Polk County cannot cap the number of nights or rentals per year. FS 509.032(7)(b) expressly bars local rules that regulate the duration or frequency of vacation rentals adopted after June 1, 2011.
Night caps, minimum-stay mandates, and annual rental-count limits all 'regulate the duration or frequency of rental,' which FS 509.032(7)(b) prohibits for any local ordinance adopted after June 1, 2011. Polk County has no grandfathered pre-2011 rule of this kind, so there is no county-imposed minimum stay or annual night cap. State law does define the 'transient' threshold—rented more than three times a year for stays under 30 days—which affects licensing category, not a legal cap on operating.
No county penalty applies because no night cap exists; any private HOA or lease minimum-stay term is enforced privately, not by the county.
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