Coconut Creek, FL Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Section 13-322(m) is the strike rule in Coconut Creek's vacation rental ordinance. A registration certificate is deemed revoked when, pursuant to the enforcement procedure, the property is found in violation of the section on two separate occasions during any twelve-month period and the violation is not cured within the time frame specified by the code enforcement special magistrate. The city manager or designee then notifies the registrant in writing of the revocation, and no certificate is reinstated or issued for twelve months after the revocation notice is issued.

Strikes are counted through code enforcement, not through a guest complaint alone. A finding by the special magistrate is the trigger, and the cure period the magistrate sets decides whether a first finding stays a single strike. Subsection (j) defines a violation as noncompliance with any provision of the section or with any life, health or safety regulation in the City Code of Ordinances, or a material misrepresentation in the registration application or renewal. Each day a violation exists is a separate and distinct violation, and subsection (k)(1) lets the city enforce under section 1-8 of the City Code of Ordinances or through the code enforcement provisions.

Revocation reaches past the current registration year. Under subsection (e)(2) a certificate is issued or renewed only if no revocation notice has been issued for the property within the previous twelve months, and subsection (e)(3) requires denial or non-renewal when the certificate was revoked within that window. A renewal filed inside the twelve-month window is therefore denied. A final written decision of the city manager or designee that revokes or denies a certificate can be appealed under section 13-34, "Appeals." Under subsection (n)(3), no vacation rental can be occupied under a contract entered after February 1, 2021 until the owner holds the required registration certificate.