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Short-term rental rules in Holmes Beach, FL
How Holmes Beach regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- pre-2011 residential zoning scheme sets minimum-rental length by district (R-1/R-1AA: 30-day minimum; R-2/R-3/R-4: 7-day/weekly minimum; A-1: nightly), excluding short-term rentals from single-family residential districts
- duration restriction survives FL preemption as a grandfathered pre-2011-06-01 land-development-code device (Anna Maria Island cities are known-restrictive)
- mandatory vacation rental certificate + biennial inspection program (Ord. 16-03, 2016) layered on top (process, does not itself move rating)
- R-1 nonconforming-rental 10-year 'sunshine' sunset (Art. IV 4.2(D)) actively winds down grandfathered nightly uses in R-1
Based on: Land Development Code Art. VI (Zoning) minimum-rental-by-district scheme + Art. IV §4.2(D) (R-1 nonconforming 10-year
Summary of the rule
R-1 and R-1AA zones: 30-day minimum rental (short-term rental prohibited in single-family residential districts)
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Last reviewed Sep 9, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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