Adopted edition
FBC 2023 (HVHZ)
Inherits from Miami-Dade county floor.
FL · City
Miami, FL.
Miami sits inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone — design wind 175 mph, every roof component requires Miami-Dade NOA approval, and city-specific resilience standards layer on top of HVHZ for sea-level rise.
Design wind speed
175 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Cat II, 3-second gust at 33 ft.
Climate zone (IECC)
1A
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Special zones
- HVHZ
- WBDR
- WUI
- FEMA SFHA possible
Permit office
City of Miami Building Department
www.miami.gov/My-Government/Departments/BuildingHVHZ NOA review mandatory — every roofing assembly, opening, and accessory needs Miami-Dade County NOA on file.
Population
~467,000
Approximate. Drives roof-volume estimates and storm-event canvassing footprint.
ZIP coverage
19 ZIP codes inside Miami.
Each ZIP resolves to the correct city + county + state on every parcel lookup. Multi-jurisdiction parcels pick up amendments from each layer.
33125 33126 33127 33128 33129 33130 33131 33132 33133 33134 33135 33136 33137 33138 33142 33144 33145 33147 33150
City-specific amendments
What's specific to Miami.
- §01 All HVHZ Miami-Dade County provisions apply (Chapter 16 of FBC).
- §02 City has additional architectural review for Wynwood, Little Havana, Coconut Grove historic districts.
- §03 Sea-level rise resilience standards layered on top of FEMA AE/VE flood overlays.
- §04 Roof-cover assemblies must use Miami-Dade NOA-approved products (HVHZ NOA list).
Working in Miami?
Pull an address-level code packet for any parcel in Miami. SkyCanvass resolves the address, looks up the Miami-specific amendments and the Miami-Dade county and Florida state floor, then emits a cited packet ready for permit submittal.
See the Miami-Dade county overview, or the Florida state directory .
Pull a Miami code packet.
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