Long-stay home-share arrangements over 30 days fall outside Florida's vacation rental definition under §509.032, so Tampa treats them as standard residential leases without STR registration, though tenants gain landlord-tenant protections under FL Ch. 83.
Florida Statute §509.013(4) defines a vacation rental by stays of less than 30 days or one calendar month at a time. Once a guest stays longer, the arrangement converts to a residential tenancy governed by Florida's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Ch. 83) rather than Tampa's STR registration in Ch. 27 §27-114. Hosts no longer collect Florida transient sales tax or Hillsborough County tourist development tax after that threshold but must follow lease, security deposit, and eviction procedures. Tampa zoning still applies, and any boarding or rooming-house density limits in the underlying district remain in force.
Treating a long-term tenant as an STR guest can trigger illegal eviction claims under FL Ch. 83 and complaints to Tampa code enforcement for misclassified occupancy.
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