Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee (Stvrac)
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SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (STVRAC) Glenn Powell, District 1 (Chairman) Joel Molinari, Sr., District 3 Joe Paladin, District 2 (Vice Chairman) Alan Curtis, District 4 Angela Beckley Waldrop, Member at Large Glenn Heran, District 5 Dr. Robert DeWaters, Sr., Member at Large George Bryant, Alternate The Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee (STVRAC) will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2015 in the County Administration Complex, Building B, B1- 501, 1800 27th Street, Vero Beach. AGENDA 1) Call to Order 2) Approval of Minutes of October 8, 2015 – Action Required 3) Old Business – Stan Boling, Community Development Director a. Update on Adopted Vacation Rental Parking Regulations 4) New Business – Stan Boling a. Vacation Rental Local Licensing and Tax Compliance – Action Required 5) Other Business– Joe Paladin, Vice Chairman a. Vacation Rental Parking in Mixed Use Projects 6) Announcement of Next Meeting 7) Adjournment cc: Joe Baird, Administrator Bill DeBraal, Attorneys Office Roland DeBlois, Chief, Environmental & Code Enforcement Mike Zito, Assistant County Administrator Scott Johnson, Webmaster John M. King, Interested Party Stan Boling, Community Development Director Richard Marini, EMS John McCoy, Current Development Chief John Duran, EMS John King, EMS Director Tuck Ferrell, Interested Party Norma Kissner, Interested Party Colleen Rosenbaum, Interested Party Luanne Foti, Interested Party Alan Corbin, Interested Party Barry Segal, Esquire, Interested Party Daniel Lamson, Interested Party Herb Whittall, Interested Party Honey Minuse, Interested Party Tim McGarry, Interested Party Peggy Lyon, Interested Party Miles Conway, Interested Party Commissioner Wesley S. Davis Commissioner Peter O’Bryan Commissioner Bob Solari Carter Taylor, Interested Party Mitch Dudek, Interested Party Sandy Wright, Attorney’s Office Bronia Jenkins, Interested Party Except for those matters specifically exempted under State Statute and Local Ordinance, the Committee shall provide an opportunity for public comment prior to the undertaking by the Committee of any action on the agenda. Public comment shall also be heard on any proposition which the Committee is to take action which was either not on the agenda or distributed to the public prior to the commencement of the meeting. Anyone who may wish to appeal any decision which may be made at this meeting will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which includes the testimony and evidence on which the appeal is based. Anyone who needs a special accommodation for this meeting must contact the County's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator at 772-226-1223 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee --?3 FROM: Stan Boling, AICP; Community Development Director DATE: November 5, 2015 SUBJECT: Updates: Vacation Rental Parking Ordinance & Vacation Rental Information Packet This information is included in the meeting packet for the November 12, 2105 Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee meeting. At its meeting of October 13, 2015, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance 2015-014 (see attachment #1). That ordinance established the county's definition of "vacation rental" and established special parking regulations for vacation rentals. Those regulations limit the maximwn nwnber of automobiles that may be parked outside a carport or garage of a vacation rental unit to five automobiles. Also, the regulations require automobiles to be parked on an improved or stabilized driveway and not within a road right-of-way. The regulations were adopted without a provision for excess day time parking spaces. After adoption of the vacation rental parking ordinance, staff produced a four page vacation rental information packet (see attachment #2). The packet was emailed to committee members and interested parties and is posted/linked on the county's website home page [www.ircgov.com]. The first two pages of the packet consist of a one page information sheet and a page of excerpts from the vacation rental parking ordinance (2015-014) and from the ordinance prohibiting commercial events at single-family residences (2015-013). The last two pages of the packet consist of state guidelines and requirements for vacation rentals produced by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation (DBPR). This is an informational item. No committee action is required. ATTACHMENTS 1. IRC Vacation Rental Parking Ordinance (2015-014) 2. IRC Vacation Rental Information Packet (November 2015) INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee .db FROM: Stan Boling, AICP; Community Development Director DATE: November 4, 2015 SUBJECT: Vacation Rental Local Licensing and Tax Compliance It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee at its regular meeting ofNovember 12, 2015. BACKGROUND At its meeting of October 8, 2015, the Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee voted 4-0 to discuss local licensing and tax compliance at its November 12, 2015 meeting. In response, staff prepared this report and recommendation regarding local licensing and tax compliance. After the committee's consideration, along with any direction provided by the committee, staff will draft vacation rental local licensing regulations for future review by the committee. The committee is now to consider staff's analysis and recommendation on local licensing and tax compliance, consider input from committee members and meeting participants, and provide direction to staff. ANALYSIS As stated in previous staff reports, there are advantages to requiring a local licensing requirement for vacation rental units located in the unincorporated county. Those advantages include establishing a mechanism to manage compliance with state and local requirements (state license, business tax receipt, local registration for tourist tax), establishing manager contact information for each licensed unit, and establishing a locally-enforceable requirement to have all vacation rental units properly licensed. Staff's approach is to focus on those advantages with straight-forward local licensing requirements. Staff has reviewed a number oflocal government regulations such as Monroe County's that, among other items, requires a local license for vacation rentals. In addition, staff has reviewed regulations recommended by The Moorings of Vero Property Owners Association committee on vacation rentals which also include a number of items including a recommendation to require a local license. Please refer to attachments 1 and 2. In order to focus on the advantages previously noted, it is staff's opinion that a local vacation rental license requirement be established by county ordinance and that the license review and approval process be managed by the Community Development Department. The license requirement would apply to each vacation rental unit in the unincorporated county. Staff's position is that the following licensing requirements and parameters be incorporated into a county ordinance: 1. An annual license for each vacation rental unit, renewable each year, transferable to a new owner upon submission of updated information and assumption of any permit obligations and conditions. 2. License application submittal requirements: A Rental unit manager contact information ( cell phone number, email address, mailing address); changes in the manager and/or contact information must be provided to Community Development expeditiously. B. Documentation that the applicant has obtained the following: (1) State license for vacation rental unit (2) Local business tax receipt from Tax Collector (3) Local tourist tax account from Clerk of the Circuit Court C. Parking compliance information: number of garage and/or carport spaces, number ofrental unit bedrooms, maximum number of automobiles allowed outside of garage/carport, location of spaces accommodated on improved or stabilized driveway. D. Acknowledgment from rental unit owner and manager of the following county requirements for vacation rentals. (1) Prohibition on commercial events at residence (e.g. weddings) (2) Special parking regulations (3) Sea turtle protection regulations (for rental units located east of SR A-1-A) (4) Noise regulations: existing Chapter 974 decibel level limitations and "no disturbance" hours from 10 pm to 6 am (5) Limitations on dock/boat use: (for waterfront rental units): no more than 2 boats moored per dock, dock used by unit owner or renter only, no live-aboard use; (all rental units): no more than 2 boats stored or parked per unit. (6) Fire safety requirements, well and septic requirements, occupancy limitations (IF ANY; recommendations to be determined in future committee meeting) (7) Fines and citation penalties for violations (recommendations to be determined at future committee meeting) E. Documentation ( e.g. photo) of information posted inside the rental unit for the following: ( 1) Manager contact information (2) Maximum number ofparked automobiles and boats, and approved parking location (3) Trash and recycling pick-up days and protocol for placing and retrieving/storing containers (4) Noise regulations: "no disturbance" hours 10 pm - 6 am (5) Fire safety, well and septic, occupancy items (IF ANY, recommendations to be determined at future committee meeting) (6) Walk-in clinic, emergency room information