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• 2014/2015: The south SR A -1-A ("Segal") case was heard by the Code Enforcement Board (CEB). In that case, the CEB voted 4-1 to find a violation of parking location regulations and entered a continuing order "that parking not occur in anything other than the designated parking area". The vacation rental owner appealed the CEB decision to circuit court. That lawsuit is currently pending. In February and May 2015, the Board considered vacation rental issues and directed staff to initiate adoption of vacation rental parking regulations and an ordinance prohibiting renting -out a single- family residence for special events such as weddings and reunions. On July 114, 2015, the Board adopted a resolution establishing an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Board regarding any additional local regulations needed beyond the parking regulations ordinance and event prohibition ordinance already being considered. That committee, which will automatically sunset within one year of its first meeting or when it makes recommendations to the Board (whichever occurs first), will be known as the Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee. In August, Commissioners made their district appointments to the committee, and the Board voted to appoint two at -large members and one alternate for the south beach property owners association representative who serves on the committee. Staff anticipates that the committee will convene this fall. Existing Indian River County Residential Parking Regulations Regulations on the number and location of automobiles regularly parked at a single-family residence are intended to maintain the visual/aesthetic character of residential neighborhoods, while accommodating parking needs. For any residential unit, the general parking minimum is two spaces per unit. That parking standard minimum is typical for most jurisdictions and for a single-family residence is easily met by providing a standard driveway. Current County parking regulations for a single-family zoned lot allow a maximum of 3 automobiles (not including RVs, which are separately regulated) to be parked outside an unenclosed area, with two exceptions. One exception allows for one additional vehicle for each licensed driver permanently residing at the residence. The second exception allows the parking of automobiles by persons visiting the residence without those automobiles counting toward the previously described limitations. The current regulations also prohibit parking within a required yard such as within the front yard setback area of a lot. It should be noted that in general, a car may be parked (but not stored) within a public local road right-of-way. It is staffs position that the existing code's exception for parking by persons visiting the residence (the second exception described above) is not intended to apply to vacation unit renters or "guests" of the vacation unit renters. Although the current code is not clear on that point, that issue will be clarified and addressed through adoption of the "Ordinance 1" amendment now being considered. Comparison of Parking Standards for Vacation Rentals Staff has researched vacation rental parking standards and obtained information from nine Florida local governments as well as information from six out-of-state local jurisdictions (see attachment #7). Staff's research indicates that Vero Beach specifically prohibits vacation rentals and therefore has no standards relating to that use. Neither Fellsmere nor Sebastian have specific standards for vacation rentals, the same as Indian River County. Several of the surveyed jurisdictions specifically restrict vacation rental parking locations to driveways and designated areas (Islamorada, Bal Harbor Village, and communities in California and Nevada). With respect to regulating the number of parking spaces, several jurisdictions require a minimum number of spaces or fraction of a space per room. A few jurisdictions limit the maximum number of spaces based on the number of designated spaces shown on a local government vacation rental application. M:\AGENDA\Current Year12015\IO-13-15 Continued ParkingRegsVacRentalsOrdinanee.docx 4 94