Miami zoning and commission roundup: week of Oct 5, 2026
For the week of Oct 5, 2026, Dais covered 6 meetings across 6 boards, with 60 agenda items in total. Boards recorded 29 approvals, 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 HEPB · File 19827Approved with amended conditions
Porch enclosure, side fence and driveway at 5944 NE 6 Ave (Morningside)
5944 NE 6 Ave, Morningside Historic District
Vote: 10–0
The board approved the owners' special certificate of appropriateness 10–0, but rewrote the staff conditions. It allowed a solid-looking double gate across the driveway and a walkway up to five feet wide. It also said the porch enclosure may not be fastened to the front of the round columns.
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Miami PZAB · File 19905, 19916Recommended approval · fee and time-cap study requested
Pilot program for off-site advertising on construction fencing in the urban core
Citywide, limited to the urban core · Miami 21 §10.3.3 and City Code Ch. 62, Art. XIII, Div. 7
Vote: 8–0 · 8–0
The board recommended the construction-fence advertising pilot 8–0 on both the city code (19916) and the Miami 21 cross-reference (19905). It asked the Planning Department to study sharing ad revenue, adjusting fees, and capping how long a fence sign can run.
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Miami Beach PB · File PB26-0855Approved · owner change and revised Condition 3
605 Washington Ave (Good Time Hotel): CUP modification for change of owner
605 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach
Vote: Unanimous (voice vote)
The board unanimously approved a paperwork-only change to the Good Time Hotel's conditional use permit to reflect the lender taking ownership. Future owner or operator changes will need an affidavit and a progress report instead of a full modification.
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Miami Beach PB · File PB26-0866Recommended approval
RM-2 accessory use regulations (rooftop restaurants at historic hotels)
RM-2 district, Collins Waterfront Historic District (north of 23rd St, south of 43rd St, west of Collins)
Vote: Unanimous (voice vote)
The board unanimously recommended an ordinance letting RM-2 historic hotels apply for a conditional use permit for a rooftop restaurant that serves alcohol. The 2023 rules had unintentionally closed that door. The Commission still has to adopt it.
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Miami-Dade BCC · File 261685Approved as amended (9–4)
Metrorail and Metrobus fare increase to $2.75
Countywide
Vote: 9–4
The commission approved a $0.50 transit fare increase (to $2.75) 9–4, amending it to reinstate 13 evening bus services, direct preparation of an ordinance to start charging for Metromover, and mandate RTZ capital contributions to the Metromover.
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