Residential Property Maintenance

It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any lot in a residential zoned district to regularly maintain their property to prevent:

The growth or accumulation of grass, weeds or undergrowth that exceeds a height of 12 inches from the ground or more than 10% of the area to be maintained
The accumulation of litter, junk, trash, solid waste, or abandoned property

Read Chapter 19 of the Miami-Dade County Code

The property owner for the property adjacent to a Miami-Dade County right-of-way is responsible to maintain the swale area that abuts their property, including:
- Maintaining grass or other vegetation healthy and dense enough to provide filtering while protecting underlying soils from erosion
- Replacing vegetation where soils are exposed
- Maintaining the proper elevations within the swale
Open-air storage of the following materials is prohibited:
- Junk, trash, or abandoned property, such as motor vehicles, trailers, boats or other vessels, household appliances, scrap, tanks, casks, cans, boxes, bottles, glass, rags, paper, or any other kind of waste material, etc
- Merchandise or manufacturing materials
- Commercial equipment, such as vending machines, cabinets, building material, machinery, etc
- Motor vehicle parts, such as automobile engines, tires, transmissions, etc
- Household furniture, such as sofas, recliners, mattresses, beds, etc
- Construction materials, lumber drums, piping, cement blocks, barrels, old iron, etc
- Construction and demolition equipment, such as cement mixers, jack hammers, roof tar pots, etc. However, light-use equipment customarily used for do-it-yourself home repair, such as hand tools, power tools and table saws, are not prohibited
Violations are subject to the issuance of a Courtesy Warning Notice.

Both the tenant and property owner may receive notices in connection with enforcement. However, the property owner is ultimately responsible for compliance.

Failure to comply will result in a ticket to the property owner and tenant, in accordance with Chapter 8CC of the Miami-Dade County Code.

Failure to correct certain types of Chapter 19 violations within the compliance period specified on the ticket will result in corrections done by Miami-Dade County at the property owner’s expense.

Penalties accrue and a lien may be placed on the property if the fines, enforcement costs and administrative costs are not paid or the violation not corrected.

Property maintenance ticket amounts:
- $260: first offense
- $510: second offense
- $1,010: subsequent offenses
Open-air storage ticket amounts:
- $110: first offense
- $210: second offense
- $410: subsequent offenses

Neighborhood Compliance

To report a possible neighborhood code violation, call 311 or email [email protected].

For more information, call the Neighborhood Regulations Division at 786-315-2552.

Notice Regarding Anonymous Complaints

Florida Statute 125.69 requires that a code inspector only proceed to investigate an anonymous complaint if the code inspector determines, based only on the information from the complaint, that the violation reported presents an imminent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare or imminent destruction of habitat or sensitive resources. If a code inspector does not have enough information or determines that the information provided does not indicate an imminent threat, then the anonymous complaint will not be investigated.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you understand that your complaint will not be investigated if the code inspector determines they do not have enough information or that the information provided does not indicate an imminent threat.

If you do not want to remain anonymous, an investigation can proceed regardless of whether there is an imminent threat, but you must provide both your name and address.

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