Polk County sets no vacation-rental-specific parking mandate. STR parking is governed by the same Land Development Code residential parking and yard standards that apply to any dwelling in the zoning district.
Because FS 509.032(7) bars STR-specific operational rules adopted after June 1, 2011, Polk County does not impose a separate off-street-parking requirement on vacation rentals. Parking is instead subject to the general residential standards in the Polk County Land Development Code—typically requiring off-street spaces per dwelling and prohibiting parking in required yards or on unimproved surfaces where the district specifies. Any STR-only parking rule would have to apply uniformly to all residences to survive preemption.
Parking violations are enforced as ordinary zoning/code-enforcement matters (notice to comply, then daily fines) under the Land Development Code, not as STR penalties.
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