Can I Stay In My Own Condo-Hotel?

Sussie Sutton - the trick here is that what the Condo Docs state is not the only authority, and local Zoning trumps anything written in the Declaration. So, you might want to check with the City or County.

Good luck

Endre Barath, Jr. - what's funny is that agents take listings in condo-hotels and reuse old descriptions and every single one states that you can stay as long as you want, whenever you want. Somebody would end up with a lawsuit

Praful Thakkar - but the problem is that they do not ask this question. How can you fight when people do not want to know?

Jill Sackler - Thank you, Jill. I always appreciate your comments. They are always thoughtful...

Tammy Lankford - where they have not lost brains completely, you would be fine. Where there are those activists that would rather die than let others live... the fight is not worth it.

Some owners have more than one unit, and legally they are different properties, but attorneys warn you that in Florida there is a law, that if something looks like it is done to circumvent a law, it is exactly that.

Fanaticism is not a great thing, but in some places rather common

Marte Cliff - Bikeweek here is a 10-day event, so there was nothing wrong with having tents a couple of days earlier and keepoing them a little longer.

It is like Christmas. We put the decorations and lights way before and keep it a bit longer. What if you were told that you only can put it not earlier that at midnight preceding Christmas, and the very evening have to take it all down? Stupid, isn't it?

Christine Donovan - people confuse cheap with simple. Units are inespensive, but it is more complicated than it is on the surface, true.

Richie - and this is very true, thank you.

Mike Cooper - until a small group of owners at Castaways Beach Resort attempted to change the use from Hotel/Motel to Multi-family, there was no problem. When they did, the city forced them to abide by the Ordinance and are now enforcing what was dormant for 14 years.

Marte Cliff - I am all for it. What is not prohibited, should be allowed, but the point is not prohibit as much as some people want.

Bill Reddington - I am sure it is not because it is how it is supposed to be. It is simply a bad arrangement. Unfortunately, though

Lottie Kendall - actually the city is not fiscally concerned here. They were alarmed with the growing trend where people started buying cheap condo-hotels units in condo-hotels zoned for Transient use, and converting them into their primary residences.

The City is sayiong to condo-hotels, that it is fine if they decide to change to multi-family, which is also allowed under T-1 Zoning, but the key is that then they have to conform to requirements of Multi-Family, and none of condo-hotels can come even close for many reasons. And if they do, it is not going to be cheap...

So, the city is seeing it as violation of zonong law, where they buy under certain use, but then change the use.

Lottie Kendall - thank for your excellent comment.