Posted on Friday, 10.23.2009
 
The City of Miami Beach has been discussing a short term rentals ordinance for apartments in multi-family districts of Miami Beach since last year. Originally, the city wanted to ban all short term rentals in Miami Beach; however, when they found themselves faced with so many threats and much opposition from owners, they quickly realized they could not simply deny owners their property rights.

In 2008, the City of North Miami passed an ordinance to ban short term rentals with the exception of those operated by owners whose rights were "grandfathered" in from legally renting short term rentals prior to the ordinance.

The new ordinance regulates short term rental in Miami Beach activity and puts restrictions and regulations on vacation property owners such as:

• A minimum requirement of 1 week rental
• The condo building must allow (not-prohibit) short term rentals
• Property manager must be recognized by the City of Miami Beach
• Manager’s contact information must be provide for renters and neighbors
• Registration and a license must be granted by the City of Miami Beach

Related articles:

• 2008 Regulation Restricting Vacation Home Rentals in North Miami
• 2009 - 2010 Regulation Restricting Short Term Rentals North Miami Beach
• Municipal Code of Miami Beach
• Regulations Restricting Vacation Condo Rentals in the City of Miami Beach
• Regulations Restricting Vacation Home Rentals in the City of Miami Beach
• Enforcement of Short Term Rentals
• Risks for Vacationers Renting an Illegal Holiday Rental in Miami
  
• How to Spot Illegally-operated Vacation Rentals
• Trend in Short Term Rentals in Miami
• Condos & Apartments: New Regulation for Short Term Rentals in Miami Beach
• What is a Vacation Rental Scam or Fraud?
• How to Detect Vacation Rental Spam?
• Examples of Typical Vacation Rental Scams