Miami Dade county convert duplex to fourplex

[Alejandro C.]

Good evening, 

I have a SFR in Miami dade county and this is the zoning info from the county website:

Land Use	Muni Zone	PA Zone
GENERAL	RU-2	5700 - DUPLEXES - GENERAL

From the county website I was redirected to: 

https://library.municode.com/fl/miami_-_dade_county/codes/co...

and I think the construction of a new unit in the back (There should be enough space)  can potentially be approved based on the exception (3)

• ARTICLE XV. - RU-2, TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT[19]SHARE LINK TO SECTIONPRINT SECTIONDOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONSEMAIL SECTIONCOMPARE VERSIONS
  Footnotes: --- (19) ---

  Cross reference— Height of fences, walls and hedges in RU Districts, § 33-11; location of swimming pools in RU-2 Districts, § 33-20(c); maximum setback for principal residential buildings in RU-2 Districts, § 33-45.

  
  
• Sec. 33-201. - Uses permitted.SHARE LINK TO SECTIONPRINT SECTIONDOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONSEMAIL SECTIONCOMPARE VERSIONS

  No land, body of water and/or structure shall be used or permitted to be used and no structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, moved, reconstructed or structurally altered for any purpose in an RU-2 District which is designed, arranged, or intended to be used or occupied for any purpose, unless otherwise provided for, excepting for one or more of the following uses:

  (1)

  Every use permitted in RU-1, RU-1M(a) and RU-1M(b) Districts.

  (1.1)

  Workforce housing units in compliance with the provisions of Article XIIA of this Code.

  (2)

  On lots meeting the requirements for two-family use, every use as a duplex or two-family residence, including two private garages.

  (a)

  Where a single building is erected for separate families, the building shall have the appearance of a single-family dwelling house.

  (b)

  Where two separate buildings are erected to house separate families on a single lot, one shall be placed to the rear of the other and not side by side within the minimum lot width required herein.

  (3)

  Every use as a secondary or subordinate single-family residence or one-family garage apartment on the rear portion of a lot where there is only one (1) single-family residence on the front portion of said lot.

I am going to call the county anyways but I would love to hear BP’s members feedback.. Thank you for your time.

[Wayne Brooks]

Looks like 2 units total is the cap. I didn’t read your links.

[Robert Rixer]

Nothing here seems to indicate a fourplex is possible without rezoning. Usually the village is concerned with density.

[Branden Rivero]

You would have to go in for a variance, and in the city of Miami that is lengthy and pricey. I would rather just add an ADU instead of going through the variance process to change the zoning

[Robert Ellis]

Quote from @Alejandro C.:

Good evening, 

I have a SFR in Miami dade county and this is the zoning info from the county website:

Land Use	Muni Zone	PA Zone
GENERAL	RU-2	5700 - DUPLEXES - GENERAL

From the county website I was redirected to: 

https://library.municode.com/fl/miami_-_dade_county/codes/co...

and I think the construction of a new unit in the back (There should be enough space)  can potentially be approved based on the exception (3)

• ARTICLE XV. - RU-2, TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT[19]SHARE LINK TO SECTIONPRINT SECTIONDOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONSEMAIL SECTIONCOMPARE VERSIONS
  Footnotes: --- (19) ---

  Cross reference— Height of fences, walls and hedges in RU Districts, § 33-11; location of swimming pools in RU-2 Districts, § 33-20(c); maximum setback for principal residential buildings in RU-2 Districts, § 33-45.

  
  
• Sec. 33-201. - Uses permitted.SHARE LINK TO SECTIONPRINT SECTIONDOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONSEMAIL SECTIONCOMPARE VERSIONS

  No land, body of water and/or structure shall be used or permitted to be used and no structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, moved, reconstructed or structurally altered for any purpose in an RU-2 District which is designed, arranged, or intended to be used or occupied for any purpose, unless otherwise provided for, excepting for one or more of the following uses:

  (1)

  Every use permitted in RU-1, RU-1M(a) and RU-1M(b) Districts.

  (1.1)

  Workforce housing units in compliance with the provisions of Article XIIA of this Code.

  (2)

  On lots meeting the requirements for two-family use, every use as a duplex or two-family residence, including two private garages.

  (a)

  Where a single building is erected for separate families, the building shall have the appearance of a single-family dwelling house.

  (b)

  Where two separate buildings are erected to house separate families on a single lot, one shall be placed to the rear of the other and not side by side within the minimum lot width required herein.

  (3)

  Every use as a secondary or subordinate single-family residence or one-family garage apartment on the rear portion of a lot where there is only one (1) single-family residence on the front portion of said lot.

I am going to call the county anyways but I would love to hear BP’s members feedback.. Thank you for your time.

yah you are limited, you might be able to get a variance or rezoning or ADU above a detached garage lots of ways to build it.