Fort Lauderdale, FL Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Code Section
- Code of Ordinances Sec. 15-278(5),(10),(12)
- Noise Monitor
- Required; data retained 180 days for the city
- Quiet Hours Standard
- Not audible 1 min at 25 ft, 10pm-7am
- Daytime Standard
- Not audible 1 min at 50 ft, 7am-10pm
- Parking
- All vehicles within on-site driveway only
- Noise Authority
- Chapter 17 (Noise Control)
Summary
Fort Lauderdale vacation rentals must be equipped with a noise-detection device (data kept 180 days), post a strict audibility-based quiet-hours notice, and park all rental-associated vehicles within an on-site driveway.
A statement advising the occupant that any sound shall not be plainly audible for a period of one (1) minute or longer at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet or more when measured from the source property line between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. daily and at a distance of fifty (50) feet or more when measured from the source property line between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. daily; ... The vacation rental shall be equipped with a noise level detection device alerting the property owner/responsible party and transient occupants to noise emanating from the vacation rental, and all data produced by this device will be retained for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days and made available to the city upon request.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 67 Update 1 | Unified Land Development Code: Supplement 58 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 15-278 imposes operational standards on registered vacation rentals beyond occupancy. As amended by Ord. No. C-23-34 (Sept. 19, 2023), Sec. 15-278(12) requires that the vacation rental be equipped with a noise level detection device that alerts the property owner/responsible party and transient occupants to noise emanating from the rental, with all device data retained for 180 days and made available to the city upon request. Sec. daily; underlying noise standards are governed by Chapter 17 (Noise Control). For parking, Sec. 15-278(1)e and Sec. 15-278(10) require that all vehicles associated with the vacation rental be parked within a driveway located on the subject property in compliance with the Code, and the responsible party must give guests a sketch or photograph of the off-street parking-space locations (Sec.
15-278(5)b). The responsible party must also provide all guests, before occupancy, with a written English-language summary of city ordinances on noise, vehicle parking, garbage, and common-area usage, posted near the main entrance (Sec. 15-275(1)).
Violations & Fines
Noise and parking violations are enforced as Article X civil infractions: $250 uncontested / $325 contested per violation, with each day a separate violation (Sec. 15-282(b)(2), (c)). Underlying noise is also enforceable under Chapter 17 (Noise Control). Failure to equip the rental with the required noise-detection device or to retain its data for 180 days is a violation of Sec. 15-278(12).
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