Boynton Beach, FL Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

Under Sec. 13-96(a)(1), the City does not simply accept an owner's stated bedroom count or occupancy figure: the number of sleeping rooms, the minimum size of those rooms, and the resulting maximum guest count for a short-term rental are confirmed by a City inspector as part of processing the application under Article V of Chapter 13. That inspection duty repeats annually. Sec. 13-96(e) requires that annual renewal of a short-term rental approval requires the passing of a new inspection by City staff, meaning an STR cannot simply pay a renewal fee to keep operating; it must clear a fresh inspection each year.

The program also has a compliance-driven trigger outside the normal renewal cycle: under Sec. 13-97(d)(1)e, a short-term rental's Certificate of Use and Occupancy is subject to temporary suspension beginning five working days after a citation or notice of violation is issued for a Florida Building Code or Florida Fire Prevention Code violation, and that suspension remains in place until the STR is re-inspected and the City determines the violation no longer exists. In practice this creates a three-track inspection regime: an initial confirmation inspection when an owner first applies, a mandatory annual renewal inspection, and an on-demand reinspection whenever a building or fire code violation is cited.

The Development Department administers the underlying applications, while reinspection following a building or fire violation is coordinated with the City's building and fire officials before the suspension can be lifted.