No, I Did Not Lie...

Tammy Lankford - you do not even need to. Just question him, and there is nothing besides the wish. And I would be very surprised if this was not just his wish.

I am afraid that whoever goes over his head, and who makes the superiors kow about his answers, his head might go down :)

William Feela - that's what happens all the time. BEst example is Chapter 718 Florida Statutes, where you can read that no matter how the title was obtained, the new owner is liable for the amount of unpaid Association Dues (loose quote).

However, if you buy at Tax Deed, then you don't own the association back dues. But people read this Chapter and charged the new owner, and some had to pay hefty court costs losing the battle

Sam Shueh - Thanks :)

Kathy Streib - yep, they are the boss :)

I guess I need to clarify the issue. There is no limitation in the City Code of Ordianances. The guy, who I was transfered to, who is repsonsible for licensing rentals (yes, it costs $52.50 a year, and the inspector will come and inspect the property offered for rentals).

The 6 months is his personal wish. I am pretty sure the City did not authorize him to give this information, and I am pretty sure the City Attorney would cringe if he finds out that employees give their own ideas for what the City wants.

basically, it is not the City, but the City employee sayiong something without thinking and without the authority. I could understand if he would say "I wish it were 6 months". And sigh... That would be clear that it is his wish. But the way he said it makes one think that this is the position of the City, and it is extremely unlikely that it is.

If the City wants something, the city gets it.

And yes, the cities and counties have the authority to limit or prohibit rentals.

Gabe Sanders - of course, they can. Remember St. Petersburg did it a few years ago? Latest was Flagler County. There was a time, when State prohibited municipalities and Counties to touch rentals, Flagler County fought for 2 years, and they won.

Locals are getting back their right to handle rentals.

Rob Arnold very true. The guy's problem is that he is voicing his wish, but it comes as if this is the City's wish. he simply took too much upon himself

Marte Cliff - that's an interesting suggestion. Very tempting, but I am trying to avoid doing it. The reason being is that these people with wishes come and go, and what I wrote on my page on the website could become obsolete tomorrow, and I would not know. I could easily end up with wrong information, as whoever would call the City would get another person answering the phone and that person may say that no, they have no regulation regarding minimum rental period.

I have a similar problem with showing maintenance fee on my pages. Maintenance fee may change every year, and with over 200 condos, I risk having outdated intformation, and plus, put on myself a pressure to verify the maintenance fee for each building, which would take a long time, especially because smaller complexes do not have on-site managers, and you really have to hunt them. I am not even talking about condo associations changing companies, which makes it even trickier.

Gabe Sanders - thank you for the link in the email. Very-very interesting. Actually they reference Al Hadeed, the attorney for Flagler County. I remember relatively recently reading that they won, and now there are some restrictions on rentals in Flagler County. Also, in Flalger Beach some streets are allowed rentals, and some are not. This is for a long time, not something new. Were they grandfathered? I do not know.

I read the Advisory once, but I am not that smart, so I will have to read it again and again. And I will. There are dates there, 2011, 2014, and I did not figure what can or can't be grandfathered. Also, for lodging facilities here the municipality uses the definition of transient from Chapter 310.2 of the Florida Building Code, and it is not more than 30 days, and this is confusing as we have snowbirds, that come for 3 months and this is still vacation use in nature

Thank you again, very thoughtful of you.

Gabe Sanders - this is interesting. I believe the regulation in St. Petersburg is still unchanged. However, it was prior to 2011, and this may mean something, not sure. What they did, as far as I was told, is that properties directly on the golf could rent short term, and those across the stret, unless they are Hotels/Motels, couldn't do it.