Davie, FL Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight max
- 2 persons per sleeping room
- Gathering cap
- 1.5x overnight max, 20 people max
- Owner-present exception
- No gathering cap if owner on-site
- Children exemption
- Up to 4 kids under 13 excluded
Summary
Davie caps overnight vacation rental occupancy at two people per sleeping room and daytime gatherings at 1.5 times that figure, never exceeding twenty people, with a limited exemption for young children.
(b)Maximum occupancy.(1)The maximum number of transient occupants authorized to stay overnight at any vacation rental shall be limited to two (2) persons per sleeping room. The number of sleeping rooms shall be confirmed by on-site inspection by a representative of the town, and(2)The maximum number of persons allowed to gather at or occupy a vacation rental shall not exceed one and one-half (1 ½) times the maximum occupants authorized to stay overnight at that site, as shown on the certificate of compliance, and in no event shall a gathering exceed twenty (20) persons. This subsection (b) shall not apply to owner-occupied vacation rentals when the property owner is physically present on the site during the gathering, and(3)Up to four (4) persons under thirteen (13) years of age are exempt from and shall not count towards the occupancy limits set in subsections (a) and (b) above.(c)The name, phone number, and email of a designated responsible party.(d)The certificate of compliance shall be posted on the back of or next to the interior of the main entrance door and shall include at a minimum the name, address and telephone number of the responsible party, and the maximum occupancy of the vacation rental. (Ord. No. O2021-014, § 2(Exh. A), 6-9-21)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Town of Davie Code § 16-156(b) sets a firm overnight cap of two transient occupants per sleeping room, with the sleeping room count confirmed by an on-site town inspection. Daytime or evening gatherings at the property cannot exceed one and one-half times the certified overnight occupancy and, in no event, more than 20 people, unless the owner is physically present, in which case the gathering cap does not apply. Up to four children under age 13 are excluded from both the overnight and gathering counts.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the certified occupancy or gathering cap is a violation of Article IX, treated as a single violation per rental period, enforceable by citation and civil penalty up to $500 per violation under § 16-160.
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