Post by High Priestess on Dec 8, 2018 17:28:45 GMT
Largo will set up short term rental laws:
www.tampabay.com/pinellas/largo-forges-ahead-on-short-term-rental-regulations-20181204/
Florida State law prohibits local governments from adopting rules prohibiting vacation rentals from operating, so city leaders recently agreed to instruct city staff to prepare an ordinance adopting four new regulations that could prevent the kind of problems that have plagued nearby cities.
Assistant City Attorney Nikki Day presented commissioners with nine possible regulations that don’t violate the state’s pre-emption on short-term rentals, which are defined as any condos or homes that are four or fewer units that are rented to guests more than three times per year for 30 days or less.....
“It’s a property rights issue, and I wouldn’t support all nine of those,” she said. “I don’t think we are in the business to regulate … what to do with your land.”....
Brown said he lived next to a vacation rental for five years and never had a complaint, so he would hate to punish responsible property owners by overburdening them with regulations.
“I think that where there’s properties that are a problem, we need to use the tools that we have and maybe enhance some of those tools,” he said, referring to proposed regulations like maximum occupancy limits. “But I think that the vast majority of short-term rentals in Largo aren’t a nightmare in their neighborhoods. So, I’d like to do something about those that are, but not diminish the ability for somebody to rent their house or have a short-term rental.”
www.tampabay.com/pinellas/largo-forges-ahead-on-short-term-rental-regulations-20181204/
Florida State law prohibits local governments from adopting rules prohibiting vacation rentals from operating, so city leaders recently agreed to instruct city staff to prepare an ordinance adopting four new regulations that could prevent the kind of problems that have plagued nearby cities.
Assistant City Attorney Nikki Day presented commissioners with nine possible regulations that don’t violate the state’s pre-emption on short-term rentals, which are defined as any condos or homes that are four or fewer units that are rented to guests more than three times per year for 30 days or less.....
“It’s a property rights issue, and I wouldn’t support all nine of those,” she said. “I don’t think we are in the business to regulate … what to do with your land.”....
Brown said he lived next to a vacation rental for five years and never had a complaint, so he would hate to punish responsible property owners by overburdening them with regulations.
“I think that where there’s properties that are a problem, we need to use the tools that we have and maybe enhance some of those tools,” he said, referring to proposed regulations like maximum occupancy limits. “But I think that the vast majority of short-term rentals in Largo aren’t a nightmare in their neighborhoods. So, I’d like to do something about those that are, but not diminish the ability for somebody to rent their house or have a short-term rental.”