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Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade RER, Building and Neighborhood Compliance

In short

Miami-Dade RER, Building and Neighborhood Compliance issues 2 permits we publish for Miami-Dade County, last verified 2026-09-27. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Commercial Building Permit (new construction / interior buildout / alteration)only if it applies to youMiami-Dade RER, Building and Neighborhood Compliance2026 schedule (Implementing Order IO-04-63): minimum building permit fee $147.00 for any use. Commercial application up-front processing fee $0.26/sq ft (non-refundable, credited toward the final fee). Alterations/repairs to a commercial building (interior buildout) $0.40/sq ft for the first 100,000 sq ft plus $0.15/sq ft above that, minimum $254.40. Commercial kitchen hood mechanical permit $201.26 each; walk-in cooler shop-drawing review $128.82 each; storefront/fixed glazing $90.00 for the first 400 sq ft, then $20.78 per additional 100 sq ft. Certificate of Occupancy fee: Commercial/Industrial $0.07/gross sq ft, minimum $250; private schools/daycare/ACLF flat $250.00. Component surcharges, reported separately: RER surcharge 7.5% on all Building Permitting fees (except enforcement fees); state-mandated 1% Building Construction Standards Trust Fund surcharge (minimum $2) plus 1.5% Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Fund surcharge (minimum $2) under F.S. §553.72/§468.631. A separate Zoning Review Fee also applies on top, under IO-04-111 §XV: commercial up-front $1.69 per 100 sq ft; alterations/repairs $1.65 per 100 sq ft, minimum $69.36 — a commercial buildout carries both a Building Division fee and a distinct Zoning Division review fee, each with its own 7.5% surcharge.one-time per project2026-09-27
Restaurant/Coffee Shop Food-Safety Permit — State Preemption under Fla. Stat. §509.032 (Miami-Dade)only if it applies to youMiami-Dade RER, Building and Neighborhood ComplianceNo feenot applicable2026-09-27

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 (new construction / interior buildout / alteration)

Any of the ten industries that builds new commercial space, or alters or fits out an interior space, in unincorporated Miami-Dade needs a building permit from RER, priced under Implementing Order IO-04-63: a minimum $147.00 fee applies to any permit, and a typical interior buildout runs $0.40/sq ft for the first 100,000 sq ft (minimum $254.40) plus a separate, additive Zoning Review Fee (IO-04-111 §XV) that a reader could easily miss if only the Building Division's own fee page is checked. A Certificate of Occupancy on a completed commercial or industrial space costs $0.07 per gross square foot with a $250 minimum — this is the single current rate; an earlier $0.07-$0.10/sq ft range was corrected on independent verification because no $0.10 tier exists in the current schedule. Private schools, daycare centers and ACLFs pay a flat $250 Certificate of Occupancy fee instead. Every fee carries a 7.5% RER surcharge plus the state's 1% and 1.5% trust-fund surcharges. Inside an incorporated municipality, that city issues its own building permit instead of RER.

Restaurant/Coffee Shop Food-Safety Permit — State Preemption under Fla. Stat. §509.032 (Miami-Dade)

No fee applies at the county level for food-safety permitting. Florida Statutes §509.032(7)(a) preempts the regulation of public food service establishments — including sanitation standards, inspections, and the training and testing of personnel — to the state, so Miami-Dade County runs no separate county food-safety permit or inspection program for restaurants or coffee shops beyond its ordinary building-code and fire-code inspection role, which that subsection preserves and which is recorded as separate requirements (the commercial building permit/Certificate of Occupancy and the MDFR Life Safety Operating Permit). The actual food-service license itself is issued by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, under Chapter 509, Part I, F.S. — a state credential recorded at the state layer.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Miami-Dade County
Phone
786-315-2000

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.

  1. Building permit fees overviewMiami-Dade County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. Florida Statutes §509.032(7)(a) — state preemption of public food service establishment sanitation regulation, inspection, and personnel training/testingFlorida Senate · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Implementing Order IO-04-111, RER Zoning fee schedule (Certificate of Use, sign use-permits, alcohol-use CU), ordered June 16, 2026, effective June 26, 2026Miami-Dade RER · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. Implementing Order IO-04-63, RER Building fee schedule (building permits, Certificate of Occupancy), ordered June 16, 2026, effective June 26, 2026Miami-Dade RER · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27

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