City Watch — Boca Raton
Pending STR legislation and regulatory rating tracking for Boca Raton.
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- zoning use-classification excludes transient/short-term (<30-day) rentals from single-family and most residential districts (de facto STR prohibition in residential)
- escalating code-enforcement fines ($1,000 / $2,500 / $5,000+) for repeat violations
- STR only permitted where hotel/motel use is allowed (R-4, R-5, R-B-1 motel-business districts)
- determining pre-2011 grandfathered adoption date CONFIRMED at authoritative_primary 2026-09-13: §28-339 single-family permitted-use section first adopted Ord. No. 1828, §4, 7-18-1973 -> grandfathered supply device -> Restrictive
Based on: Code of Ordinances Ch. 28 (Zoning), §28-2 definitions (motel/hotel/lodginghouse = transient uses; 'family') + §28-339
“CONFIRMED AT PRIMARY: §28-339 ('Permitted and accessory uses') provides that in single-family residential zoning districts the only permitted uses are single-family residences (incl. qualifying community residential homes) plus §28-1305(a) uses and residential accessory uses; transient lodging (motel/hotel/lodginghouse) is not permitted. STR (transient, <30-day) is thus excluded from single-family residential districts and allowed only where hotel/motel use is permitted (R-4/R-5/business).”— Code of Ordinances Ch. 28 (Zoning), §28-2 definitions (motel/hotel/lodginghouse = transient uses; 'family') + §28-339
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