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Golden Beach · Miami-Dade County

What are the storm and debris rules in Golden Beach?

Unsafe structuresdeteriorated docks and seawalls

Golden Beach's Town Council has declared deteriorated, broken, cracked or failing docks and seawalls to be unsafe structures that must be repaired or replaced after a notice to repair. Seawall and hurricane-protection violations carry $250 for a first offence rising to $300-$500 for a fourth. Yard waste may not go to the curb once a hurricane watch is issued.

Source: Town of Golden Beach Code of Ordinances Secs. 2-211, 14-115, 46-83 (Municode); s. 403.813(1)(d)-(e), Fla. Stat. (2026) · Verified 2026-10

The detail

Docks and seawallsDocks and seawalls, if deteriorated, broken, cracked or in a state of disrepair, are unsafe structures and shall be repaired or replaced after notice to repair is served on the owner as provided in Sec. 14-31 - Code Sec. 46-83 (Ord. 514.06)
FinesSeawalls: $250.00 first offence, $250-$500 second and third, $300.00-$500.00 fourth; Hurricane Protection Measures: the same scale - Sec. 2-211(a)
Yard wasteOnce an official hurricane watch is issued, no landscape debris may be placed on or within ten feet of the public right-of-way unless instructed in writing by the Town Manager - Sec. 14-115(a)
State exemptionReplacing or repairing an existing dock within 5 feet of its location and no larger, without fill, and restoring a seawall at or within 18 inches waterward of its previous location, are exempt from a state environmental resource permit - s. 403.813(1)(d)-(e), Fla. Stat. (2026)

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