I think some control is needed because it's gotten out if hand. No one wants a huge wedding in a residentail neighborhood. Rental owners being greedy and folks getting married being cheap. If it's ten people wedding then OK but 50+ is not welcome.
The Fire Marshall is going to come and measure my bedrooms,.Yeah, that's gonna happen!. (Better come with a warrant Sammie). I'm sure Walton County residents won't put up with this nonsense. AND I don't think the County Commissioners will put up with this either;...Not unless they don't mind being voted out.
100% of the rental units would be negatively impacted as a result of the proposed legislation being enacted in its current form.
Mango - the house you describe is allowed to sleep either 7 or 8, not just 4. (Based on bedrooms it's 8, not sure if they'll round up or down on square footages).