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STVRAC meeting and argued that the psychological and physiological well-being of the residents neighboring vacation rentals was not addressed. He reviewed the ordinances that this Board passed on August 13, 2015 regarding parking at vacation rentals and commercial events at single family, homes and went on to expose several specific violations since then as well as methods vacation rental proprietors have devised to circumvent the ordinances. Dr. Conway displayed a document showing thirty-one vacation rentals licensed by the state in Indian River County and discussed the more than five hundred that are advertised on the Internet for this county. He produced examples of the villainization of neighbors protecting their properties from vacation rental clients in Indian River County as well as around the world and exhibited several national news articles relating to the Airbnb website regarding lawsuits, misconduct, discrimination and noncompliance. Dr. Conway discussed the fact that the number of complaints that staff disclosed did not take into account the countywide discord nor the complaints to the state, city, sheriff's office, county commissioners, civic associations or the media, nor petitions or citizens too afraid to come forward for fear of reprisal. He described vacation rentals bringing down the property assessments in the neighboring homes and gave several examples. Regarding the proposed ordinance for three-year short term vacation rental licenses, Dr. Conway argued that it conflicted with and was of a lesser standard than the state license of one year. He also felt that the proposed fines for noncompliance were too low. Regarding the proposed noise ordinance, Dr. Conway argued that it is unenforceable as county law enforcement officers do not carry decibel meters. He presented examples of noise ordinances in other -counties and suggested a prohibition on outdoor amplified noise at vacation rentals at all times subject to fines of $250 for the first offense and $500 for second and subsequent offenses. Dr. Leigh Hoppe reported that she is an unhappy next door neighbor of a vacation rental where numerous parties and events are held and contended that it interferes with the personal enjoyment of her own property. Dr. Oscar Santi testified that he is a neighbor of Dr. Hoppe and that his home has been burglarized two times in the past year which he felt was due to the neighboring vacation rental. He stated that his family no longer feels safe in their own home and stressed that vacation rental proprietors should not have the ability to so negatively affect the lives of the neighboring homeowners. PZC/Unapproved 5 May 26, 2016 F:\BCCWI Committees\P&Z\2016—AGENDAS & MINUTES\PZC 052616.doc Attachment 8 158