Santa Rosa County sets no separate STR occupancy cap. Maximum occupancy follows the state vacation-rental license, the Florida Building/Fire Code, and any HOA rules — not a county ordinance limiting guests per bedroom.
Florida bars counties from regulating vacation rentals in ways that effectively limit their use, so Santa Rosa County has not adopted an STR-specific 'two-per-bedroom-plus-two' occupancy formula for unincorporated land. Practical occupancy is governed by the DBPR vacation-rental license, life-safety limits in the Florida Building and Fire Prevention codes, septic/water capacity, and — very often — private HOA or deed covenants (common in Navarre Beach communities). If a nuisance-level crowd creates noise or parking problems, county code enforcement acts under the general noise and nuisance codes, not an occupancy ordinance.
No county occupancy fine exists. Overcrowding beyond fire-code limits is a state/building-safety issue; downstream noise or parking violations are enforced under the county noise and nuisance ordinances.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Milton, FL
Within the City of Milton, the Land Development Code (Part III of the Code of Ordinances) governs accessory animal-keeping uses; Milton does not have a city-...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Backyard composting of yard and food scraps is allowed in Santa Rosa County with no permit for home-scale piles. Keep compost contained and free of odor and ...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Santa Rosa County has no ordinance banning residential artificial turf, and it is not counted as required landscaping. The county's landscape code favors nat...
Santa Rosa County, FL
New development in Santa Rosa County must use native, Florida-Friendly species and may not plant invasive exotics. Existing single-family and duplex homes ar...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Rain barrels and rainwater harvesting are legal and encouraged in Santa Rosa County. Florida places no state restriction on collecting rainwater for irrigati...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Santa Rosa County lies in the Northwest Florida Water Management District, which imposes NO day-of-week landscape-irrigation limits. Everyday lawn watering i...
See how Milton's occupancy limits rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.