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

City Code Sec. 102-386(l) sets a two-strike escalation for violations of the section's short-term rental rules, covering advertising without the required affidavit, missing licenses, occupancy overages, noise, parking and every other duty in the section. 00. 00 civil fine and automatically revokes the business tax receipt and/or certificate of use, ending the owner's legal ability to operate the rental rather than just imposing a larger fine. That six-month lookback window means a repeat violation late in the year can still reset the clock if the first offense falls outside the window, but two violations close together escalate straight to revocation.

Enforcement runs through the same hearing structure as the rest of chapter 102, article V: notices of violation, hearings before a special magistrate under Sec. 102-384 and Sec. 102-385, and the general penalty and lien-collection tools in Sec. 102-377 for delinquent fines. Because revocation removes the business tax receipt required by Sec. 102-386(a) to advertise or operate at all, a revoked owner cannot simply pay the fine and continue renting; the owner must go through the application process again and demonstrate compliance before the city will reissue the receipt.