Weston Short-Term Rental Regulations: A 2026 Guide For Airbnb Hosts

Do you own a place in Weston and you're weighing whether to put it on Airbnb or Vrbo? Well, the good news is that you're allowed to, and Florida law stops the city from banning short term rentals outright or dictating how often you get to book one. Weston has had written rules for them since 2018, mind you, though those rules assume you're going to operate rather than that you'll be stopped.

The catch is the property itself. Weston sits in western Broward County, and the city's zoning code prohibits vacation rentals in every multi-family district, so condominiums and cooperatives are out before you've filled in a form. For the houses that do qualify, year one costs $874 in city fees, plus a state license, plus two inspections that repeat annually, plus a local agent who can be at your front door within an hour. And your homeowners association can still say no.

So let's walk through what it actually takes to do this properly: which properties qualify, what Weston requires in 2026, what each step costs, the three layers of tax riding on every booking, how the city responds when a neighbor complains, and who to call when something stalls. Every figure below comes from Weston's, Broward County's or Florida's own pages, checked in July 2026, and where a source wouldn't open I've said so rather than filled the gap. Before you spend anything on furniture, run the property through BNBCalc first.

What are short term rental (Airbnb, VRBO) regulations in Weston, Florida?

That $874 buys you into one specific scheme, so it's worth knowing exactly what the scheme demands.

The whole framework lives in Chapter 81 of the Weston city code, "Vacation Rentals", created by Ordinance 2018-06 on June 4, 2018 and rewritten by Ordinance 2018-17 on December 3, 2018. Section 81.01 carries the weight: it's unlawful for any person to let another person occupy residential property in Weston as a vacation rental, or to offer those rental services in the city, unless the property has been registered with the City and issued a Certificate of Use.

What counts as a vacation rental is drawn tightly enough to matter. The ordinance covers a dwelling unit in a condominium or cooperative, plus any individually or collectively owned single-family, two-family, three-family or four-family house. The trigger is renting it in whole or in part to guests more than three times in a calendar year, for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less.

Timeshares sit outside it. Advertise the place publicly as somewhere regularly rented to guests, though, and you're inside the definition regardless of how many bookings you took.

Read that "more than three times" clause slowly, because it's the only real escape hatch in the chapter. Rent your Weston house three times in a calendar year on short stays and you aren't operating a vacation rental as the code defines one. Take a fourth booking and you are, and every requirement below lands at once. Florida uses the same trigger at state level, and the legislature rewrote it in Chapter 2025-113, effective July 1, 2025, so that the count now runs on consecutive days rather than calendar months.

Then comes zoning, which is where most Weston plans die. The city says so plainly on its vacation rental registration page. Under Chapter 124.15 of the land development regulations, vacation rentals are prohibited in Multi-Family Districts, "including any condominium, cooperative or multi-family residential property with more than four dwelling units." A Weston condo therefore cannot be a legal short term rental, however good the paperwork is.

What Weston can't do is worth understanding too, since it explains the shape of everything else. Florida Statutes § 509.032(7)(b) says a local ordinance "may not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the duration or frequency of rental of vacation rentals," and it grandfathers only ordinances adopted on or before June 1, 2011. Weston's chapter dates to 2018, well past that line, which is why you'll find no minimum night count in it and no annual cap on bookings. Plenty of older Florida ordinances still enforce both.

The obvious tension is a district-wide prohibition sitting next to a statute saying local law may not prohibit vacation rentals. Going through the city's published material and what case law I could reach, I couldn't find a court ruling, attorney general opinion or legal memo that squares the two. Until somebody litigates it, the city's position is what governs your permit, so treat the condominium prohibition as real rather than arguable.

Starting a Short Term Rental Business in Weston

Since zoning decides everything downstream, that's where a Weston plan has to start. Three gates stand between you and a legal listing, and they close in a particular order.

The first is the building. Single-family houses clear it, and so do two, three and four unit buildings, because those match the ordinance's own definition. Condominiums, cooperatives and anything larger don't clear it at all. Be aware that this is the widest filter in the whole chapter, and it's settled by your address rather than by anything you can negotiate.

The second gate is your homeowners association, and in Weston it's the one that quietly kills the most deals. Ordinance 2018-17 struck the old rule requiring applicants to file a written statement from their association confirming the use was consistent with its deed restrictions, so the city stopped checking your covenants for you back in 2018.

Your association never stopped caring, though. Under Florida Statutes § 720.306(1)(h), an association "may amend its governing documents to prohibit or regulate rental agreements for a term of less than 6 months and may prohibit the rental of a parcel for more than three times in a calendar year, and such amendments shall apply to all parcel owners."

That final clause is the sharp end. Most Florida rental amendments only bind owners who bought afterwards or voted in favor, yet these two bind everybody, so an association can shut down your short term rental next year even if you've been running it since 2019.

Notice how neatly the statute's three-rentals-a-year cap lines up with the city's own trigger. Make sure you pull your declaration, bylaws and every recorded amendment before you spend a cent, or you can end up holding an expensive license for a business your neighbors have already voted out.

The third gate is the state. Florida requires a license from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for any vacation rental under § 509.241, and Weston's application asks for proof of it up front. So the state license comes first and the city registration second, which catches out people who assume the local permit is the starting point.

For the layer above all of this, our Florida statewide guide sets out the preemption and licensing rules in full. If you're weighing Broward against elsewhere in the state, the Collier County guide and the Orange County guide cover two markets with very different regulatory temperaments.

Short Term Rental Licensing Requirement in Weston

Assuming your property clears all three gates and you're able to move forward, there's still a queue to work through, and Weston runs it in a fixed order.

Start with the money, since it lands higher than most owners expect. Weston's published vacation rental fee schedule charges $350.00 for the registration itself and $524.00 for the vacation rental Certificate of Use as of July 2026, so year one costs $874.00 in city fees before anything else. Renewal is $224.00, and only if you file before September 30.

That renewal discount is worth protecting, because the penalty for missing it isn't a late fee. Under § 81.08(C) every registration and Certificate of Use in Weston expires on September 30 regardless of when it was issued, and a failure to renew before that date requires a brand new application for both. That puts you back at $874 and back through the full inspection cycle. Do put September 30 in your calendar the day you're approved.

The application runs through the city's e-Permit portal, where you log in, choose Vacation Rentals under Apply, search your address so the portal pulls the parcel and ownership data across, add the rental agent as a contact, upload your documents and submit. Staff then email you for anything missing. Once the application is approved you go back into the same portal to book inspections, and the Certificate of Use issues after they pass. A Business Tax Receipt comes last, after the Certificate of Use rather than before it.

Section 81.03 also requires you to name a Vacation Rental Agent, and the requirement bites harder than it reads. The agent has to be a natural person, has to reside within 30 miles of the property, and has to answer a phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Under § 81.05(C)(6) they must also be physically present at the property within one hour of being called about a problem.

Notice served on that agent counts as notice to you, and any change of agent goes to the City Manager within 15 days. Own a Weston house from out of state and you're hiring somebody local before you list, full stop.

Two inspections then stand between you and the Certificate of Use. One is the Certificate of Use inspection run by the City Manager or a designee. The other is a Fire Rescue inspection confirming the house complies with the rules for residential transient lodging use.

Under § 81.08(A) that pair repeats before every renewal rather than once at the start, and anything failing has to be corrected and re-inspected within 30 calendar days. Miss that window and a first-time applicant is denied outright, while an existing registration gets suspended until the fix is verified.

The Business Tax Receipt sits at the end of the chain, and its cost depends on how the city classifies you. Weston's local business tax schedule for the 2026 fiscal year runs from $95.70 for an individual professional entity to $6,700.47 for a large apartment or hotel property, with general business at $287.15 and limited business or home occupation at $191.43. All of them fall due before September 30 each year.

The schedule doesn't name vacation rentals as their own category, though, so rather than guess, call Permitting Services on 954-385-0500 and have them confirm your classification in writing.

The state layer is comparatively cheap. Per the Division of Hotels and Restaurants lodging fee schedule, a new single-unit vacation rental license costs a $50 application fee plus $170 for a full year or $90 for a half year, plus a $10 Hospitality Education Program fee. It renews annually on a staggered schedule, and address changes get reported through your online account within 30 days.

One number Weston doesn't publish is how long any of this takes. The city advertises a 3 to 5 business day review cycle for its quick permits, but a vacation rental registration isn't in that queue, so I won't invent a timeline for it. Budget generously and apply well before the season you're targeting.

Required Documents for Weston Short Term Rentals

Since § 81.02 says an incomplete application is rejected rather than held open while you hunt for the missing piece, do assemble the whole file before you open the portal. The city's own document checklist plus the ordinance text give you this:

• Proof of ownership, including the name, address and phone number of every person or entity holding an ownership interest.
• A federal employer tax identification number, where the property is owned by a corporate entity.
• A property description: gross square footage, and the number of rooms, bedrooms, kitchens and on-site parking spaces attributable to the rental use. The parking count feeds directly into your legal occupancy, so get it right.
• Your current, active DBPR license as a transient public lodging establishment, or proof of exemption.
• Vacation Rental Agent details, including the 24-hour phone number, with the agent residing within 30 miles of the property.
• Evidence of liability insurance covering use of the property as a rental.
• A copy of your rental agreement, containing the minimum vacation rental lessee information § 81.06(B)(5) demands.
• Vacation Rental Affidavits, submitted individually by each owner, authorized agent and authorized property manager, acknowledging the affirmative duty to comply.
• An approved Fire Rescue inspection report verifying compliance with the rules for residential dwelling transient lodging use.
• The names and contact details of every listing service you'll advertise on, kept current with the city whenever you add or drop one.

The rental agreement is the piece people underestimate, because it isn't a formality. Section 81.06(B)(5) sets out what has to be in it, and all of the same information also gets posted conspicuously inside the house:

• The maximum occupancy permitted under your Certificate of Use.
• A warning that loud or prohibited noise draws code enforcement, including fines of up to $500 per violation.
• A sketch showing the off-street parking spaces available.
• The trash pickup days and the container rules.
• Any portion of the property the owner occupies, where the owner stays on site.
• A list of prohibited uses, which has to include use as a party, event or entertainment venue.
• The nearest hospital, and the local non-emergency police number.

Weston Short Term Rental Taxes

Assuming you get through all of that and are able to start taking bookings, there's still tax on every night you sell, and it arrives in three pieces from two different governments.

Charge	Rate	Collected by
Florida transient rental (sales) tax	6%	Florida Department of Revenue
Broward County discretionary sales surtax	1%	Florida Department of Revenue
Broward County Tourist Development Tax	6%	Broward County Tourist Development Tax Section
Total on a stay of six months or less	13%	Two returns, two agencies

The state's 6% applies to living quarters rented for six months or less, per the Department of Revenue's sales and use tax guidance for transient rentals. Broward's 1% discretionary surtax rides on top of it and goes to the same place. The Department of Revenue's own surtax table was still the 2025 edition when I checked, so I've taken the 2026 figure from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research distribution table for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, which lists Broward at a 1% rate.

The county piece is separate and larger than people expect. Broward's Tourist Development Tax is 6 percent of the total rent on any accommodation let for six months or less, single-family homes included, and it goes to the county's own Tourist Development Tax Section rather than to Tallahassee. You register with that section, get assigned a filing frequency, and file returns due on the first of the month after collection, delinquent if not postmarked by the 20th. Longer stays only escape with a bona fide written long-term lease behind them.

Falling behind on the county tax gets expensive quickly. Broward applies a minimum $50 penalty on a late return with no collection allowance, then 10% of the tax due for the first 30 days late and another 10% per 30-day period after that, up to half the tax owed.

It escalates from there. Failure to pay is a county ordinance violation punishable by a fine of up to $500 or up to 60 days in jail, and the division can file a tax warrant lien, issue a tax execution and seek a writ of garnishment. Worse, under Florida Statutes § 125.0104(8)(a), failing or refusing to charge and collect the tax from the guest is a first-degree misdemeanor carrying up to a year.

Keep in mind that registering for the county tax may also pull you into a Broward County Local Business Tax Receipt, which the county flags on the same page.

Now the part that saves most hosts real work. Airbnb's occupancy tax collection list shows Broward among the Florida counties where it collects and remits the county tourist development tax directly, on top of the 6% state transient rental tax and the discretionary surtax it collects statewide.

So a Weston listing booked entirely through Airbnb generally has all three layers handled at checkout. Vrbo I couldn't verify, because its lodging tax help article wouldn't load for me, so do check your own payout settings before assuming anything is remitted on your behalf. Anything booked direct is yours to collect and file either way.

Florida charges no personal income tax, so there's no state return on the profit. Federal treatment is unchanged by any of this, and the usual short term rental deductions apply.

Weston wide Short Term Rental Rules

Tax is the predictable part. The operating standards in § 81.06 are what turn a Weston registration into a daily discipline, because they govern how the house behaves while guests are inside it.

Occupancy is capped by whichever of three tests bites first: two persons per bedroom, three transient occupants per legally available off-street parking space, and no more than one family per dwelling unit. That parking test is the one that surprises people, since a four-bedroom house with a two-car driveway maxes out at six guests rather than eight.

Guest hours feed the same arithmetic. Anyone still on the property after 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, or after 11:00 p.m. on Friday or Saturday, counts as an overnight occupant for the purposes of that cap.

Visitors are limited too. No more than three unregistered guests may be on the property at any time, and none may remain after those same hours. Amplified sound systems and televisions are banned outside any roofed portion of the main structure, and nothing amplified may be audible at a property line after the evening cutoff. The house may not be used or advertised as a party, event or entertainment venue, and general commercial use is out.

Life safety carries its own list, and it's the part inspectors work from:

• Interconnected, hard-wired smoke and carbon monoxide alarms meeting the smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm sections of the Florida Building Code, Residential, where a compliant system isn't already installed.
• A portable multi-purpose dry chemical fire extinguisher approved by Fire Rescue on each floor, installed and maintained to NFPA 10 standards and visibly marked.
• A legible evacuation map, at least 8.5 by 11 inches, posted next to the interior door of every bedroom.
• Any pool, spa or hot tub compliant with the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act in Chapter 515 of the Florida Statutes.

Then there's the paperwork that has to stay live while you operate. The Certificate of Use gets posted on the back of or beside the main entrance door, showing the agent's name, address and phone plus the maximum occupancy. Every advertisement has to match that certificate and state the same occupancy number, which means your listing and your permit have to agree.

A few running obligations sit alongside it. You keep a register of all transient occupants at the property, open to city inspection at any time. Bins are sized for maximum occupancy, out no earlier than 24 hours before pickup and back in within 24 hours after. And under § 81.05(C)(8) you may not rent to anyone appearing on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement sexual offender and predator database.

Sell the house and none of this transfers. Section 81.07 requires a new owner to file a fresh registration application, obtain all the required inspections again and be issued their own Certificate of Use before any vacation rental use resumes, and § 81.08(B) confirms a registration can't be assigned or used by anyone else at any other address.

Does Weston Strictly Enforce STR Rules?

All of those standards would be decoration without a mechanism behind them, and Weston built a fairly sharp one.

Violations of Chapter 81 go to the City's Special Magistrate under Chapter 31, and each one carries a fine of up to $250. Taken alone that's modest. The suspension ladder is what hurts.

Under § 81.08(E)(2), across any continuous 48-month window, a second violation of maximum occupancy, parking, noise, the advertising requirement, the agent duties or anything else in the chapter suspends your registration and Certificate of Use for 30 calendar days. A third suspends it for 12 calendar months. Every further violation adds another 12 months on top of that.

Suspension means no transient occupancy at all, starting at the earlier of the end of your current lease period or 30 calendar days after notice, and it gets posted at the property for the neighbors to see. Operate anyway and § 81.08(E)(4) converts it into a daily fine, set at the maximum Florida Statutes allow for repeat violations. That's not a one-time penalty. It accrues for as long as you keep taking bookings, which is exactly where owners get badly hurt.

Revocation sits alongside all of it. Section 81.08(D) lets the City Manager deny, revoke or suspend a registration on adjudication of a violation of the chapter, any city ordinance or state law, committed by the agent, the owner, a transient occupant or a guest, so long as it's attributable to the property. Read that carefully, because it means a guest's noise citation is your regulatory problem, not merely their fine.

The practical enforcement runs through a contractor and a sheriff's office. Weston contracts code enforcement and its planning and zoning function to Calvin, Giordano and Associates, while the Broward Sheriff's Office provides both policing and fire rescue here, so a 2 a.m. noise call and your annual fire inspection come from the same agency.

The city publishes no enforcement statistics for vacation rentals, though, so I can't tell you how many registrations get suspended in a typical year. I'm not going to guess at a number the city has never released.

What I can tell you is that the design is complaint-friendly. Your Certificate of Use is posted on your own front door with your maximum occupancy printed on it, your advertising has to state the same number, and any neighbor counting cars in the driveway has everything they need to file something that sticks.

How to Start a Short Term Rental Business in Weston

Given how visible a Weston listing is from the street, it pays to get the sequence right the first time. The order below matters more than it looks, because the early steps tell you whether the later ones are worth paying for.

1. Check the zoning first. If the property is a condominium, a cooperative or sits in a multi-family district, stop here. Nothing later in this list unlocks it.
2. Read your HOA documents. Pull the declaration, the bylaws and every recorded amendment, and look specifically for lease-term minimums and caps on rentals per year. Florida law lets an association impose both on every owner.
3. Get the state license. Apply to the DBPR Division of Hotels and Restaurants for a Vacation Rental Dwelling license, budgeting $50 plus $170 plus the $10 education fee for a full year on a single unit.
4. Register with the Florida Department of Revenue and Broward County. You'll need the state sales tax registration and a Broward Tourist Development Tax account, even where a platform collects on your behalf.
5. Assemble the document file. Ownership proof, property description with the parking count, insurance evidence, the compliant rental agreement, and the affidavits from every owner, agent and manager.
6. Name your Vacation Rental Agent. Within 30 miles, contactable 24/7, and able to reach the property inside an hour.
7. Apply on the e-Permit portal and pay $350. Watch for follow-up emails from staff, since the application stalls until you answer them.
8. Schedule both inspections. The Certificate of Use inspection and the Fire Rescue inspection, with 30 calendar days to correct anything that fails.
9. Collect the Certificate of Use, pay the $524, then get your Business Tax Receipt. Post the certificate by your main entrance door.
10. Set up the house before guest one. Alarms, an extinguisher on each floor, evacuation maps by every bedroom door, the posted lessee information, the occupant register, and the maximum occupancy written into every listing.
11. Diarize September 30. Renew at $224 with a fresh inspection each year, because letting it lapse means starting the whole application over at full price.

Who to Contact in Weston About Short Term Rental Regulations and Zoning?

Whichever step you get stuck on, four organizations handle almost all of it between them, and knowing which one owns your question saves a lot of hold time.

Registration, the Certificate of Use and zoning

Weston Permitting Services, inside the city's Administrative Services Center, runs the vacation rental registration and the Certificate of Use.

• Address: 17250 Royal Palm Boulevard, Weston, FL 33326
• Phone: 954-385-0500
• Email: [email protected] for zoning and registration questions, [email protected] for building permits
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Apply and book inspections: the e-Permit portal

Planning and zoning itself is contracted to Calvin, Giordano and Associates at 1800 Eller Drive, Suite 600, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, on 954-921-7781, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

City Hall, the Business Tax Receipt and code enforcement

City of Weston City Hall handles the local business tax side, and code enforcement complaints route through the same contracted team as zoning.

• Address: 17200 Royal Palm Boulevard, Weston, FL 33326
• Phone: 954-385-2000, fax 954-385-2010
• Business Tax Receipt email: [email protected]
• Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Fire inspections, and the number a neighbor dials at midnight

The Broward Sheriff's Office covers both fire rescue and policing in Weston, so your annual inspection and your guests' noise complaints come from one agency.

• Fire Rescue Station 81: 17350 Royal Palm Boulevard, Weston, FL 33326. Administration 954-389-2090, Fire Marshal's Bureau 954-831-8210
• Police Services Center: 17300 Royal Palm Boulevard, Weston, FL 33326. Weston district office 954-389-2010
• Non-emergency dispatch: 954-764-4357, staffed around the clock. Emergencies are 911

Tourist Development Tax

The Broward County Tourist Development Tax Section administers the 6% county tax, including registration, returns and audits.

• Address: Tourist Development Tax Section, Broward County Governmental Center, 115 S. Andrews Avenue, Room 121, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
• Phone: 954-357-8455, fax 954-357-6524
• Email: [email protected]
• Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., per the Records, Taxes and Treasury Division
• File and pay: the county's online tourist tax system

The same phone number and inbox double as an anonymous tip line for suspected tax evasion, which is worth knowing in both directions.

What do Airbnb Hosts in Weston Think About Local Regulations?

Those contacts get used more often than you'd expect, and the reasons cluster into a handful of recurring complaints. What follows is my read of the themes rather than a survey, so weigh it accordingly.

• The association, not the city, is what people argue about. Among owners whose property sits under a homeowners association, the conversation rarely stops at Chapter 81. It moves to lease-term minimums buried in a declaration nobody read at closing. Since Florida law lets those particular amendments bind every owner, that's the correct thing to be worried about.
• The parking-based occupancy cap catches investors out. People model a five-bedroom house at ten guests, then discover the driveway sets the number. It reshapes the revenue forecast, and it's the sort of detail that only shows up once the Certificate of Use is printed.
• The agent requirement prices out remote ownership. A person within 30 miles who answers at 3 a.m. and can be on site inside the hour is a management contract, not a favor from a friend, and that cost belongs in the model from day one.
• Nobody I've read argues the rules are unenforceable. The posted certificate, the advertised occupancy number and the 48-month suspension ladder make casual non-compliance visible and expensive. What people argue about instead is whether $874 is proportionate for a single house, which is a different conversation.

One thing worth watching going into 2027: Florida's legislature keeps circling this. The 2024 attempt at a statewide registration and preemption framework died when Senate Bill 280 was vetoed on June 27, 2024, and the 2026 water-safety bills for vacation rentals near pools died in the House on March 13, 2026 after passing the Senate 37-0. Neither is law, so don't plan around either, though a refile in a future session would land on top of everything Weston already requires.

Strict Enforcement and Clear Guidance

Nothing pending in Tallahassee changes what you'd do this year, though, so plan against the picture in front of you. Weston tells you more up front than most Florida cities bother to. The prohibited property types sit on a public page, the fees are published to the cent, the occupancy limit is arithmetic rather than a judgment call, and the penalty schedule spells out in advance what a second and a third violation cost.

What the city won't tell you is whether the numbers work. A Weston house that clears zoning, clears its association, seats six because of the driveway, carries $874 in year-one city fees plus a management contract, and gives up 13% of every booking to tax, is a specific investment with a specific yield. Compare it against the Florida market as a whole before you sign anything, because the regulatory answer and the financial answer are two different questions, and only one of them is settled here.

The broader lesson travels well beyond one Broward city. When a municipality writes its rules down this clearly, the ordinance stops being the thing that catches owners out. The private covenant nobody reads until the closing table takes over that job instead. So read the paperwork you can't see from the street first, because the permit usually turns out to be the easy part.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you run an Airbnb in Weston, Florida in 2026?

Yes, in the right property. Weston permits vacation rentals in single-family homes and in buildings of up to four dwelling units, but its zoning code prohibits them in multi-family districts, which rules out condominiums and cooperatives. You must register under Chapter 81 of the city code, pass a Certificate of Use inspection and a Fire Rescue inspection, hold a Florida DBPR license, and obtain a Weston Business Tax Receipt. A homeowners association can still prohibit the use separately.

How much does a Weston vacation rental registration cost?

The City of Weston charges $350.00 for the vacation rental registration and $524.00 for the vacation rental Certificate of Use, so the first year costs $874.00 in city fees. Renewal is $224.00 if filed before September 30. Add a Business Tax Receipt, a Florida DBPR license at $50 application plus $170 for a full year plus a $10 education fee, and liability insurance covering rental use.

What taxes apply to a short term rental in Weston, Florida?

Three layers apply to stays of six months or less, totaling 13%. Florida charges 6% transient rental sales tax, Broward County adds a 1% discretionary sales surtax, and Broward County levies a separate 6% Tourist Development Tax remitted to its own Tourist Development Tax Section. Airbnb collects and remits all three on bookings it processes. Direct bookings and other platforms may leave the collection and filing to the owner.

How many people can stay in a Weston vacation rental?

Whichever limit is lowest applies: two persons per bedroom, three transient occupants per legally available off-street parking space, or one family per dwelling unit. Anyone still on the property after 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, or after 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, counts toward that total. A separate rule caps unregistered visitors at three at any one time, and none may remain past those hours.

What happens if you rent a Weston property without registering it?

Operating an unregistered vacation rental violates section 81.01 of the Weston city code and draws a fine of up to $250 per violation before the City's Special Magistrate. Repeat violations within any 48-month period suspend the registration for 30 days, then 12 months, then a further 12 months each time. Renting during a suspension converts the penalty into a daily fine set at the Florida Statutes maximum for repeat violations.

Last verified: July 2026. Every ordinance, tax rate, state law, and contact detail in this guide links to or comes from its official source.