St. Lucie County and its cities cannot restrict vacation rentals to a host's primary residence. Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) bars local rules that prohibit rentals or regulate their duration or frequency, so investment/non-owner-occupied STRs are allowed.
Some cities elsewhere limit STRs to owner-occupied or primary residences; Florida forbids this. Section 509.032(7)(b) prohibits any local law from banning vacation rentals or regulating how long or how often a property may be rented. That preempts a primary-residence-only requirement in Port St. Lucie, unincorporated St. Lucie County, Fort Pierce, and St. Lucie Village. Non-owner-occupied and whole-home investment rentals are lawful, provided the owner holds a DBPR license, remits tourist tax, and completes any applicable local registration.
No penalty exists for renting a non-primary residence; enforcement instead targets operating without the required state license, tourist-tax account, or local registration.
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St. Lucie County and Port St. Lucie have no ordinance banning backyard composting. Home compost piles are allowed but must not become a nuisance by attractin...
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Artificial turf is not banned outright, but Port St. Lucie's landscape code prohibits using synthetic or artificial material, including artificial turf, in p...
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Florida law protects your right to plant native, drought-tolerant, Florida-Friendly landscaping: a local ordinance may not prohibit any owner from implementi...
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St. Lucie County and its cities have no ordinance banning residential rain barrels or cisterns. Collecting rooftop rainwater for landscape use is legal and e...
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St. Lucie County follows the South Florida Water Management District year-round landscape irrigation rule. Odd-numbered addresses water Wednesday and Saturda...
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Port St. Lucie forbids owners of unimproved (vacant) property from letting weeds, grass, and undergrowth exceed twenty-four inches within fifteen feet of a r...
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