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Short-term rental rules in Navarre, FL
How Navarre 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.
- PRIMARY zoning read: Santa Rosa County LDC (Appendix C) Ch. 2 permits Single Family Residential as a P use in residential districts; 'Dwelling (Single Family)' is defined with NO short-term/transient exclusion
- No STR-specific device or process: no vacation-rental or short-term-rental definition, no registration or permit ordinance, no cap or quota, and no minimum-stay or duration limit anywhere in the Code of Ordinances or the LDC
- GOVERNING-JURISDICTION LODGING TAX (2026-09-14 correction): Navarre is an unincorporated CDP whose governing jurisdiction is Santa Rosa County, which levies a 5% tourist-development (bed) tax on transient stays of 6 months or less — an STR-touching device that sets the tier to Light-touch
- only general/process obligations otherwise: state DBPR vacation-rental license + Santa Rosa County BTR + 7% FL sales tax
- no pre-2011-06-01 grandfathered supply device
Based on: Santa Rosa County Code — no STR-specific ordinance; STR permitted as a residential use
Summary of the rule
Navarre is an unincorporated CDP; its governing jurisdiction is Santa Rosa County, which levies a 5% tourist-development (bed) tax on transient rental stays of 6 months or less (Fla. Stat. §125.0104 local option). This county lodging tax reaches STR stays and, per the 2026-09-14 governing-jurisdiction rule, sets the tier to Light-touch.
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