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92-59, which established fines and notice time frames for various code violations, includes fines for general illegal parking and storage ($50 per vehicle), but does not list a fine for commercial events at residences, for parking violations specific to vacation rentals, for failure to obtain or maintain a license, or for violations of license conditions. For those reasons, the 92-29 citation resolution needs to be revised to list fines for those violations. Moreover, the revisions should distinguish between first time violations and repeat violations, with higher fines for repeat violations to deter recurrence. For vacation rental vehicle parking violations, staff and STVRAC recommended, and the attached fine schedule proposes, that a $50 fine (per vehicle) for a first violation after an initial 24 hour notice and a $100 fine (per vehicle) for repeat violations are appropriate amounts. The committee and staff also recommended, and the attached schedule proposes, that a deadline of 30 business days (±6 weeks) after initial notice be established for an unlicensed rental unit. As proposed, if that deadline passes without the unit owner obtaining a county vacation rental license, a $100 per day fine will start and accrue for each day that a violator has failed to obtain a license after the 30 day deadline. It should be noted that a violator could come into immediate compliance by pulling all vacation rental advertisements and short-term rental offerings, and ceasing all short-term rental activity until they obtain a license. The proposed schedule also sets a $100 fine for the first occurrence of a noise -related violation at a vacation rental and a $300 fine for any repeat noise violation at that rental unit. This noise -related fine proposal was specifically added as a result of the PZC's consideration. Regarding commercial events at residences, such as weddings and celebrations, fines need to be substantially higher so as not to be absorbed as a "cost of doing business" for holding such an event. Consistent with allowances under FS Chapter 162, staff supports and the committee recommended that the County establish a fine of $1,000 for a first violation and $5,000 for repeat violations of the commercial event at residence restrictions. After -Hours Enforcement Although the County Code Enforcement Section's office hours are weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., code enforcement staff will conduct limited enforcement investigations on weekends or "after hours," particularly when a recurring violation at a location has been identified and isanticipated to occur at those times. If a complainant observes a violation occurring on weekends or after hours, the complainant is advised to: Contact the sheriff's office if the violation is a public disturbance or a public safety hazard warranting immediate response; or • Document the violation (e.g., photos) and advise code enforcement staff for follow-up action to deter future/recurring violations. In such cases, code enforcement staff will either bring the matter forward to the Code Enforcement Board or issue a citation based on the documentation provided by the complainant, or will follow-up with after hour investigation as warranted for further documentation if the violation is recurring in nature. M:\AGENDA\Current Year\2016\Consideration of Proposed Vacation Rental Ordinance Establishing Local License Requirement and 12 Vacation Rental Regulations 062116.docx 134