The City of Miami Beach Mayor and Commission are writing amendments to the City Code restricting the duration of rentals for non-commercial properties (including single family homes, condos, apartments, townhouses, etc.).
You need to act quickly to protect the rights of property owners. The Zoning and Planning Board is meeting 3:00 pm Tuesday June 24th to make a recommendation to the Commission.
Instead of protecting the existing rights of property owners, this act by the Commission will strip rights away from property owners.
Presently, there are no restrictions in the Miami Beach City Code relating to the duration of rentals for non-commercial property; however, this has not stopped the City from issuing code violations (fines) and harassing tenants and property owners.
Here is what you can do:
1. Educate yourself - there is lots of great info at http://miamibeachpropertyrights
2. Send emails and make phone calls to the Commissioners and Mayor, before Tuesday, to express your opposition to limiting the rights of property owners. Feel free to copy and paste the sample posted here into your email to the Mayor and Commissioners.
3. Forward this email to friends, renters, colleagues and associates who can express their concern.
4. Attend the meeting on Tuesday at 3:00 in the Commission Chamber.
3 comments:
the houses i know that get rented short term are always well maintained, they have to be, and the guests are always nice families. the long term rentals and regular homeowners are the ones who let their property go, don't mow their lawns, etc.. i think they should ban long-term rentals and enforce beauty standards instead!
I agree with Chris. Neighbors renting rooms w. late, loud parties; long term rentals park cars on lawn, sidewalks, don't cut grass. Where's Miami Beach Code Compliance? I never see them. But put up an easy citation: garage sale, and they're right there! Please let's be consistent and have pride in aesthetics. Cite for illegal residential parking (cars blocking sidewalks don't allow handicap access, cars parked on lawns e.g.)
the worst parking offenders are city officials and cops, they always park in no parking zones, yellow curbs, etc.. why don't they get cited? i would have never known there was an issue with single family home issues. when i was a kid, we always went to Cape Cod, MA and rented a house so we could have a family reunion, or Ogunquit, ME... I guess Miami Beach doesn't care about family tourists.
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