Pompano Beach short term rental permit: what owners need, in order
Monday, 9:00AM. The inspector knocks and no one answers. In Pompano Beach that costs a $50 fee, and the failed inspection counts as a code violation. Get two violations within 90 days and the city can revoke your permit. You did the hard part already: you found the house and furnished it. What's left are the city's rules. Pompano requires an annual short term rental permit for any house or duplex rented for six months or less in a calendar year, which is a much wider net than Fort Lauderdale's 30 days. A new permit is $675, renewal is $375, and you need a 24-hour contact within 25 miles of the property. Here is every step, in order.
Updated 20 October 2026
Does the permit apply to you?
- It applies to any dwelling rented for six months or less in a calendar year, so even a five month lease counts.
- It covers single family homes, duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes.
- Condominiums, condo hotels, hotels, motels, timeshares and bed and breakfasts are excluded from the definition.
- Operating without a permit in a residential zoning district is unlawful.
The permit at a glance
- New permit: $675 for a single family home or duplex, $750 for a triplex or quadplex
- Renewal: $375
- Term: October 1 to September 30. It expires every September 30 regardless of when it was issued.
- Per property, per owner. Each property needs its own permit. If the house sells, the new owner applies from scratch.
- Issued only to the owner of record on the Broward County Property Appraiser's site. If you just closed, confirm the site shows your name before you pay.
The two people the city wants named
- Local Designated Representative. They must be over 18 and live or work in Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade County. Notices served on this person count as served on you.
- 24-hour contact. They must be within 25 miles of the property, available around the clock, and authorized to deal with problems as they happen, including keeping the property clear of garbage.
The steps, in order
The city application comes last, because it asks for copies of everything before it.
1. State registrations, in the owner's name
- Florida Department of Revenue certificate of registration, listing the property address.
- DBPR vacation rental license (Dwelling, Single). Broward licenses renew every December 1. If you apply within six months of that date you pay the half-year fee, so expect a small full-rate bill on December 1.
2. Broward County
- Tourist Development Tax account. Airbnb collects and remits Broward's 6% tourist tax on stays of 182 nights or fewer, but the county still requires the account, and direct bookings are on you.
- Broward County business tax receipt.
3. City of Pompano Beach
- Pompano Beach business tax receipt.
- A lien search showing no open code violations or unpaid liens, on this property or any other Pompano property you or your company owns. It is only good for 30 days, so order it last.
4. The short term rental application. You file online through the city's Camino portal, signed in to an account (a guest submission never reaches staff). You'll need:
- An exterior site plan showing property lines, parking, the pool, spa or hot tub, fences, and where the garbage bins are stored and how they're screened.
- An interior floor plan showing every bedroom, every exit and every fire extinguisher.
- A notarized affidavit signed by every owner and responsible party.
- Your standard rental agreement.
- Your Sunbiz record or trust paperwork, if the house is held in an entity or trust.
- An authorization letter, if someone other than the owner submits.
If the city finds the application incomplete, it tells you within 30 days and you have 30 calendar days to resubmit.
5. The inspection
- Short term rental inspections run Mondays only, 8:30AM to 10:00AM. Miss one and you wait a week.
- No-show: $50. Inspector refused entry: $50.
What the inspector looks for
These are the items that fail houses that otherwise look ready:
- Water heater hard-wired, not plugged in
- Closet lights covered with a globe, not bare bulbs
- GFCI outlets in the kitchen, bathrooms, garage and outside, with weatherproof covers outdoors
- A labeled, reachable electrical panel
- A smoke detector in every bedroom and outside the bedrooms, kept at least three feet from ceiling fans and A/C vents
- Screens on every window that opens
- No extension cords used as permanent wiring, no unpermitted work
- Outside: sound roof, paint that isn't chipped or faded, a maintained swale, a clean pool, a permit on file for any tiki hut, and bins out of sight on non-collection days
Occupancy limits
- Two guests per bedroom, maximum, no matter how big the house is. A 3 bedroom home tops out at 6.
- 8 or more occupants requires a monitored fire alarm system that meets NFPA standards and is connected to a monitoring service. Price this in before you buy or list a 4 bedroom.
How you lose the permit
- Two or more code violations tied to the rental within 90 days are grounds for denial or revocation. Parking, noise and garbage are named specifically.
- Three failed attempts to reach your contact, or a refused inspection, counts as a violation.
- While a permit is revoked you can't host guests or advertise.
- Unresolved violations also block your city business tax receipt.
- Appeals go to the Zoning Board of Appeals, and you have 10 days to file.
Where owners get caught
- Filing the city application first, before the state and county registrations exist.
- Pulling the lien search too early, so it expires before the package is complete.
- Applying for a new purchase before the Property Appraiser shows the new owner.
- Missing the garbage bin screening on the site plan.
- Paying $675 in late September for a permit that expires September 30.
- Listing a 4 bedroom for 10 guests when the cap is 8, and the fire alarm requirement starts at 8.
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