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Short-term rental rules in Pembroke Pines, FL
How Pembroke Pines 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.
- No vacation-rental or short-term-rental ordinance in the City code
- General local business tax receipt applies to all for-profit activities in the City (Code Ch. 115)
- State law bars local prohibition or duration/frequency limits on vacation rentals
- Tourist development tax is levied by Broward County, not the City
Based on: Pembroke Pines Code of Ordinances (S-61, current through Ord. 2056, passed 12-11-25): no vacation-rental chapter; Ch.
Summary of the rule
BUSINESS. All kinds of vocations, occupations, professions, enterprises, establishments, and all other kinds of activities and matters ... conducted for private profit, or benefit, either directly or indirectly, on any premises in the city
Last reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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