§ 15-273. Application for registration.

(a)

A separate application for registration of a vacation rental shall be made to the city manager or his or her designee for each building, proposed for use as a vacation rental, containing four (4) or less single family dwellings as the term is defined in section 47-35.1 of the city's unified land development regulations, contained entirely under one (1) roof and shall set forth at a minimum:

(1)

The legal description of the property offered for rental (i.e., address, lot, block and subdivision name); and

(2)

Name, address, electronic mail address, and telephone number of owner of said property; and

(3)

Name, address, electronic mail address, and emergency contact telephone number of responsible party for said property, which shall be a twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) days a week contact number; and

(4)

That the telephone number for the responsible party will be answered twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week by the responsible party; and

(5)

Acknowledgements by owner of the following:

a.

That all vehicles associated with the vacation rental must be parked within the subject property in compliance with this Code; and

b.

That it shall be unlawful to allow or make any noise or sound that exceeds the limits set forth in chapter 17, Noise Control; and

c.

That the owner shall comply with all applicable city, county, state and federal laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and statutes; and

d.

That no solid waste container shall be located at the curb for pickup before 6:00 p.m. of the day prior to pick up, and solid waste container shall be removed before midnight of the day of pickup; and

e.

That whoever, without being authorized, licensed, or invited, willfully enters or remains in any structure or conveyance of a property, or, having been authorized, licensed, or invited, is warned by the owner or lessee, to depart the property and refuses to do so, commits the offense of trespass in a structure or conveyance; and

f.

That other properties are not jointly shared commodities and should not be considered available for use by transient occupants of the property subject of the application; and

(6)

Proof of owner's current ownership of the property; and

(7)

Proof of registration with the Florida Department of Revenue for sales tax collection and Broward County for Tourist Development Tax; and

(8)

Proof of licensure with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation for a transient public lodging establishment; and

(9)

Proof of compliance with subsection 15-275; and

(10)

Authorization letter if the application is being submitted on behalf of the owner of the property by his or her authorized representative.

(b)

Submission of an incomplete registration application form shall result in rejection of the application.

(c)

An application for the modification of a vacation rental registration is required when any of the following changes to the vacation rental are proposed:

(1)

A change in the gross square footage.

(2)

A change in the number of bedrooms.

(3)

A change in the maximum occupancy.

(4)

A change in the number of parking spaces, or a change in the location of parking spaces.

Upon completion of the changes or alterations to the vacation rental property, or the vacation rental operation the owner shall notify the city within ten (10) days of completion. A new certificate of compliance may be issued if the conditions of section 15-277 have been met and all required permits have been issued for the changes or alterations.

( Ord. No. C-15-29, § 1, 8-18-2015 ; Ord. No. C-16-25 , § 1, 12-6-16)