No Marion County ordinance sets a vacation-rental occupancy cap; Florida law bars counties from limiting STR occupancy unless the limit applies equally to all residential properties.
Unincorporated Marion County has not adopted a vacation-rental-specific occupancy standard. Under section 509.032(7)(b), Florida Statutes, a local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the duration or frequency of rental of vacation rentals (except ordinances adopted on or before June 1, 2011). Florida counties may set maximum-occupancy rules only if they apply uniformly to all residential dwellings rather than singling out vacation rentals. Because Marion County's residential zoning classifications govern dwelling use generally, any occupancy limit derives from generally applicable building, health, and fire-life-safety codes rather than from an STR-specific rule.
There is no STR-specific occupancy penalty; generally applicable building- and fire-code occupancy limits are enforced by code enforcement and the fire marshal.
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Unincorporated Marion County sets time-averaged decibel limits that drop at night: residential areas fall from 65 dB(A) (7 a.m.-10 p.m.) to 55 dB(A) (10 p.m....
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