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Short-term rental rules in Davenport, FL
How Davenport 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.
- City defers short-term rentals to Florida state statutes (LDR § 4.03.19) — no city STR permit, registration, or inspection
- Short-term rentals are a permitted use in residential districts — no residential-zone exclusion
- City requires only a general Business Tax Receipt (non-STR-specific)
- Polk County levies the tourist development tax reaching STR stays (county device, not the city's own)
Based on: City of Davenport Unified Land Development Regulations § 4.03.19 (Short-term Rental Units)
Summary of the rule
City of Davenport Unified Land Development Regulations § 4.03.19 (Short-term Rental Units): 'Short term rental units are allowed per State of Florida statutes.' The City adopts no STR-specific permit, registration, certificate, or inspection process of its own — it expressly defers the operative rule to state law. This confirms not Regulated (no city STR-specific process) and not Restrictive (no residential exclusion).
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