Showing ordinances that apply to Zephyrhills South, FL
Zephyrhills South is an unincorporated community (population 4,985) in Pasco County, Florida. Because Zephyrhills South is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Pasco County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The rent control rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Pasco County has no rent control. Florida Statute §166.043 prohibits local rent control except during a declared housing emergency approved by referendum — a threshold never met in Pasco. Landlords may raise rent by any amount with proper F.S. Ch. 83 Part II notice.
Pasco County does not and legally cannot impose rent control. Florida Statute §166.043 (enacted 1977) preempts municipal rent control ordinances except when (1) the local governing body declares a housing emergency so grave it constitutes a serious menace to the general public, AND (2) the ordinance is approved by voter referendum, AND (3) the controls are limited to one year. This combined threshold has never been successfully used in modern Florida. The 2023 Florida Legislature (HB 1417) further restricted local authority over landlord-tenant matters, preempting most local tenant-protection ordinances to state law. Rent increases for month-to-month tenancies require 15 days written notice under F.S. §83.57; fixed-term leases are governed by their written terms. Tenants retain habitability rights under F.S. §83.51, security deposit protections under F.S. §83.49, and federal Fair Housing Act anti-discrimination protections. Pasco currently has no local tenant notice-of-rent-increase ordinance.
Any attempted local rent cap: preempted and void under F.S. §166.043 and §166.0445. Improper notice of rent increase: tenant may refuse increase and continue at old rate until proper notice. Retaliatory rent increase after habitability complaint: prohibited under F.S. §83.64, tenant may recover damages.
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