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CITY OFATLANTIC BEACH
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COMMISSIONER REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Code Enforcement Board request for an ordinance to
regulate long-term (over'/-U days) rental property.
RESUBMITTED BY: Dezmond Waters
L'ity Commissioner
BACKGROUND: The Code Enforcement Board has provided
several ordinances,from various cities throughout Florida. It appears
that an ordinance can be developed to address the accountability,
monitoring and inspection of rental properties. It is a tool that can be
used to supplement the existing ordinances of the City of Atlantic
Beach. It would also provide a structure whereby absentee landlords,
absentee homeowners and investors could beheld accountable for the
condition of their properties (inside and outsidej. It would also aid the
Code Enforcement Officers, Police Department, and Building Officials
in the performance of their duties-especially where ita~Fects,tti~
safety and welfare of residents of Atlantic Beach.
REASON FOR RESUBMITTEL: I was absent from the April 14th meeting when Mike Borno first
ntroilucQd he reco~ntnQndaton and I fQQI that it foiled to gPt a snrond bQCause I was abcQnt and I
think this matter deserves serioc~.s consideration.
RECOMMENDATION: Task the City Attorney to provide in writing a summary of existing Florida
ordinances that cover one or more of the areas of regulation, monitoring, and inspection of rental
properties; and let him make the Commission aware of the least intrusive way to proceed; and then
present the Commission with a detailed plan with which to create a legal, stand-up-in-court
ordinance that speaks 1. to the general welfare of the city and its neighborhoods and 2. to the safety
and well being of those Atlantic Beach residents who rent. It is requested that the written report
with recommendations be provided the Commission by the August 25th Commission Meeting.