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i INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: 4' Stan Boling, AICP; ommunity Development Director DATE: August 31, 2015 SUBJECT: Consideration of Proposed Parking Regulations for Vacation Rentals ("Ordinance I") Amending Land Development Regulations Chapters 901 (Definitions), 911 (Zoning), and 912 (Single-Family Development) It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of September 22, 2015. BACKGROUND At its February 10, 2015 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) heard a presentation from Dr. Miles Conway regarding vacation rentals, including parking conditions at a vacation rental adjacent to his property on south SR A-1-A (see attachment #1). That vacation rental, whose owner is represented by attorney Barry Segal, is the subject of a Code Enforcement Board action which has been appealed to circuit court. After hearing from Dr. Conway, Mr. Segal, and others at the February meeting, the Board voted unanimously to direct staff to draft parking regulations for vacation rentals. Based on that directive, Community Development staff and Deputy County Attorney Bill DeBraal conducted research and drafted an LDR (land development regulation) amendment ordinance establishing vacation rental parking regulations for the Board's initial review as a departmental discussion item at the May 5, 2015 Board meeting. At its May 5, 2015 meeting, the Board heard from staff and a number of parties. At the end of discussion, the Board voted unanimously to "approve" staff's recommended ordinance and directed staff to initiate the formal LDR amendment process (see attachment #2). For the proposed amendment, that process involves one public hearing before the Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) and one public hearing before the Board. Staff prepared a revised vacation rental parking regulation ordinance ("Ordinance I") for the PZC's consideration, and after input at the PZC hearing, prepared a further revised ordinance for the Board's consideration. It should be noted that at the May 5t' meeting, the Board also voted unanimously to direct staff to draft and process an ordinance prohibiting commercial events such as weddings and reunions at single-family residences (see attachment #2). That ordinance ("Ordinance 2") has been drafted by the Deputy County Attorney, with input from planning staff, and will be considered separately from "Ordinance I". Both ordinances were considered consecutively at the same PZC meeting (August 13, 2015) and are scheduled for consideration at the same Board meeting(September 22, 2015). P%Commun4Dcve1opment%CurDev\BCC\2015BCCUParkingRegsVacRemalsOrdinanceLdoc , 173 `