection fee of $313 for the first 2,000 square feet of commercial or office space and $63 for each additional 1,000 square feet. Annual re-inspection runs $50 under 500 square feet up to $125 above 50,000 | expires 30 September, renewed annually | 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
Certificate of Use
The gateway permit — you need it before the business tax receipt, so it sets your opening date. Three inspections must pass: the county environmental department, fire, and code compliance. The deadline that catches people is that all of them must be completed within ninety working days of the application starting, or you begin again and pay again. The most frequent failure is not having a solid waste hauler contract in place before the inspection. Renewal is invoiced by the finance department and covers your fire safety permit renewal at the same time. Reinstating a revoked certificate costs $500, a temporary certificate is $250 with $50 extensions, and a home office accessory use certificate is $94, free for anyone over 65. Food trucks and businesses with no physical Miami location are exempt. Note there is a second one: Miami-Dade requires a Municipal Certificate of Use approval through its environmental department even inside city limits, and publishes no fee for it.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Miami
- Phone
- (305) 416-1499
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 — certificate of use and accessory use application and inspection feesCity of Miami · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other offices serving Miami
- City of Miami Building Department
- City of Miami Business Licensing, Finance Department
- City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, Fire Prevention Bureau
- 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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