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Fire Prevention staff indicate that there are no fire -related occupancy limits or ratings for <br />single-family homes like there are for hotels and commercial lodging facilities. Staff also <br />indicates that fire code standards for hotels and commercial lodging facilities are <br />significantly different from standards applied to single-family homes, that they are not <br />aware of any specific fire safety problems that are particular to vacation rental units, and <br />that they are not aware of any technical justification for increasing local fire safety <br />requirements or establishing local fire -related occupancy ratings for vacation rentals at <br />this time. <br />Consequently, the proposed ordinance requires the special fire protection items required <br />by the state for vacation rental units. By incorporating those items into the county's <br />ordinance, the county will be able to inspect for and enforce provisions of those items <br />and will not need to rely on state enforcement for compliance. <br />f. Providing a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm <br />Rationale: Since 2012, new homes in Indian River County have had combination smoke <br />alarm/carbon monoxide detectors (f$50). The proposed regulation would require any <br />vacation rental unit with a gas appliance to have a carbon monoxide detector in addition <br />to smoke alarms. <br />g. Keeping manager contact information up to date <br />Rationale: As previously stated, up to date manager contact information is essential for <br />timely communications with code enforcement officers and swift resolution for problems <br />that may occur at a vacation rental unit. In addition, failure to keep up to date manager <br />contact information will subject a unit owner to a $100 fine under the proposed fine <br />schedule, as explained later in this report. <br />h. Providing or otherwise stating the county vacation rental license number and <br />sleeping occupancy limit in any advertisement or rental offering associated with <br />the vacation rental unit <br />Rationale: This is an essential component of tracking ads to a specific unit and of <br />putting prospective renters on notice up -front, prior to booking a unit, that the unit has a <br />sleeping occupancy limit. Such tracking is needed to monitor compliance and such <br />notice should help prevent over -crowding of a unit. <br />The proposed vacation rental ordinance for Indian River County is attached (see attachment 11). <br />Monroe County Regulations <br />During discussions on local vacation rentals, the Monroe County vacation rental ordinance has been <br />held out as a comprehensive "model" vacation rental ordinance and the Board has asked staff to <br />analyze that ordinance. Staff's research indicates that Monroe County's vacation rental requirements <br />are contained within a combination of adopted code provisions and non -code application <br />requirements (see attachment 8). <br />WAGENDA\Current Year\2016\Consideration of Proposed Vacation Rental Ordinance Establishing Local License Requirement and 9 <br />Vacation Rental Regulations 062116.docx <br />131 <br />