Coral Gables, FL Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)

F.S. 509.032(7)(b) preempts cities from regulating the duration or frequency of vacation rentals in any ordinance adopted on or after June 1, 2011. Coral Gables relies on its pre-2011 zoning, which categorically excludes short-term rentals from the Single-Family Residential District through Article 4 (Section 4-101) and the Article 8 definition of 'Overnight Accommodations'; because the rental is not allowed at all, the question of a per-year night cap does not arise in SFR areas. There is no local ordinance setting a maximum number of rental nights per year, no minimum-stay requirement (other than the de facto 6-month minimum that takes the use out of the STR definition), and no occupancy-frequency cap. In permitted Mixed-Use, Commercial-Limited, Commercial, and Industrial districts, properly licensed overnight accommodations may operate continuously without a rental-night cap. Administrative Order AO-2021-05 governs citation procedures for SFR violations and applies to any rental of less than six months regardless of how many nights per year are offered. Hosts seeking to operate without zoning issues must either lease for six months or longer (which falls outside the STR definition) or operate in a permitted commercial district.