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

Section 33-28 of the Miami-Dade County Code governs vacation rentals, defined as any dwelling unit or residence rented to a transient occupant for less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less. Subsection (A)(1) limits the section to the unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County, so a rental inside a city such as Miami or Coral Gables answers to that city's own code instead. Within the unincorporated area, paragraph (D)(9) is one of the vacation rental standards every Certificate of Use holder must meet.

The paragraph does three things. First, it requires all parking to comply with article VII of Chapter 33 and every other applicable section of the code, so the ordinary off-street parking and zoning rules still apply. Second, it controls where vehicles go: only within a driveway or a designated parking area on the subject property. If the property has no driveway or designated parking area, vehicles can be parked only on the street or swale directly in front of the subject property, which rules out parking down the block or in front of a neighbor's lot. Third, it caps the count: transient occupants cannot park more than two vehicles at any one time on the property or on the street or swale during the rental period.

The location rule reaches every vehicle associated with the rental, whether it is in the possession or control of the property owner, the responsible party or a transient occupant. A host who stores a work truck in the driveway during a booking is covered by the same wording as a guest.

The parking standard sits beside related duties in the same section. Under (D)(2)(a), the responsible party must give transient occupants written notice, before occupancy, of the standards and other laws on noise, public nuisance, vehicle parking, solid waste collection and common area usage, and must make that information available inside the property. The Certificate of Use must be posted in a conspicuous place visible to guests, and the responsible party must be reachable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so a complaint about a third car on the swale can be answered at any hour.

The maximum occupancy limits in (D)(3) are 12 persons overnight (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) and 16 at other times. A house filled to those limits still cannot park more than two vehicles.