Chapter 62 - Planning Fees

Administrative Permit Type

Flat Fee

Minimum Fee

Fee Per
Square Foot

Planning Pre-Application Fee, If Applicable

1,000.00

Planning application Fee (Warrants)—Upfront Fee

Special Area Plan Permit Application Entitlement Fee (Due Prior to Issuance of Notification Letter) (Base Fee for Structures Up to 9,500 Square Feet)

475.00

0.08

Warrant Application Entitlement Fee (Due Prior to Issuance of Notification Letter) (Base Fee for Structures Up to 9,500 Square Feet)

475.00

0.05

Warrant —Additional Warrant(s) Beyond the First in an Application (SEE WAIVERS ADDITIONAL)

475.00

0.05

Warrant—Sign Entitlement Fee (Due Prior to Issuance of Notification Letter)

475.00

Warrant—Sign Package (SF Based on Gross Sign Area)

1,500.00

150.00

Warrant—Modification

100% Original Fee

Warrant—After-The-Fact (Legalization) Single-Family/Duplex

950.00

Warrant—After-The-Fact (Legalization—All Other Uses for Structures Up to 9,500 Square Feet)

1,900.00

Warrant-After-The-Fact (Legalization—All Other Uses for Structures 9,501 Square Feet and Over) (Base Fee for Structures Up to 9,500 Square Feet)

1,900.00

0.15

Waiver—After-The-Fact (Legalization—Single-Family/Duplex)

950.00

Waiver—After-The-Fact (Legalization—All Other Uses)

Waiver—Entitlement Fee (Due Prior to Issuance of Notification Letter) Single Family Home and Duplex

0.08

Waiver—Additional Waiver(s) Beyond the First in an Application for Single Family-and Duplex (Each Additional Waiver)

150.00

Waiver- Additional Waiver(s) Beyond the First in an Application (All other Uses)

(Each Additional Waiver)

900.00

Waiver — Modification - All other Uses

50% Original Fee + 2,000.00

Administrative Site Plan Review (ASPR) (Single-Family and Duplex)

475.00

0.08

Administrative Site Plan Review (ASPR) - All other Uses

1,100.00 

0.08

Alcoholic Beverage Application (Per Chapter 4—License review)

500.00

Assisted Living Facility Reservations/Applications

500.00 

Class II Special Permit (Zoning Ordinance 11000) (Base Fee for Structures up to 9,500 Square Feet)

475.00

0.08

Temporary Occupancy Permit

500.00

Temporary Use(s) on Vacant Land

2,000.00

0.08

Temporary Use(s) on Vacant Land Extensions of Time

100% Original Fee  

Temporary Use(s) on Vacant Land Modifications

100% Original Fee

Temporary Event, Other Permit

250.00

Zoning Review:

Transfer of Development Rights and/or Density (TDR; TDD)

Certificate of Eligibility and/or Transfer (COE; COT)

500.00

TDR and/or TDD: Certificate of Eligibility (Non-Historic)

500.00

TDR and/or TDD Certificate of Transfer-Base Fee (Non-Historic)

500.00

TDR: Certificate of Transfer—Square footage (Non-Historic)

0.06

TDD: Certificate of Transfer—Per dwelling unit (Non-Historic)

500.00

Zoning Verification Letter Per Folio (Standard) Addressing zoning designations, permitted uses, certificates of use, and land use

200.00

—

—

Zoning Verification Letter Per Folio (Complex/Non-Standard) Addressing matters pertaining to zoning not covered in the Standard Zoning Verification Letter

400.00

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—

Staff Review Type

Flat Fee

Minimum Fee

Fee Per
Square Foot

Planning Review not covered elsewhere in this Chapter

500.00

Zoning Review — Standard (Standalone Warrant or Similar)

295.00

Exception and MUSP      Zoning Review Maximum $5,000.00

1,000.00

0.55

Resilience & Public Works Review (Compliance with the provision of the Miami 21 Code and miscellaneous zoning fees)

275.00

Zoning Interim Parking Lot application

1,000.00

Interim Parking Lot (Resilience & Public Works Review)

525.00

Joint Plans Review-Building Permits (every two hours per discipline)

276.00

Expedited Overnight Review Building Permits (Outside Source Review)

At Cost plus 10% Administrative Fee

Expedited Overnight Review Building Permits (In-House Review) (every four hours per discipline)

350.00

Planning Review-Proposed expansion of bicycle or pedestrian shed for TOD expansion

1,500

Transfer of Ownership or Operator (Miami 21 Special Permits)

295.00

Extension of Time via Invocation of State of Emergency

295.00

Covenants (also includes releases, modifications, unities of title, covenants in lieu of unity of title, and similar documents)

Flat Fee

Minimum Fee

Fee Per
Square Foot

Covenant Application

200.00

Covenant Review—Zoning

295.00

Covenant Review—Planning

295.00

Covenant Review—Resilience and Public Works

295.00

Covenant Recording Fee

At Cost

Administrative Function
Description

Flat Fee

Minimum Fee

Other Fees

Change of Applicant/Point of Contact/Representative Fee (Per Instance)

150.00

Map and GIS Analysis/Production ("Geo-Planning Requests")

35.00 per hour

Scanning Fee

At Cost

School Concurrency Staff Processing for Public Hearings and Entitlements

150.00

School Concurrency Staff Processing of Informational Letter

50.00

School Concurrency Staff Processing of Proportionate Fair Share Mitigation Agreement

1,000.00

Traffic Study

6,000.00

Trip Generation Statement Fee pursuant to Comprehensive Plan policy TR-1.1.3 (This fee is fully creditable towards a Traffic Study if required)

1,000.00

Future Land Use Verification Letter (Per Folio)

400.00

Concurrency Letter

200.00

Document Certification (Per Page)

3.00

Updating or Changing Address (Per Address)

100.00

Updating or Changing Address (Per Suite/Unit or for Lien Search)

50.00

Alternate Method of Closure (Not via Platting)

295.00

Community Workshop, Planning Staff

1,000.00

Community Workshop, Zoning Staff

1,000.00

TOD Expansion: Planning Director Determination Memorializing Expansion Based on Planning & Resilience and Public Works Reviews

5,000.00

Public Hearing Application Fees

Flat Fee

Minimum Fee

Fee Per Square Foot

ALL Pre-Application Fee, If Applicable

500.00

Credit from Pre-Application Fee, If Applicable

Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Small Scale—Base fee for up to 2 Acres of Lot Area)

12,000.00

0.15

Comprehensive Plan Amendment Non-Substantial Change Fee after Batch Stamp (All Types of Comprehensive Plan Amendments) Changes to the Following Are Included: Letter of Intent; Applicant Analysis; Supplementary Materials for Staff Analysis (All other changes, including corrections to legal descriptions and addition or subtraction of square footage to the application requires a new application and a new pre-application, subject to new fees.)

10% Original Application Fee

Comprehensive Plan Amendment—FLUM—(Expedited State Review—Base fee for up to 10 acres if this process is required due to the size of the property)

20,000.00

0.15

Comprehensive Plan Amendment—FLUM—(Expedited State Review—Base Fee for up to 2 acres when City exceeds statutory limit of 120 acres of FLUM amendments through Small Scale amendments in a year)

20,000.00

0.10

Comprehensive Plan Amendment—FLUM—For Category A Properties listed in Appendix PA-1 of the MCNP, subject to Expedited State Review—Base fee for up to 2 acres

25,000.00

0.30

(Expedited State Review—TOD Node-2)

(Expedited State Review—TOD Node-3)

(Expedited State Review—TOD Node-4)

Comprehensive Plan Amendment—FLUM—Subject to the Port of Miami River Sub-Element (Category A Property): Market Study Peer Review

At Cost

Comprehensive Plan Amendment—FLUM—Subject to the Port of Miami River Sub-Element (Category B Property) Base fee for up to 2 acres

20,000.00

0.30

Rezoning (Changes from Any Transect [Except D3] to: T3, T4, T5, CS, CI, D1, D2, D3)—Base fee for up to 2 acres

—

12,000.00

0.15

Rezoning (Changes from Any Transect [Except D3] to: T6 or CI-HD)—Base fee for up to 2 acres

20,000.00

0.27

Rezoning (Changes from D3 to any Transect)—Base fee for up to 2 acres

25,000.00

0.30

Rezoning Application Non-Substantial Change Fee after Batch Stamp (All Types of Rezoning Applications) Changes to the Following Are Included: Letter of Intent; Applicant Analysis; Supplementary Materials for Staff Analysis (All other changes, including corrections to legal descriptions and addition or subtraction of square footage to the application require a new application and a new pre-application, subject to new fees.)

10% Original Application Fee

Special Area Plan

42,500.00

Special Area Plan, Fee per square foot in excess of 9 acres

0.30

Development Agreement or Modification of Development Agreement

25,000.00

Special Area Plan Amendment after Adoption: Modification of either the Regulating Plan or the Concept Book

60% of Original Fee for each

SAP Amendment after Adoption: Change to Square Footage

0.30

Variance —T3 Transect

1,500.00

Variance—T3 Transect,
Fee for Each Additional Variance Beyond the Original

150.00

Variance—Outside T3 Transect

3,000.00

Variance—Outside T3 Transect, Fee for Each Additional Variance, Per Request

1,500.00

Modification of Approved Variance

Original Fee

Variance—After-the-fact legalization or to remedy a violation

4 x 100% of the Fee

Exceptions Only Requiring PZAB Review for CS or T3

1,500.00

Exceptions Requiring City Commission Review for CS or T3

2,500.00

Exception for Modification of a Major Use Special Permit not Involving Phases for the Modification

5,000.00

1.00

Exception for Modification of a Major Use Special Permit That Includes Phases or Expands Phases, Per Phase

12,000.00

2.50

Requiring Commission Approval

Exception—Modification of Approved Exception

Original Fee

Exception (CS, T3 Transects—Single-Family/Duplex Residential Uses), Fee for Each Request, Per Folio

1,000.00

Exception (All Transects Other Than CS and T3, Only Requiring PZAB Hearing), Fee for Each Request, Per Folio

2,500.00

Exception (All Transects Other Than CS and T3, Requiring City Commission Hearing), Fee for Each Request, Per Folio

3,500.00

Exception for Projects with Affordable Housing as Defined by the Miami 21 Code—Fee for Each Request, Per Folio

500.00

Exception—Extension of Time

750.00

Exception-After-the-Fact Legalization or Remedy of a Violation

4 x 100% of the Fee

Exception Application Non-Substantial Change Fee After Batch Stamp (All Types of Exception Applications) Changes to the Following Are Included: Letter of Intent; Applicant Analysis; Supplementary Materials for Staff Analysis. (All other changes, including corrections to legal descriptions and addition or subtraction of square footage to the application require a new application and a new pre-application, subject to new fees.)

10% Original Application Fee

Vacation of Right-Of-Way

—

3,000.00

2.00

Other Application, Requiring Public Hearing That Must Be Heard Only by PZAB

1,500.00

Other Application, Requiring Public Hearing That Must Be Heard Only by City Commission

2,500.00

Appearance for Review and Recommendation Before an Advisory Board, a Committee, or a Quasi-judicial Board for which the Planning Department or Office of Zoning are Liaisons (excludes any Code Enforcement Board)

350.00

Request to Modify TOD Areas

3,500.00

Remanded Application by a City of Miami Board, Per Instance

50% Original Application Fee

Remanded Application by a Court of Law, Per Instance

100% Original Application Fee

Public Hearing—Mail Notice, per notice, per hearing

At Cost

Public Hearing—Newspaper Advertising, per application, per hearing

1,500.00

Public Hearing—Website Advertising, per application, per hearing

At Cost

Public Hearing—Property Posting, per application, per hearing

200.00

Public Hearing—Property Posting, per posting, per hearing

45.00

Application Public Hearing—Deferral or Continuance, applicant's 2nd request at PZAB (Maximum fee $1,000.00)

Initial Application Fee

Application Public Hearing—Deferral or Continuance, applicant's 1st request at City Commission (Maximum fee $1,000.00)

Initial Application Fee

Application Public Hearing Indefinite Deferral—Mail Notice, per notice, per hearing

At Cost

Application Public Hearing Indefinite Deferral—Newspaper Advertising, per application, per Indefinite Deferral

1,500.00

Application Public Hearing Indefinite Deferral—Website Advertising, per application, per Indefinite Deferral

At Cost

Application Public Hearing Indefinite Deferral—Property Posting, per application, per hearing

200.00

Application Public Hearing Indefinite Deferral—Property Posting, per posting, per hearing

45.00

Appeal Fee

Flat Fee

Maximum Appeal Fee

Advertisement fee and the notice fee

Appeal fee for appeals not covered elsewhere in the City Code

800

5,000

Required as per Chapter 62

Appeal fee for appeals not covered elsewhere in the City Code for a specific property and at least 60 percent of the property owners located within 500 feet of the subject property request an appeal in writing

0

0

Required as per Chapter 62

Appeal fees for variances, exceptions, waivers, and warrants

Equivalent to the original application fee

5,000

Required as per Chapter 62

Appeal fees for variances, exceptions, waivers, and warrants by abutting property owners

0

0

Required as per Chapter 62

An applicant that solely requests for its application to be deferred, indefinitely deferred, continued, or rescheduled by any body

Based on the original fee

1,000

Required as per Chapter 62

An applicant that solely requests for an appeal to be deferred, indefinitely deferred, continued, or rescheduled by any body

Based on the original fee

1,000

Required as per Chapter 62

An appellant that solely requests for its appeal to be deferred, indefinitely deferred, continued, or rescheduled by any body

Based on the original fee

1,000

Required as per Chapter 62

An appellant that solely requests for an application to be deferred, indefinitely deferred, continued, or rescheduled by any body

Based on the original fee

1,000

Required as per Chapter 62