/ Miami-Dade · Equipment setback
Check the property line and highway right-of-way before placing the pad.
For unincorporated Miami-Dade, Section 33-42 calls for a certified survey when the work is within 10 feet of a property line, within 25 feet of an existing or proposed highway right-of-way, or when the official doubts the line. The survey locates the work; the applicable district, yard and other approvals still decide whether the pad can stay there. MasterBuild does not certify property lines.
Packet: equipment setback PDF · ES. Openings: conditional wall-opening setbacks. Height: roof-height exceptions. County Section 33-42.
- 33-42 survey triggers. Within 10 feet of any property line, within 25 feet of an existing or proposed highway right-of-way, or whenever the official doubts the line: obtain the certified survey. Retain required markers until certificate of occupancy. The fence is not proof of the property line.
- 33-41. Side and rear not less than ten percent of average lot width, not less than five feet, not more than seven and one-half feet, unless the district table is greater. That is the zoning envelope. Working space and condensate are still mechanical. We do not invent Article 110 numbers here.
- Zero-lot-line (RU-1Z). Equipment does not live on the zero side. Pad on the open side. Dimension it to the survey.
- 33-52(b). Accessory buildings in RU and EU-M: one story unless the house is two stories and the accessory meets principal setbacks. A generator enclosure still has a height.
Tool: Pad, wall opening or roof height?
Condenser three feet off the fence, no survey, intake in the same side wall
Zoning on Monday. Mechanical on Tuesday. Two desks. One pad.
What to send
Site plan or survey, proposed pad location, distances to property lines and existing or proposed highway right-of-way, district and adjacent use, and whether this is zero-lot-line.
If the pad is already against the fence and nobody ordered a survey
Send the location. MasterBuild will say whether the pad still has no row — not whether Zoning will accept the setback.
Send Project Background+1 (786) 398-6940 · osmany.portal@masterbuildconsulting.com
MasterBuild provides engineering services under a written scope. Nothing on this page is a property-line certification, a variance, a zoning determination, or a representation about permit approval. Confirm live Chapter 33-41 and 33-42. This is not legal advice.