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Short-term rental rules in Anna Maria, FL
How Anna Maria regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- Mandatory annual registration with DBPR, DOR, and county accounts
- Per-occupant registration fee scales with occupancy
- Mandatory initial and annual life-safety inspection
- Occupancy-cap formula; 2015 grandfather expired
- No zoning supply restriction confirmed — process regime only
Based on: City of Anna Maria Code Ch.108 (Vacation Rentals), Ordinance No. 15-807, eff 2015-11-19; Chapter 114 (Zoning), base
Summary of the rule
Chapter 114 (Zoning), Article V, Division 2 (R-1, R-2 Residential District), Sec. 114-221(b) Permitted uses — sourced to Ord. No. 96-549, § 1(3.01.01), adopted 1996-02-16 (pre-dates the 2011-06-01 FL Stat §509.032(7)(b) grandfather cutoff), as amended by Ord. Nos. 09-699 (2009), 10-714 (2010), 12-740 (2012), 12-742 (2012) — lists permitted uses in the R-1/R-2 residential district as: single-family detached dwellings; licensed group homes/foster care (≤6 clients); mobile homes (FEMA A zones only); community residential homes (≤6 clients); and two-family dwellings existing prior to 2009-04-01. Dwelling-use classification is not conditioned on rental duration or tenancy type, and no vacation-rental-specific prohibition, moratorium, or duration/frequency restriction appears anywhere in the currently codified Ch.114. Ch.108 Sec. 108-1 (Ord. 15-807, 2015-11-19) states directly: 'This chapter does not prohibit vacation rentals, or the duration or frequency of vacation rentals, nor is it the intention of the City of Anna Maria to do so,' and Sec. 108-2(3): 'Certain vacation rentals are presently located within the single family and two-family dwelling residential zoning districts of the City of Anna Maria.' No zoning-based vacation-rental supply restriction is codified; vacation rentals in Anna Maria are governed by the Ch.108 registration, inspection and occupancy-formula process.
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