Item T5
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on Wednesday,
September 20, 2000, at 3:00 PM at the Marathon Government Center, 2798
Overseas Highway, Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the
following County ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUND FOR
ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 004-1997, VACATION RENTAL, BY
AUTHORIZING THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO MAKE VACATION RENTAL
RESERVATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF
ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION
INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that if a person
decided to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter
considered at such hearings or meetings, he will need a record of the
proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim
record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Copies of the above-referenced ordinance are available for review at the various
publiC libraries in Monroe County, Florida.
Dated at Key West, Florida, this 23rd day of August, 2000.
(SEAL)
DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk of the Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
Publication dates:
Reporter 8/31-9/7/00
Key West Citizen 9/1-8/00
Keynoter 9/2-9/00
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Board of County Commissioners
ORDINANCE
-2000
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING ESTABLISHMENT OF
A FUND FOR ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 004-1997,
VACATION RENTAL, BY AUTHORIZING THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS
TO MAKE VACATION RENTAL RESERVATIONS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION
INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No.
004-1997 with an enforcement date of January 4, 1999; and
WHEREAS, Section 22 of Ordinance No. 004-1997 provides for acquiring
evidence for prosecution of violations of the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Section 22 provides for disposition of cases before the Monroe
County Code Enforcement Special Master or before a court of competent
jurisdiction;
WHEREAS, the penalties are more severe for documentation of actual
rental as opposed to merely offering for rental a house in a residential
neighborhood and that serves to deter the short term vacation rental of houses
in quiet residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has determined that the
use of public funds to pay for short term vacation rental deposits, even if such
deposits are not subsequently recovered, is a valid law enforcement public
purpose; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. An account is hereby established within the budget of Monroe
County General Purpose Municipal Service Taxing Unit in the amount of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of making reservations for vacation
rentals that will provide competent evidence for prosecution of the violation
before the Monroe County Special Master or a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of
this Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be
affected by such invalidity.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be included and
incorporated in the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an
addition or amendment thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to
conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
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Section S. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of
official notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida
that this Ordinance has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 20th day of
September, 2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Mayor Pro Tem George Neugent
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor /Chairperson
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