Bradenton Beach, FL short-term rental license

What Bradenton Beach asks of you

• The rule covers a unit rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than thirty days or one calendar month, whichever is less. That unit must be registered with the State of Florida and hold a transient public lodging establishment license from the city.^[6]

• Advertising or holding a property out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests triggers the same requirement.^[6]

• The local business tax that carries the license comes from Ordinance 09-403A and chapter 205 of the Florida Statutes, and rental properties are named in it.^[7]

• The amount depends on the business being conducted, and a single location can owe more than one tax.^[7]

• Renewal notices go out on August 1 and the license expires on September 30. Not renewed by January 1, it costs a $250 penalty to reactivate. Not renewed by February 1, it goes to code enforcement.^[7]

• A license can be transferred to a new owner for ten percent of the annual business tax, capped at $25.^[7]

What Florida asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• Florida licenses vacation rentals itself. A dwelling license covers houses, townhouses and buildings of up to four units. A condominium or cooperative unit takes a condominium license instead. The license costs $150 plus $10 per rental unit, plus a $10 hospitality education fee.^[2]

• No Florida city may ban vacation rentals. It may not set how long or how often you rent either. The one exception is a local ordinance already in force on June 1, 2011, which still applies.^[1]

• State sales tax is due on every rental of six months or less. A bona fide written lease for more than six months of continuous residence is exempt. So is the seventh month onward once a guest has stayed and paid for six.^[3]