City of Miami Beach

Production Incentives Program

The Film & Print Division of Miami Beach offers the following incentives to productions shooting in Miami Beach. To take advantage of this program productions can contact us by phone: 305/673-7070.  We encourage any production wishing to take advantage of these incentives to contact to the City’s Film & Print Division as far ahead of the production date as possible.

Film & Video Production Incentive

This program is available to all permitted productions:

  • One free vehicle beach access pass per day (an off-duty Miami Beach police officer is required to be on site with any production brining vehicles on to the beach)

  • Waiver of all administrative fees related to the hiring of police off-duty officers for film, video and photo productions.

Beach Access

During the months of June through October, vehicle beach access passes (above an beyond the one free each day) shall be reduced by 50% to $75.00 (per vehicle/per day).

Scouting Permits

Temporary scouting permits are available on a per project basis at the direction of the Film & Print Division. The permit will allow cars to park at legal metered parking at no cost and within all residential zones. It also allows a maximum of 20 minute parking in (marked) loading zones. Scouting permits are limited in time (typically not for more than one day), and are $25 per day.

No Cost Convention Center Parking

When not in use for a convention or other City event, the Convention Center Parking Lot can be made available to productions for no-cost crew parking or base camps. This must be arranged prior to the production start date.

NOTE: Consideration for neighboring residents and businesses would be paramount in permitting the use of this Lot. Guidelines established for Residential Filming would be applied to Convention Center parking requests and will address hours of operation and any aspects of the production that may have an impact on the surrounding residents. These guidelines require a percentage of affirmative "sign-offs" from affected neighbors for parking requests which exceed "normal" hours of operation and specifically address residential concerns in respect to productions.

Production Company Mobile Unit (PCRV) Permit

A PCRV pass allows production units (RVs) to park in metered spaces without "feeding" the meters while there. This applies to legal parking spaces only and does not apply to Residential Parking Zones. The PCRV pass is available for $50 per month/per vehicle.

 


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