Sarasota County's UDC sets no numeric per-unit occupancy cap for rentals; a proposed registration program could add maximum occupancies. Florida preempts local rules that would target STR occupancy differently from other homes.
Unincorporated Sarasota County does not publish a distinct short-term-rental occupancy number in the UDC's rental provisions (Sec. 124-131); occupancy is governed instead by the Florida Building/Fire codes and general residential density. Florida also limits how far local governments can regulate. Any future county registration program could add 'maximum occupancies,' but until adopted no STR-specific headcount applies at the county level. Where a barrier-island multi-family STR is allowed, per-unit occupancy follows the property's approved density and building-code egress limits, not a separate ordinance figure.
Exceeding building- or fire-code occupancy is enforced by those codes; there is no separate county STR-occupancy fine at this time.
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