Port Orange, FL Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Section 14-26 adopts the current edition of the International Property Maintenance Code, calling it the property maintenance code, and Section 14-27 then rewrites specific IPMC sections for Port Orange. 1 sets a floor of 120 square feet for a living room and 70 square feet for a bedroom, and requires at least 50 square feet of habitable floor area per occupant when more than one person sleeps in a room, with occupant defined as 18 years or older; a room already occupied when the ordinance was enacted with a bedroom under 70 square feet is capped at one occupant.

3 requires any owner or operator who rents, leases, or lets a dwelling unit or sleeping unit to supply heat from October 15 through March 15 sufficient to maintain at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit in habitable rooms, bathrooms, and toilet rooms, and a parallel amendment extends the same 68-degree, October 15 to March 15 standard to occupied indoor work spaces. Other amendments folded into the same section require year-round insect screening of at least 16 mesh per inch on doors and windows opening into habitable rooms.

Enforcement runs through Section 14-28: each day a violation continues is a separate misdemeanor offense, the city may refer violations to the special magistrate, and the city can also seek an injunction in circuit court. An aggrieved party, including the city itself, can appeal a final administrative order to the circuit court within 30 days under Section 14-29, though the appeal is limited to the record made before the city council or special magistrate rather than a new hearing.