Miramar, FL Short-Term Rentals: Host Presence Rule (2026)

2 requires that, for every bed and breakfast, short-term rental and vacation rental in Miramar, a local responsible party be registered with the city's police department and be available on call 24 hours per day, seven days per week. As part of that registration, the responsible party must execute a notarized trespass affidavit that is submitted to the police department, which gives officers authority to act against trespassers or unruly guests on the owner's behalf without needing the owner physically present. This stands in for a host-presence rule: rather than requiring the property owner or a manager to live on-site during a guest's stay, Miramar substitutes an always-reachable local contact tied to a police-department registration and a legal trespass authorization.

The same section requires renters and their guests to comply with the city's parking, noise, and property maintenance regulations, and encourages, though does not mandate, that owners install a noise-sensing device, waiving the registration fee for vacation rentals that do install one. 2: it can trigger suspension of the vacation rental's zoning certificate of use, escalating from 30 days for a second violation up to 365 days for a fourth, enforced by the Code Compliance Division of the police department with appeal rights to the Special Magistrate. 2 standards adopted through Ordinance No. 25-14 in September 2025.