The city's fee, at cost
The building department's permit fee, the two state surcharges every Florida permit carries, and the county fee. It is passed through to you at exactly what the city charges.
Permit fees, city by city
Garage door permit cost in Miami-Dade, Broward and the Keys
Every city and county we work in sets its own building permit fee for a garage door replacement. The fees are set by each city, we pass them through at cost, and the figures below are as of the date of each city's fee schedule.
CMC Door Service pulls the permit on every door replacement. We file the application, attach the product approval for the exact door, and meet the inspector. The permit fee is the city's fee, and it reaches you at exactly what the building department charges, with nothing added to it.
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From the cities' own schedules
Permit fee for a typical garage door replacement
One door, at a job value of $2,500 for a single door and $4,500 for a double. Each figure is the city's base permit fee plus the state surcharges and the county fee the schedule applies. Up front or application fees, where a city charges them, are listed underneath.
| Where | Single door | Double door | How the city sets it | Schedule date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Dade County | ||||
| Aventura | $168.44 | $169.64 | $162.50 minimum covers the first five doors or windows. | July 8, 2026 |
| City of Miami | $119.50 | $119.50 | $110 minimum permit fee (the 0.5% rate comes in under it). Not included: $40 application fee. |
April 23, 2026 |
| Coral Gables | $215.00 | $215.00 | $200 residential minimum (the 2% rate comes in under it). Not included: zoning permit and Board of Architects review when the exterior change needs them. |
March 10, 2026 |
| Doral | $483.75 | $483.75 | $450 flat tier: intake, plan review and up to three inspections. Not included: $75 technology fee per permit and $3 per inspection. |
October 1, 2026 |
| Hialeah | $211.50 | $211.50 | $180 residential minimum ($12 per opening), 10% technology fee. Not included: flood review if the property needs it. |
March 20, 2026 |
| Medley | $149.25 | $150.45 | $125 for one door, 15% technology fee. Not included: the Town can apply its $175 residential minimum instead; zoning review. |
April 13, 2022 |
| Miami Beach | $154.42 | $154.42 | $122 alteration minimum, 6% technology surcharge, $15 sanitation minimum. Not included: zoning review if the City requires it. |
October 1, 2025 |
| Miami Gardens | $98.26 | $98.26 | $78.55 residential minimum, 15% technology surcharge. | September 11, 2024 |
| Miami Lakes | $71.50 | $72.70 | $60 first door, 10% technology fee. Not included: the Town can apply its $97.04 residential minimum instead; zoning review if required. |
October 1, 2020 |
| Pinecrest | $376.70 | $377.90 | $340 flat window and door permit, solid waste surcharge. Not included: zoning review if the Village requires it. |
January 4, 2021 |
| South Miami | $105.50 | $106.70 | $100 residential minimum ($9 per door). | June 24, 2025 |
| Unincorporated Miami-Dade Kendall, Westchester, The Hammocks and the rest of the unincorporated county |
$169.59 | $169.59 | $147 flat for a window or door replacement permit. Not included: $65 up front fee at submittal. |
June 26, 2026 |
| Broward County | ||||
| Davie | $91.00 | $100.00 | $55 minimum (0.95%) plus plan review, 6% technology fee. | October 1, 2025 |
| Fort Lauderdale | $142.00 | $142.34 | $131 minimum (the 1.75% rate comes in under it), lien law and county fees. | September 17, 2026 |
| Hollywood | $152.98 | $199.96 | $100 for the first $1,000 of value plus 2.2% of the rest, with processing, technology and education fees. Not included: certificate of completion fee. |
October 9, 2025 |
| Miramar | $107.75 | $129.00 | $75 minimum or 1.75%, plus 0.75% plan review and an 8% administrative surcharge. Not included: $75 online submittal fee. |
September 17, 2025 |
| Pembroke Pines | $129.98 | $131.02 | $124.42 for the first opening. Not included: zoning and engineering review if required. |
October 1, 2025 |
| Unincorporated Broward | $259.13 | $269.74 | $125 processing fee plus the greater of $125 or 3% of value. Not included: plan review fee, which the County does not publish online. |
May 1, 2025 |
| Monroe County | ||||
| Unincorporated Monroe County Key Largo, Tavernier, Marathon and the rest of the Keys outside Key West |
$254.35 | $254.35 | $236 flat for a residential job under $5,000. Not included: the County updates this for inflation on October 1, 2026. |
October 1, 2025 |
Fees checked September 29, 2026 against each city's published fee schedule; the date column links to the schedule itself. Few cities have a line that names garage doors, so most figures use the city's window and door line or its minimum fee, and the permit desk has the final word. Several cities adjust their fees every October 1. Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay, Homestead, Key West, North Miami, Sweetwater and Florida City do not publish a schedule we could confirm, so they are not listed; we confirm the fee there when the permit is filed.
What goes with the fee
What a garage door permit involves
The fee is the part that changes from city to city. The paperwork around it is much the same everywhere we work.
The product approval
In Miami-Dade and Broward the door has to match a current Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance or Florida product approval for the pressure at your address. We attach it to the application. How that matching works is on our hurricane approvals page.
Notice of Commencement
Florida law requires a recorded Notice of Commencement when the contract is over $5,000. Most residential door replacements come in under that. When a larger or commercial job goes over it, we record the notice before the first inspection.
The inspection
Once the door is in, the city inspects the installation against the approval: the door, the track, the anchors and the label. We schedule it and meet the inspector, so you do not have to take a morning off for it.
Owner paperwork
Some cities want more than the application. Pembroke Pines asks for a homeowners association affidavit, Coral Gables sends exterior changes past its Board of Architects, and Key West reviews work in the historic district. The local details are on each city page.
Commercial and rolling doors
A commercial overhead or rolling door is usually charged on the city's commercial minimum or on the value of the job, which lands higher than the residential figures here. We price that permit on the job and show it on the quote the same way. See commercial doors.
FAQ
Common questions about garage door permit fees
How much is a garage door permit in Miami?
It depends on which city the house is in, because each building department sets its own fee. For a typical single door replacement the fee runs from about $71.50 in Miami Lakes to about $483.75 in Doral, and about $169.59 in unincorporated Miami-Dade, which includes Kendall. Those figures include the state surcharges and the county fee. The table on this page lists every city we could confirm, with the date of the schedule each number comes from.
Is the permit included in the price of a new garage door?
The permit fee is the city's fee, not ours, so we pass it through at cost, at exactly what the building department charges, and your written quote says what the permit adds before anything is ordered. The work around it, the application, the product approval and the inspection, is handled by us.
Why does a double door permit sometimes cost the same as a single?
Most cities charge a minimum fee or a flat fee per door opening, and a garage door replacement usually comes in under the point where a percentage of the job value would take over. A double wide door is still one opening. Cities that charge a percentage of the job value, such as Hollywood, charge more for the bigger job.
Do I need a Notice of Commencement for a garage door?
Florida law requires a recorded Notice of Commencement when the contract is over $5,000, before the first inspection. Most single and double residential door replacements come in under that, so they usually do not need one. Larger jobs and many commercial doors do, and we tell you on the quote when yours does.
Who pulls the permit for a garage door replacement?
We do. CMC Door Service files the application with your city or county, attaches the product approval for the exact door being installed, and meets the inspector. You sign the owner paperwork the city asks for, and that is it.
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