Lauderhill, FL Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

Section 5.1.8.B.7 of the Land Development Regulations states plainly that accessory dwelling units may not be leased or advertised for rent as a short-term rental or vacation rental for any period less than six months. This sits alongside the rest of Section 5.1.8's ADU standards: one ADU per single-family lot, a 400 to 500 square foot floor area, one or two dedicated off-street parking spaces, and Schedule M housing-quality inspections and a certificate of use administered by the Planning and Zoning Department. Because an ADU already counts toward the property's overall density, as a half unit absent an affordability restriction under Florida Statutes Section 163.31771, allowing it to double as a nightly or weekly rental would let a single-family lot function like a duplex short-term rental operation next door to neighbors who bought into single-family zoning, which is exactly what the six-month floor forecloses.

A property owner who wants to offer a unit as a short-term or vacation rental instead has to register that unit separately as a short-term vacation rental under Section 3.1.17 of the Land Development Regulations, which carries its own occupancy caps, parking rules, noise acknowledgment tied to Section 14-22, and annual registration requirements administered by the city each October.