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Short-term rental rules in Cocoa Beach, FL
How Cocoa Beach 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 vacation-rental registration citywide (post-2018/2025)
- annual fire and building inspection at registration and renewal
- per-guest registration fee schedule (single-family $219.45/guest; multifamily $146.30/guest)
- occupancy cap: lesser of 2 per bedroom + 2, or 8 total
- local-contact/agent name + phone posting requirement
- Business Tax Receipt prerequisite
Based on: Code of Ordinances Ch. 26.5 (Vacation Rentals), effective 2018-10-01; expanded citywide by Ord. No. 1673 (2025)
Summary of the rule
Chapter 26.5 Vacation Rentals — effective October 1, 2018; originally reached only the RS-1 single-family district
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Pending legislation
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