Many property managers have gone through the registration process to completion and the inspection process has been fairly easy. Yes, the inspector is finding items out of compliance but if reasonable most of us are able to fix the issue while the inspector is there and the property is found to be in compliance. There…
We have talked to several property managers and most agree, the inspection process for Anna Maria City is relatively painless. There have been a few trouble spots where bedrooms are less than 100 sq ft and that does create some pain for some owners. There are several Bert Harris Claims submitted in the middle of…
Another Anna Maria Island party brought litigation against the City of Anna Maria for the November 19th vacation rental ordinance. The litigation argument was, “limiting occupancy was an act of prohibition.” The state of Florida says no local municipality can modify frequency, duration or prohibit vacation rentals in any way. The argument was the…
Many of us attended the Holmes Beach City commission meeting last night. With a few tweaks the ordinance was passed. The City tentatively has plans to send out a letter to all with a business tax receipt. The largest change for us all is occupancy related. May 1st, 2016 we must all have our advertising…
Just want to be sure everyone is preparing to register their Anna Maria City Vacation rental with the City of Anna Maria. Most of us received a letter in the postal mail reminding us of registration and City was kind enough to supply an electronic copy. You can find the registration on the home page of…
Holmes Beach is considering a vacation rental ordinance and have had several workshops with the public to work out the details. We appreciate their due diligence to get the vacation rental ordinance correct. A number of Anna Maria Island property managers have already provided some feedback on the current draft of the ordinance and as…
The Anna Maria Island Vacation Association has dropped the litigation against Anna Maria City. Frankly collaboration with the Mayor as well as commissioners has led to a much improved vacation rental ordinance. The ordinance will better stand the test of time and considerably more reasonable on most aspects. We are aware occupancy for many is…
Holmes Beach is discussing the vacation rental ordinance in a work session 11-24-2015. It appears a regular session is scheduled at 7 PM so sometime after that will be the work session. We often get questions on how to find times and agendas. Best thing to to is google the city and review agenda…
Anna Maria City last night met and successfully passed the attached vacation rental ordinance. We understand it was a unanimous vote. The ordinance started as a 24 page document and is now a 14 page document. Collaboration and compromise was made to create the current vacation rental ordinance. There remains a few stumbling blocks as…
Two weeks ago on Wednesday, October 21st we had a court hearing where three items were heard by the honorable judge Smith. First – the judge ruled in favor of AMIVPA that the injunction was over the entire ordinance. The position of the association is the injunction covered status quo over the entire ordinance….