In Miami Beach, a short rental is a zoning question first

City Code section 142-1111 prohibits rentals of less than six months and one day in certain areas. Approved stays need zoning authorization and a business tax receipt. Building rules live in the condominium documents, which were not sourced here. This is not legal advice.

You can already see the weeks you will not be in town — a December week when the city fills up, a February sitting empty, a friend who wants the apartment for a long weekend — and you can already hear how easily “Miami Beach” sounds like a place that was built for that. The city’s code is less romantic. In certain areas, a stay of less than six months and one day is not a lifestyle choice. It is a prohibited short-term rental unless the zoning and the licenses say otherwise.

This guide is about the City of Miami Beach’s rules, as published on official city pages reviewed November 14, 2026. It is not a guide to the City of Miami. For that jurisdiction, including Edgewater, see Haute Residence’s existing article, Buying in Edgewater as a short-term rental investor. The two cities do not share a code. This is not legal advice.

Rendering courtesy of the developer.

In the City of Miami Beach, short-term rentals for less than six months and one day are prohibited in certain areas under City Code section 142-1111. Approved rentals need zoning authorization and a business tax receipt. Building rental rules, if any, are in the condominium documents, which were not sourced here. This is not legal advice.

What the city actually publishes

The city’s Practice Safe Renting page, fetched November 14, 2026, cites the Land Development Regulations at Chapter 142, Article IV, Division 3, section 142-1111. It states that those regulations prohibit short-term rentals for periods of less than six months and one day in single-family homes and other multifamily residential buildings located in certain areas of the city.

The same page is careful about the next sentence. Approved vacation or short-term rentals, it says, have the proper authorization and zoning approvals and have obtained a business tax receipt to operate. If a building or unit is found to be operating a short-term rental illegally, “the tenants/visitors will be evicted and fines assessed against the owner.” The city tells readers to verify a property on that lookup page, and to call 305.673.7420 if an address is not listed.

A separate official page, Short-term Rental Requirements, fetched the same day, lists what the city asks for when a rental is being registered. Among those documents: an approved certificate of use; a letter from the association that short-term rental is allowed for the specific unit or units, dated within the last 60 days; written notice that the owner has reviewed the possible loss of a homestead exemption; the names of hosting or advertising platforms on which the property is or will be listed; resort tax registration; and a Florida state license, along with a recorded deed and other entity paperwork. The page also lists occupational codes for short-term rental, residential and non-residential.

Those are city requirements, not a promise that a given condominium will issue the association letter. If the association does not have an active business tax receipt, the city says that receipt must be approved before any short-term rental receipt is released for the individual unit.

The city’s own language is “certain areas.” This article does not invent a street-by-street map, and it does not treat a neighborhood name — South Beach, Mid-Beach, or otherwise — as a substitute for the zoning of a specific parcel. Check the address against the city’s lookup and the current code.

Rendering courtesy of the developer.

The building can still say no

The Shore Club Private Collection, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach, and The Perigon Miami Beach are named here because they are Miami Beach towers with Haute Residence landing pages, and because they are the source of the images. Their offering documents were not obtained for this article. No building-specific rental term, minimum stay, or association rule is stated.

Landing-page marketing is not a substitute for the declaration, the rules, or the purchase agreement. Even where the city would allow a short-term rental, the condominium documents can forbid it, limit it, or condition it. The city’s requirements page already assumes that point: it asks for a recent association letter for the specific unit. Confirm the building terms in the documents, and confirm the zoning and licenses with the city, before underwriting income.

The Miami Beach hub and the new-development directory are the place to start on the projects, not on a rental underwriting model.

Rendering courtesy of the developer.

A buyer’s order of operations

Start with the parcel, not the postcard. Is the use allowed in that zoning district under section 142-1111, or does a shorter stay fall inside the prohibition? If an approval path exists, can the condominium actually issue the letter the city asks for? Have the certificate of use, business tax receipt, resort tax registration and state license been considered as costs and as timing, not as afterthoughts? And has a Florida attorney read both the city rules and the condominium documents together?

None of this is legal advice. A city webpage is not a permit, and a rendering of a beach is not a rental license.

Sources

• City of Miami Beach, Practice Safe Renting (fetched Nov. 14, 2026): cites Ch. 142, Art. IV, Div. 3, Sec. 142-1111; prohibits short-term rentals for periods of less than six months and one day in single-family homes and other multifamily residential buildings in certain areas of the city; approved rentals require authorization, zoning approvals and a business tax receipt: https://apps.miamibeachfl.gov/PracticeSafeRenting
• City of Miami Beach, Short-term Rental Requirements (fetched Nov. 14, 2026): certificate of use; association letter for the specific unit(s), dated within the last 60 days; homestead-exemption notice; hosting-platform list; resort tax registration; state license; and related filings: https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/short-term-rental-requirements/
• Municode’s Miami Beach Code of Ordinances remained unavailable on a November 14, 2026 re-check (HTTP 403 / fetch error), so the full current text of § 142-1111 was not independently attached. Public copy stays with the official city pages’ wording (“certain areas”) and does not paste a secondary district list.
• Haute Residence landing pages, fetched Nov. 14, 2026, named for location and images only; no offering-document rental terms sourced: The Shore Club Private Collection; The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach; The Perigon Miami Beach
• Haute Residence, Buying in Edgewater as a short-term rental investor (City of Miami rules): https://www.hauteresidence.com/news/edgewater-short-term-rental-investor-city-rules/
• Haute Residence: Miami Beach hub; new-development directory

Frequently asked questions

Are short-term rentals allowed everywhere in Miami Beach?

No. The city’s Practice Safe Renting page, fetched November 14, 2026, cites section 142-1111 and says short-term rentals for periods of less than six months and one day are prohibited in single-family homes and other multifamily residential buildings in certain areas of the city. Check the specific address. This is not legal advice.

What does the city require if a short-term rental is allowed?

The official Short-term Rental Requirements page, fetched the same day, lists an approved certificate of use, a business tax receipt, an association letter for the specific unit dated within the last 60 days, resort tax registration, a state license, a homestead-exemption notice, and the names of hosting platforms, among other filings.

Is this the same as Haute Residence’s Edgewater short-term rental guide?

No. That guide covers the City of Miami. This one covers the City of Miami Beach. The two cities do not share a code. The Edgewater article is cross-linked, not rewritten.

What are the rental rules at The Shore Club, the Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach, or The Perigon?

This article states none. Offering documents were not obtained. Confirm any building minimum stay, prohibition, or approval process in the condominium documents. Landing-page marketing is not a substitute.

Does a neighborhood name — South Beach or Mid-Beach — answer the zoning question?

No. The city’s own language is “certain areas.” The zoning of the specific parcel, and the city’s lookup, are what matter.

What if the association will not issue the letter the city asks for?

Then the requirements page, as written, cannot be satisfied for that unit. City zoning, if it allows a use, does not override a condominium document that forbids it. This is not legal advice.

Is this legal advice?

No. It is a reading of official city pages reviewed November 14, 2026, and a reminder to read the condominium documents. A Florida attorney should review both before any income is underwritten.