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For purposes of review and comparison, Monroe County's vacation rental requirements can be <br />broken down into a number of categories, as follows: <br />• Watercraft/trailer regulations <br />• Parking restrictions <br />• Noise regulations <br />• Trash pickup requirements <br />• Licensing requirements <br />• Occupancy limit <br />• Health/safety requirements <br />• Penalties/fines <br />In comparing Monroe County's vacation rental requirements to Indian River County's existing <br />regulations, staff's finding is that, with the exception of licensing -related conditions and occupancy <br />limits, most of Monroe County's requirements are already addressed in our county's regulations as <br />they apply to vacation rental use of single-family homes. For example, Indian River County's <br />existing regulations - as they apply to watercrafts at residences, parking, noise, trash pickup, health <br />and safety, and violation penalties - are comparable to and in some cases more restrictive than <br />Monroe County's vacation rental requirements. The herein proposed vacation rental ordinance, <br />coupled with existing requirements, will bring Indian River County's regulations on par with Monroe <br />County's requirements. <br />There are certain provisions of Monroe County's vacation rental ordinance that are not covered in <br />Indian River County's existing regulations or in the proposed ordinance, for reasons explained <br />hereafter: <br />• Requirement of posting of license number, manager contact information and code <br />enforcement contact information visible from the front property line of a vacation rental; <br />• Requirement of notice of a license application with appeal procedures mailed to all property <br />owners within 300 feet of a proposed rental site at least 30 days prior to license approval; and <br />• Procedures for revocation of a vacation rental permit. <br />Regarding the posting of license number and contact information visible from the front property line, <br />staff's position is that such a posting is unnecessary beyond what is proposed: that license numbers <br />be required on all ads and rental agreements, and that up to date manager contact information be <br />provided to code enforcement officers. In addition, staff does not support such signage since it could <br />be unsightly and would work against the county's objective of having vacation rental units <br />seamlessly fit into neighborhoods and appear like any other residence. <br />With respect to appeal procedure, notice to adjacent property owners and permit revocation <br />procedures, unlike Monroe County, Indian River County is not in a legal position to withhold <br />approval of a properly submitted and complete vacation rental licensing application, and is pre- <br />empted by state law from revoking a license and denying a vacation rental use. Consequently, an <br />appeal procedure is not applicable in Indian River County although code enforcement actions <br />MAAGENDA\Current Year\2016\Consideration of Proposed Vacation Rental Ordinance Establishing Local License Requirement and 10 <br />Vacation Rental Regulations 062116.docx <br />132 <br />