Hollywood

Operating rules

Primary residence

No

Min stay (nights)

—

Max nights / year

—

Max occupancy

Minimum 150 sq ft gross floor area for the first occupant and 100 sq ft for each additional occupant; each sleeping room (bedroom) capped at a maximum of two occupants; at all times other than overnight, occupancy may not exceed 1.5 times the maximum overnight occupancy. Up to four persons under four years of age are exempt from the occupancy limits.

Zoning-restricted

No

Cap on licenses

—

Grandfathering: Not statutorily grandfathered under Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b) (which only protects local ordinances adopted on or before June 1, 2011); Hollywood's Chapter 119 was adopted in 2021. The ordinance contains its own transitional grace period: owners operating a Vacation Rental on January 20, 2021 who had not previously been required to obtain a license had until April 1, 2021 to obtain one. Pre-adoption rental/lease agreements are considered vested (Ch. 119.16).

Zoning: The ordinance regulates vacation rentals city-wide via licensing rather than by restricting them to specific zoning districts. Vacation rental properties within 1,000 feet of a school, public school bus stop, day care, park, playground, or other place where children congregate may not be rented to/occupied by certain sexual offenders/predators (Ch. 119.39). Because the ordinance was adopted in 2021 (after June 1, 2011), Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b) bars it from prohibiting vacation rentals or regulating rental duration/frequency.

• No minimum-stay requirement and no rental-frequency/duration cap are imposed by the City — such limits are preempted by Fla. Stat. 509.032(7)(b) for ordinances adopted after June 1, 2011 (Hollywood's ordinance was adopted 2021). Statute text: 'A local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the duration or frequency of rental of vacation rentals. This paragraph does not apply to any local law, ordinance, or regulation adopted on or before June 1, 2011.'
• 24/7 responsible party required: the vacation rental representative must be reachable by phone 24 hours a day and able to be physically present at the property within 60 minutes of notification (Ch. 119.20).
• Local phone service with 911 capability required (Ch. 119.31); smoke/CO detection, a portable multipurpose 2A:10B:C fire extinguisher, and pool/spa safety compliance required (Ch. 119.36); a noise-level detection device must be installed with data retained 180 days (Ch. 119.11(B)(12)).
• Vacation rental information (representative contact, max occupancy, noise/parking/trash rules, nearest hospital, non-emergency police number) must be posted inside the unit, and license numbers must be displayed in advertising (Ch. 119.35, 119.37).
• Licenses are non-transferable and non-assignable; a license becomes null and void upon sale/transfer of the property (Ch. 119.17).

Enforcement

Active enforcement

Yes — mandatory pre-issuance and annual-renewal inspections, sworn/notarized applications under penalty of perjury, license suspension/revocation on repeat violations, and citation-based fines administered by the City Manager/designee with appeals to a special magistrate.

Fines

Citation fine of $250 for a first offense and $500 for second and subsequent offenses, plus license suspension for a third offense. Operating without a City vacation rental license is a separate violation each day, with a daily fine up to the greater of $1,000/day or the maximum allowed by law (City fee schedule lists the administrative-citation daily fine for operating without a license as 'Up to $5000', and 'Each Offense' at $1,000). Additional City-schedule penalties: Operating without a City License $350; Operating without a DBPR License $250; Inspection Warrant $2,500; Action Plan Review $300.

Notes

Fines may be issued to the property owner, the vacation rental representative, and/or the tenant. Refusal to permit an inspection under a lawfully issued inspection warrant is a second-degree misdemeanor (Ch. 119.15(B)(4)). Life-safety violations render the rental unsafe and unlawful for occupancy until corrected; other violations must be corrected and re-inspected within 30 calendar days after issuance of a notice of violation (Ch. 119.15).