Permit requirements.

Miami City Code § 54-226

in effect

Sec. 54-226. - Permit requirements. (a) No person shall establish a sidewalk and/or street cafe on any public street or sidewalk unless such person has obtained a valid permit to operate that sidewalk and/or street cafe in such a manner pursuant to this article. (b) Permits shall be issued only to validly licensed restaurants or food establishments that wish to provide tables and chairs on the sidewalk(s) and/or on-street/parking lanes adjacent to their businesses for use by the general public. (c) In the Coconut Grove central commercial district, permits shall be issued to sidewalk cafes in conjunction with "food establishments" and validly licensed restaurants, provided the establishment provides required off-street parking at a rate of one parking space per 100 square feet for the sidewalk cafe area or pays a mitigation fee in lieu thereof, as described in section 35-224 herein, in addition to other required off-street parking and the sidewalk cafe permit fee. For purposes of this article, references to specific districts are solely for purposes of delineating affected geographic areas subject to this section and shall not convey any rights under the Miami 21 Code, the zoning ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida ("Miami 21 Code"), as amended or superseded. (d) No sidewalk and/or street cafe permit shall be issued by the city within any state road right-of-way in the absence of an approval from the Florida Department of Transportation. (e) No street cafe permit shall be issued by the city within any roadway under Miami-Dade County's jurisdiction in the absence of an approval from the Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works ("DTPW"). (f) No food establishment located in the Coconut Grove business improvement district except for on Fuller Street or located in the Midtown Community development district shall be eligible to receive a street cafe permit. Solely for the purposes of the street cafe permit, the Coconut Grove Business Improvement District shall mean all of the commercial properties consisting of an 18 block area of the central commercial core of Coconut Grove as more particularly described in Resolution No. R-08-0455 with the exception of the entirety of Fuller Street. Solely for the purposes of the street cafe permit, the Midtown Community development district shall mean the geographic area encompassing approximately 57 acres in an area bounded by the Florida east coast right-of-way on the east, Northeast 29th Street on the south, North Miami Avenue on the west, and Northeast 36th Street on the north, all as depicted in Exhibit "C" of Miami-Dade County Ordinance No. 03-271. (Ord. No. 9848, § 1, 6-14-84; Ord. No. 11053, § 2, 3-25-93; Code 1980, § 54-113; Ord. No. 13087, § 2, 9-10-09; Ord. No. 13123, § 2, 1-14-10; Ord. No. 13467, § 2, 6-12-14; Ord. No. 13585, § 2, 1-14-16; Ord. No. 14035, § 2, 11-18-21)

Source: City of Miami, Florida, City Code, City Charter, Special Acts and Related General Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/miami/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIITHCO_CH54STSI_ARTVISISTCA_S54-226PEREFetched: 11/1/2026