Sarasota County does not cap the number of rental nights or bookings per year. Florida law bars local governments from regulating the frequency or duration of vacation rentals, except under pre-2011 ordinances.
There is no annual night limit or booking cap on rentals in unincorporated Sarasota County. State law is explicit: FS 509.032(7)(b) provides that 'A local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the duration or frequency of rental of vacation rentals,' except for rules adopted on or before June 1, 2011. Sarasota County's duration-based 30-day-minimum framework predates that cutoff, which is why it survives; but the county cannot layer a new nights-per-year cap on top of it. Where short-term rental is allowed, owners may rent as often as demand supports.
No night-cap penalty exists. Enforcement targets under-30-day rentals in prohibited zones, not booking frequency.
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