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Zoning · Oct 2026
What Can I Build on My Miami Lot? A Plain-English Guide to Miami 21 Zoning
A plain-English guide to Miami 21 zoning: how to read a zone name, what each T3–T6 zone allows (height, density, homes by right), and what can change the answer.
Read the guide →Zoning guides, zone by zone
What each City of Miami zone allows: units, height, lot coverage, uses, parking and a worked 5,000 SF lot example, every figure cited to the Miami 21 code.
- What can I build on a T3-R lot?Single-family neighborhoods: one home per lot.
- What can I build on a T3-O lot?Duplex or single-family, two units per lot at most.
- What can I build on a T4-R lot?Townhouses and small apartment buildings, residential only.
- What can I build on a T4-L lot?Small apartment buildings with limited ground-floor shops and offices.
- What can I build on a T5-O lot?Mid-rise mixed use: apartments, retail, office and hotels.
- What can I build on a T6-8-O lot?Urban core up to 8 stories, mixed use.
- What can I build on a T6-12-O lot?Urban core up to 12 stories, mixed use.
- What can I build on a T6-24-O lot?Urban core up to 24 stories, T6-24a and T6-24b.