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

58(C)(1) gives the City Manager or designee discretion to suspend a vacation rental license after a second finding or admission of guilt, regardless of adjudication, for the same violation, but makes suspension mandatory upon a third finding or admission of guilt for any violation of Chapter 119 within a continuous 12-month period. The suspension runs for up to one year and begins after notice, starting either at the end of the current rental lease period or after 30 calendar days, whichever comes first. 58(C)(2) bars the dwelling from being used as a vacation rental at all during suspension, and treats operating without a license as a separate violation for every day it continues, with a fine of at least $5,000 per day or the maximum allowed by law, whichever is greater; a second finding of operating without a license blocks a new license for a full year.

58(D) runs a parallel, harsher track for revocation: a license is revoked outright upon a second finding of guilt for the same violation within 12 months, with no refund of the annual fee, and revocation itself bars a new license for up to a year. 15(F) adds an intermediate step, requiring the owner to file a written corrective action plan within five business days of a second finding, with the license restored only once the plan is completed and all fines paid; three consecutive inadequate action plans trigger outright revocation.