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Short-term rental rules in Boca Grande, FL
How Boca Grande regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- No STR-specific device or process in the Lee County Code of Ordinances or LDC ch. 34 — neither contains a short-term or vacation-rental provision
- LDC ch. 34 residential districts contain no transient or STR-use exclusion — residential short-term rental is a permitted residential use
- GOVERNING-JURISDICTION LODGING TAX (2026-09-14 correction): Boca Grande is an unincorporated Gasparilla Island CDP whose governing jurisdiction is Lee County, which levies a 5% tourist-development tax reaching STR stays — an STR-touching device that sets the tier to Light-touch
- Only general obligations otherwise: FL DBPR vacation-rental license + 6% state sales tax
Based on: Lee County LDC Ch. 34 (Ord. 86-17, adopted 1986) — no dedicated STR permit; STR permitted as a residential use
Summary of the rule
Boca Grande is an unincorporated Gasparilla Island CDP; its governing jurisdiction is Lee County, which levies a 5% tourist-development tax on short-term/transient rental stays (Fla. Stat. §125.0104 local option). This county lodging tax reaches STR stays and, per the 2026-09-14 governing-jurisdiction rule, sets the tier to Light-touch.
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