Ormond Beach prohibits short-term rentals (less than a six-month lease) in every residential zoning district, so there is no residential STR occupancy formula at all. STRs are only permitted as transient lodging in the B-4, B-6, and B-7 commercial zones, where occupancy is governed by Florida Building Code and DBPR licensing under F.S. Chapter 509, not a local per-bedroom cap.
Ormond Beach treats any lease of less than six months as transient lodging. Per the city's published Land Development Code interpretation, transient lodging is not a Permitted, Conditional, or Special Exception use within any residential zoning district, so a vacation-rental occupancy limit never comes into play in residential neighborhoods because the use itself is banned. Transient lodging is allowed as a permitted use only in the B-4, B-6, and B-7 commercial districts, subject to Site Plan Review Committee approval and a local business tax receipt. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) preempts cities from adopting STR-specific occupancy rules adopted after June 1, 2011, so Ormond Beach cannot impose a vacation-rental-only persons-per-bedroom cap on top of its zoning prohibition. Inside B-4/B-6/B-7, transient lodging occupancy is set by the Florida Building Code maximum occupant load for the dwelling, the DBPR Division of Hotels and Restaurants vacation rental license issued under F.S. 509.241, and any private deed restrictions. Volusia County's 2004 transient-lodging ordinance, upheld in court in December 2022, similarly bans STRs in unincorporated single-family residential zones and is grandfathered under the F.S. 509.032(7)(b) pre-2011 carve-out, but it does not extend extra occupancy rules into Ormond Beach city limits.
Operating a short-term rental in an Ormond Beach residential zone is a zoning violation enforced by the city's Code Enforcement Division through the special magistrate process, with daily fines until the use is discontinued; repeat or continued violations may be referred for injunctive relief. Operating transient lodging in B-4/B-6/B-7 without a city Business Tax Receipt or DBPR license is separately enforceable, and DBPR can suspend or revoke the state vacation rental license for occupant-load or life-safety violations.
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