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Short-term rental rules in Islamorada, FL
How Islamorada 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 grandfathered hard cap on vacation-rental licenses (331 village-wide)
- 7-day minimum stay in residential zoning classifications
- Vacation rentals excluded from Residential Medium (R-1) except ~25 grandfathered legacy properties
- Mandatory annual village vacation-rental license ($1,325) + life-safety inspection
- Limited license availability (cap effectively closed; waitlist dynamics)
Based on: Village of Islamorada Land Development Regulations Ch. 30, Art. 30-VI, Div. 30-VI-6 Vacation Rentals (§§30-1291 through
Summary of the rule
VERBATIM §30-1295: 'The annual registration shall allow up to a total of 331 single-family and multifamily vacation rental units.' Original enactment Ord. No. 01-12, § 1(5), 7-24-2001 (pre-2011-06-01); amended through Ord. 23-04 (2023, added assessed-value criteria).
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