Where short-term rentals are allowed in Ponce Inlet, FL
Ponce Inlet answers the short-term rental question with a list of addresses. The town's zoning code prohibits renting a single-family dwelling for less than twenty-eight consecutive days anywhere in its limits, and allows it only in ten named condominium properties along South Atlantic Avenue. If your building is not on that list, no permit exists for you. If it is, the town still wants an annual permit, a maintenance inspection and a fire inspection on top, and the whole cycle restarts every 30 September.[6]
Every rule below links to the official source it comes from, verified September 20, 2026.
Can you rent short term in Ponce Inlet?
Your zoning decides
What you apply for: Town of Ponce Inlet rental permit
- Seasonal homes
- 1,169
- Housing units
- 3,196
- Residents
- 3,435
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates
- City ruleAllowed by zone
- City fee$500
- Tax on each stay12.5%
- Seasonal homes366 per 1,000
Ponce Inlet short-term rental rules
Ponce Inlet defines a short-term rental as a rental period of less than twenty-eight consecutive days, and prohibits short-term rental of single-family dwellings anywhere in the town. Only ten condominium properties are zoned to allow it: Southpoint at 4453 S. Atlantic Avenue, Towers 1 to 6 at 4525 to 4575 S. Atlantic Avenue, Lighthouse Shores at 4745, Antigua at 4757 and Martinique at 4767. Owners in those buildings still need a town rental permit, which costs $500 a year in application fees, plus a rental property maintenance inspection between $175 and $325 and, for short-term rentals only, an extra $50 fire inspection. Every permit expires on 30 September and has to be renewed by 1 October, with a $100 penalty for late renewal. A building's own governing documents can restrict rentals further, whatever the town permit says.[6]
What Ponce Inlet asks of you
A short-term rental is a rental period of less than twenty-eight consecutive days. Anything from twenty-eight days is a long-term rental.[6]
Short-term rental of any single-family dwelling is prohibited in Ponce Inlet.[6]
Ten condominium properties are zoned to allow short-term rental: Southpoint, Towers 1 to 6, Lighthouse Shores, Antigua and Martinique, all on South Atlantic Avenue.[6]
The permit application fee is $500 and is assessed annually on every rental, short or long.[7]
The annual rental property maintenance inspection runs from $175 to $325, and short-term rentals pay a further $50 fire inspection fee.[7]
Permits expire on 30 September and must be renewed by 1 October. Renewing later carries a $100 penalty, and owners have to tell the department when they stop renting.[7]
What Florida asks wherever you host
These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.
Florida licenses vacation rentals itself. A house, townhouse or unit in a building of four units or fewer is licensed as a dwelling, a unit in a condominium or cooperative as a condominium, and the licence costs $150 plus $10 per rental unit plus a $10 hospitality education fee.[2]
A city cannot ban vacation rentals, nor regulate how long or how often you rent, unless its ordinance was already on the books on June 1, 2011. Ordinances adopted before that date survive untouched, which is why two neighbouring Florida towns can sit at opposite ends of the scale.[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, and so is the seventh month onward once a guest has stayed and paid for six.[3]
What a guest pays on top of your nightly rate in Ponce Inlet
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| Layer | Rate | Remitted to |
|---|---|---|
| Florida state sales tax[3] | 6% | The state revenue department |
| Volusia County discretionary sales surtax[5] | 0.5% | The state revenue department |
| Volusia County Tourist Development Tax[4] | 6% | The county |
| Total on a taxable stay | 12.5% |
Volusia's surtax is half a point, the lowest on this coast, so a Ponce Inlet stay carries 12.5% against 13% in Pinellas. The county takes its own 6% tourist development tax return.[5]
How short-term rental taxes work for US hostsWhat the census counts
How much of Ponce Inlet is already a second home
The Census Bureau counts 1,169 of Ponce Inlet's 3,196 homes as vacant for seasonal, recreational or occasional use — 366 out of every 1,000. That ranks Ponce Inlet 11th of the 33 Florida cities on this site for the share of its housing stock kept for part-year use.
- Rank in the state
- 11th of 33
- Share of housing
- 366 per 1,000
- Median home value
- $544,300
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year estimates, tables B25004, B25001, B01003 and B25077.
Nearby and comparable
Where Ponce Inlet sits among its neighbors
Naples, FL
Allowed by zone
7,707 seasonal homes, 408 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in NaplesTreasure Island, FL
Allowed by zone
1,781 seasonal homes, 288 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Treasure IslandMadeira Beach, FL
Allowed by zone
1,143 seasonal homes, 286 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Madeira BeachLongboat Key, FL
Allowed by zone
4,927 seasonal homes, 496 per 1,000 housing units.
Rules in Longboat KeyFAQ
Ponce Inlet short-term rental questions
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When do Ponce Inlet rental permits renew?
Sources
- Florida Statutes § 509.032(7), Duties — preemption of vacation rental regulation, The Florida Legislature, read on September 20, 2026
- Guide to Vacation Rentals and Timeshare Projects, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, read on September 20, 2026
- Sales and Use Tax on Rental of Living or Sleeping Accommodations (GT-800034, R. 10/25), Florida Department of Revenue, read on September 20, 2026
- Local Option Transient Rental Tax Rates (DR-15TDT, R. 03/25), Florida Department of Revenue, read on September 20, 2026
- Discretionary Sales Surtax Information for Calendar Year 2026 (DR-15DSS), Florida Department of Revenue, read on September 20, 2026
- Rental Properties, allowable locations for short-term rental, Town of Ponce Inlet, read on September 20, 2026
- Rental Permit Information, fees and renewal, Town of Ponce Inlet, read on September 20, 2026
This page is not legal advice. It summarizes the official sources listed on this page as they read on September 20, 2026. Rules can change after that date, so check with the issuing office before you apply or publish a listing.
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