Winter Park, FL Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual Cap
- None
- Minimum Stay
- 30 days residential
- Mixed-Use
- No cap where permitted
- State
- FL 509.032 preserves
Summary
Winter Park does not cap annual rental nights but enforces 30-day minimum stays in most residential zones, effectively eliminating short-term use.
(7) PREEMPTION AUTHORITY. — (a) The regulation of public lodging establishments and public food service establishments, including, but not limited to, sanitation standards, inspections, training and testing of personnel, and matters related to the nutritional content and marketing of foods offered in such establishments, is preempted to the state. This paragraph does not preempt the authority of a local government or local enforcement district to conduct inspections of public lodging and public food service establishments for compliance with the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code, pursuant to ss. 553.80 and 633.206 .
(b) A local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the duration or frequency of rental of vacation rentals. This paragraph does not apply to any local law, ordinance, or regulation adopted on or before June 1, 2011.
(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to any local law, ordinance, or regulation exclusively relating to property valuation as a criterion for vacation rental if the local law, ordinance, or regulation is required to be approved by the state land planning agency pursuant to an area of critical state concern designation.
Full Breakdown
Winter Park does not employ an annual night cap model like some Florida coastal cities. Instead, the city enforces 30-day minimum stay requirements in single-family residential zones under its grandfathered pre-2011 ordinance, which FL 509.032 preserves. Shorter rentals in permitted mixed-use or commercial zones have no annual cap but must maintain DBPR licensing and pay all applicable taxes.
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