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Magistrate enforces city rules on short-term rentals: certificate suspensions and fines ordered

5838022 · September 25, 2025
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Summary

At the Sept. 25 special-magistrate session the magistrate suspended at least one vacation-rental certificate for 365 days, imposed fines for advertising/occupancy violations, and ordered reappearances for others as the city stepped up enforcement of STR rules.

The City of Fort Lauderdale special-magistrate hearing on Sept. 25 included multiple enforcement actions against short-term rental (STR) properties, including immediate suspensions, fines and orders to reappear.

The magistrate ordered an immediate 365-day suspension of the vacation-rental certificate for a property represented by Craig Mills after the city presented a qualifying number of prior violations. "If you have a qualifying number of violations, the way the code reads…

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