Miami-Dade County

The Miami-Dade County Building Department disciplines include Zoning, DERM, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Building, Structural, Public Works, Planning, Impact Fees, and Water and Sewer. Within the DERM Core discipline at the Building Department, DERM specialties may require additional permits depending on the project and scope of work. The DERM Core Discipline will direct an applicant to obtain specialty permits during a review cycle. To review if a proposed scope of work requires a specialty DERM permit, visit: https://www.miamidade.gov/permits/home.asp?cat=environment.

Effective December 1, 2020, all projects requiring County Municipal approval must be submitted by the applicant directly to the Miami-Dade Department of Regulatory & Economic Resources.

This change is in response to customer demand for the ability to submit directly to the County agency.

In order to submit directly to the County, applicants will first need to apply for a Miami Beach permit and include, as part of the submission for County Municipal approval, a copy of the Miami Beach Building Department permit application. The copy of the Miami Beach Building Department permit application can be downloaded by logging in to the Miami Beach Citizen Self Service(CSS) portal and clicking on the “Attachments” button.

Guidelines on how to submit for County Municipal Approval can be viewed here: Guideline

Upload and submit the permit application and plans package to Miami-Dade Department of Regulatory & Economic Resources (RER) using the online Plan Status & Application Submittal Portal: https://www.miamidade.gov/Apps/RER/EPSPortal

For assistance with the Miami-Dade permit process contact the permitting assistance team by calling 786-315-2388 or emailing CHAT@miamidade.gov.  For more information, please visit the Homeowner & Small Business Permitting Assistance page.

To schedule a meeting with your Miami-Dade reviewer, register and book an appointment on the Miami-Dade RER MeetQ system.

Once plans have been approved by DERM, applicants must upload the approved set to the Building permit via the Attachments tab in the Citizen Self Service (CSS) portal.