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S�wNr,,s City of Sunny Isles Beach 18070 Collins Avenue I. Sunny Isles Beach,Florida 33160 F �OC: (305)947-0606 City Hall_ _ o,sow (305)949-3113 Fax MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commission FROM: Hans Ottinot,City Attorney . DATE: 5/17/2018 Ordinance Amending Chapter 217 to Create Article II RE: Entitled Regulating Short Term Vacation Rentals in Multi-Family Dwellings RECOMMENDATION: This Ordinance is presented for your consideration. REASONS: The purpose of the attached Ordinance is to provide reasonable guidelines for short-term vacation rentals in order to mitigate the possible negative impacts to health, safety, and the general welfare to the community. As you may recall, the City Commission held a workshop several months ago to discuss the impact of short term vacation rentals due to the increasing complaints from residents regarding the growing use of multi-family dwelling units as short-term vacation rentals. The complaints have described short-term vacation rentals as fostering an environment for noise, criminal activities, which include but are not limited to drug trafficking and human trafficking. As a result of the workshop, the City Commission directed staff to prepare an ordinance to regulate the use of short-term vacation rentals in multi-family dwellings. It is important to note that the City has no authority to ban or regulate the frequency of short-term rentals under Florida law. Therefore, this Ordinance seeks to balance the interest of residents who are negatively impact by short term rentals and rights of property owners to lease their units for compensation. Essentially, a short term rental license is required to rent short term rentals in multi-family buildings in the City under the proposed Ordinance. In the Ordinance, short term rental is defined as a unit which is leased for a period of less than six (6) months. In addition to the license requirement, the Ordinance contains the following requirements: (1)Short Term Rental License expires 6 months from date of issuance and renewal is permitted if short term rental owner is in compliance with the provisions of the Ordinance. (2) Registration with the Florida Department of Revenue for purposes of remitting sales tax. (3) Proof of account with Miami-Dade Tax Collector for payment of tourist tax. (4) Proof of liability insurance coverage that shall remain effective at all times during the duration of the short term rental period.