No. Seminole County does not require a vacation rental to be the owner's primary residence, and Florida law would preempt such a rule. Full-time owner-occupied homes renting bedrooms via an internal hallway are actually exempt from the ordinance.
Seminole County's vacation-rental ordinance sets no primary-residence requirement, and it could not: FS 509.032(7)(b) bars local governments from prohibiting vacation rentals or regulating their duration or frequency. Non-owner-occupied whole-home rentals are permitted so long as they register and meet the minimum standards. Notably, LDC Sec. 30.1373(f) excludes from the ordinance any dwelling that is owner-occupied on a full-time basis where guests reach the rented sleeping rooms through an internal hallway, treating owner-occupied room rentals differently from stand-alone vacation rentals. Homestead-exemption holders are cautioned they may risk that exemption if the property is used as a vacation rental.
Not applicable as a standalone rule; general registration and standards violations are handled under Sec. 30.1376 and Code of Ordinances Sections 53.14 and 53.24.
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