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7A <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator <br />FROM: Stan Boling, AICP; Community Development Director <br />DATE: June 6, 2016 <br />SUBJECT: Preliminary Update on the County's Short Term Vacation Rental Regulations and <br />Vacation Rental Permit Implementation <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of June 20, 2017. <br />BACKGROUND <br />At its meeting of June 21, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) concluded a <br />comprehensive effort to develop regulations for short-term vacation rentals. At that meeting, the <br />Board adopted special vacation rental regulations, established significant fines for vacation -rental <br />violations, and adopted an application fee for a County vacation rental permit process that <br />implements the vacation rental regulations. As part of its action at the June 21, 2016 meeting, The <br />Board directed staff to provide a "progress report" a year after adoption of the new regulations (see <br />Attachment 1). <br />Staff herein provides a preliminary update to the Board on implementation of the vacation rental <br />regulations. In October 2017, one year after full implementation of the County's vacation rental <br />permitting program, staff will present a full evaluation in a format that will allow public discussion. <br />ANALYSIS <br />Although the Board adopted short-term vacation rental regulations on June 21, 2016, it took some <br />months after adoption to fully implement the County's vacation rental permitting program and to <br />begin formally contacting owners/operators of suspected vacation rental units. After adoption of the <br />regulations, staff worked to secure a contract with an outside service provider to identify and track <br />internet advertisements for vacation rental units located in the unincorporated area of the county. <br />After securing the contract, it took additional time to obtain and refine data on suspected units, to <br />train code enforcement staff on inspection duties, and to develop listings and to begin mailing out <br />letters to owners/operators of suspected units. Mail -out notices began in October 2016. <br />C: \Users\GRANIC-1 \AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 7\@13CL@0006F8FE\@BCL@0006F8FE.docx <br />1 <br />P2 <br />