Miami Beach, Florida

Miami Beach tightly restricts short-term rentals, defined as stays under 6 months and 1 day. STRs are prohibited in most single-family and many multifamily residential zones and are permitted only in specific designated zoning districts shown on the city’s STR zoning map. Operators must verify a property’s zone eligibility before listing. To operate legally, owners must obtain a city Business Tax Receipt (BTR) and Certificate of Use, register a Resort Tax account with the city, and hold a Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) public lodging license. The BTR number and Resort Tax certificate number must be prominently displayed in every online listing and advertisement. Properties in condo or HOA buildings must confirm the building itself holds an approved BTR permitting STR use; owners must provide a letter from the HOA (dated within 60 days) confirming unit eligibility. The specific BTR application fee was not captured in available data and should be confirmed directly with the City of Miami Beach. No owner-occupancy or primary-residence requirement applies. The combined guest tax burden is approximately 14%: a 4% city Resort Tax plus a 3% county Convention Development Tax (7% local combined), added to Florida’s 6% transient rental tax and approximately 1% discretionary surtax. Enforcement is aggressive: current fines are $1,000 per day for a first offense and $5,000 per day for repeat offenses, following court rulings in 2019 and 2020 that struck down the prior higher fines. Florida’s proposed 2024 statewide preemption law (SB 280) was vetoed, preserving Miami Beach’s local authority to restrict STRs.