Impact door permits in Miami-Dade

Miami-Dade is in the high-velocity hurricane zone. An exterior door is opening protection, not a finish. The reviewer wants to see the product approval for that door, the opening it is going into, and what happens to the opening if the door itself is not impact-rated. There is no single county form that Hialeah, Aventura, and the City of Miami all accept in place of their own process.

Hialeah writes the drawing down

Hialeah’s window and door sheet asks for a notarized application signed by the owner and the contractor. The drawing is a floor plan with rooms labeled, every opening sized and located, and the product approval number on the windows, doors, fixed glass, and mullions. Wind-load pressures are required on multifamily and commercial. Approvals are Miami-Dade product control, a state approval, or both, and the installation details in that approval have to be marked. If the new door is not impact-rated, they say a shutter permit may be required. Doors are their own improvement type on the form. We do not hide them in a window count.

Aventura adds the building and the association

Aventura’s window, door, and shutter checklist wants the association, property manager, or condominium authorization letter as part of the city package. It also wants proof of ownership, a notarized application with no white-out, and site-specific calculations sealed by a Florida engineer. Their note on effective area is specific: over 60 feet, use 20 square feet; under 60, use 10. A one-page chart from a different building height does not survive that review. Submittals go through their ePermits process with the folio number in the subject line. A correction is a different subject line than a new permit.

The City of Miami is two portals

City of Miami applications open in iBuild. The plans go to ProjectDox. Filing one without the other is not a filed permit. Historically designated properties have a separate path, and an open code case should be cleared before the application. A Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, or a Florida Product Approval that truly covers HVHZ use, has to match the series and glass on the order. We do not upload a Palm Beach approval and explain it later.

If you are replacing one entry door and leaving the rest of the house alone, say that. The permit should cover the door you are changing. The openings you are not touching stay described as existing, unless the city requires protection for the whole unit. We would rather ask that question before the order is cut than after the comment comes back.