Monroe County, FL Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Monroe County Land Development Code Section 134-1(e) locks down parking for every dwelling operating under a special vacation rental permit in the unincorporated Keys, from Key Largo through Big Pine and Stock Island. Each vacation rental unit may keep no more than one motorized watercraft, such as a jet ski or wave runner, and that craft must sit at an existing on-site docking facility or on a trailer parked in an approved space; nothing extra is allowed on the water or the driveway. Vehicles, watercraft and boat trailers cannot be left on the street or parked in the yard.

Every vehicle and trailer has to be stored off-street in a space specifically designated and approved on the special vacation rental permit itself, which means the parking plan is fixed at the time the county issues the permit rather than left to the tenant. The ratio is set in the code: one vehicle parking space is required per bedroom or efficiency unit, plus one additional boat trailer space for the whole vacation rental unit. The same subsection bars using a docked boat for chartering to anyone besides the registered guests of the unit, and bars using either a boat or a recreational vehicle on the property for sleeping or overnight accommodations.

Because the special vacation rental permit application itself must show the exact number of parking spaces and rooms on the property, a rental that adds cars or a trailer beyond what was approved is out of compliance with its own permit, not just a general parking rule.