Lauderhill, FL Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Section 3.1.17.G of the Land Development Regulations sets three overlapping occupancy rules for every short-term vacation rental in the city. First, no more than two transient occupants can stay overnight per sleeping room, and the city confirms the sleeping-room count itself through an on-site inspection rather than relying on the owner's listing. Second, any gathering at the property, whether overnight guests or day visitors, cannot exceed one and one-half times the overnight occupancy figure shown on the property's certificate of use, and in no event can a gathering exceed twenty people; that daytime cap does not apply when the owner is physically present during an owner-occupied gathering.

Third, up to four children under thirteen are excluded entirely from both counts. The certificate of use required under Section 3.1.17.C fixes the maximum overnight occupancy in writing for each specific address, so the number is set property by property based on its confirmed sleeping-room count rather than as a single citywide figure. Section 3.1.17.F also requires an internal posting inside every rental unit that spells out the maximum occupancy along with parking and life-safety rules for transient occupants to see.