Flagler Beach, FL short-term rental permit

What Flagler Beach asks of you

• An owner operating a resort dwelling or resort condominium must obtain a local business tax receipt before entering any new rental agreement. The owner must also hold a city rental permit for the property.^[6]

• When the initial application is submitted, the city schedules an inspection of the property by the fire marshal or a designee.^[6]

• The application must give the name, local street address and local telephone number of a local contact available twenty-four hours a day for emergencies.^[6]

• Any change of local contact has to be notified to the city in writing within ten days, and the contact information must be posted at the property.^[6]

• In the thirty days before a permit expires the owner performs an annual self-inspection and completes a compliance regulations worksheet, both provided to the city with the renewal.^[6]

• The self-inspection form certifies that nothing has changed since the last inspection, under Appendix A, Land Development Regulations section 2.06.12, Rental Units.^[6]

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]