City garages would drop to $2 an hour, but all-day parking would rise to $24
A Nov. 18 ordinance would end automatic inflation increases at city garages, freeze resident rates for two years and let event parking reach $30.
Hourly parking at Miami Beach’s city garages would drop from $2.12 to an even $2, but the most a driver pays for a full day would climb from $21.10 to $24, under an ordinance up for a first vote at the Nov. 18 City Commission meeting.
The measure, sponsored by Commissioner Alex Fernandez and set for a 2:05 p.m. public hearing (item R5 AD), would also stop the automatic yearly increases tied to the Consumer Price Index at city garages and suspend those increases on resident parking rates for two budget years, 2027 and 2028.
What would change
- Hourly garage parking would go back to $2 an hour, its level before the inflation adjustments, according to the city manager’s memo. The fee schedule attached to the item lists the current rate as $2.12 at garages including 7th Street, 12th Street, 13th Street, 16th Street, 17th Street, City Hall, Pennsylvania Avenue and Sunset Harbor.
- The daily maximum would be $24 for up to 24 hours. The same schedule lists $21.10 today, so drivers who leave a car for most of a day would pay more.
- The 42nd Street Garage would keep a lower rate: $1 an hour (now $1.06), with a $12 daily maximum (now $8.45).
- Event parking, now a flat rate the memo describes as $15, could be set anywhere up to $30 a day, depending on the event.
- Residents’ $1-an-hour garage rate and monthly permits would not change, the memo says.
The memo gives two reasons for round-dollar rates: county rules require garages to keep taking cash, and coin-dispensing machines have become harder to get. The fiscal impact is listed as “TBD.”
Miami Beach began indexing parking fees to inflation in 2019 and capped the yearly increase at 3% in 2024. In 2025 it left registered residents’ rates out of the increase for the 2026 budget year.
What’s next
If the commission approves it on first reading, a second vote and public hearing would be held Dec. 9, according to the memo. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive; residents can comment in person or on Zoom during the public hearing.
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