Miami zoning and commission roundup: week of Sep 7, 2026

For the week of Sep 7, 2026, Dais covered 5 meetings across 4 boards, with 75 agenda items in total. Boards recorded 41 approvals, 1 denial, 9 amended items and 14 deferrals. Below are the biggest decisions, every item by meeting and what is on the calendar next week.

Biggest decisions

Miami Commission · File 19575Passed first reading, amended

Pilot program for off-site advertising on construction fencing in the urban core

Miami urban core (Chapter 62, Art. XIII, Div. 7)

Vote: Unanimous

The construction-fence advertising pilot passed first reading unanimously, as amended, with Districts 2 and 5 carved out. The commission split on whether the first year should be exclusive to one operator, and the City Attorney warned that a pilot label does not get around procurement rules.

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Miami Beach DRB · File DRB26-1187Approved with four sign variances and rideshare condition

Comprehensive master sign program for Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel

1901 Convention Center Drive

Vote: 5–0 · 5–0

The board approved four sign variances and master sign design for the new 800-room Convention Center Hotel, rejecting staff's request to shrink the 11-foot monument signs and adding a condition requiring rideshare wayfinding.

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Miami Beach PB · File PB26-0839Transmitted with favorable recommendation

Wolfsonian Arts District LDR text amendments

1001, 1031, 1045 Washington Ave

Vote: 7–0

The board unanimously recommended code changes eliminating off-street parking requirements for museums in the Wolfsonian Arts District and allowing a multi-story cantilevered rooftop addition over adjacent properties.

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Miami Beach DRB · File DRB25-1099Approved with lot area/width variances and design approval

New two-family residential building at 935 2nd Street

935 2nd Street

Vote: 5–0 · 5–0

The board unanimously approved design review and lot-size/width variances for a three-story, two-family building on a vacant South of Fifth lot, after the architect added wall trellises and lightened the façade.

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Miami Beach PB · File PB26-0857Transmitted with favorable recommendation, amended

Temporary construction staging and parking on private property

Citywide

Vote: 7–0

The board recommended an ordinance letting public capital projects lease private vacant lots for construction parking, adding an express recommendation to expand the rule to private construction projects.

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Every meeting this week

Miami Beach Commission, Thursday, Sep 10

Miami Commission, Thursday, Sep 10

Coming up next week

No meetings are on the calendar for next week yet.