3148 ORDINANCE NO. 3148
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
CREATING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE VI, SECTIONS 18-
1000 THROUGH 18-1010 OF THE CITY OF SANFORD
CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED "TRANSIENT RENTAL
HOUSING STANDARDS", PROVIDING FOR REGULATION
OF TRANSIENT RENTAL HOUSING; PROVIDING FOR
INTENT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR
INSPECTION AND LICENSING; PROVIDING FOR
DETERMINATION BY THE DIVISION OF HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
REGULATION, STATE OF FLORIDA; AMENDING THE
CODE CITATION ORDINANCE AND SCHEDULE OF
OCCUPATIONS AND LICENSE TAX; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it iS the intent of the City Commission of the City
of Sanford, Florida to preserve and maintain the residential, non-
commercial, and non-transient character of the single family
dwelling districts located within the City of Sanford; and
WHEREAS, the short term or transient rental of dwelling units
presents a unique land use appropriately regulated distinctly from
traditional residential and commercial uses; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida
finds it in the best interest of the City to insure that transient
rental housing is safe for occupants and is otherwise maintained in
good condition and appearance; and
WHEREAS, transient rental housing uses clearly provide for a
more transitory occupancy than other rental housing uses and
thereby justify additional safeguards to insure proper management
and maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the City's regulation of transient rental housing
should coordinate with but not duplicate the Division of Hotels and
Restaurants of the Department of Business Regulation, State of
Florida licensing procedures in accordance with Chapter 509,
Florida Statutes; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
Section 1: That Chapter 18, Article VI, Sections 18-1000
through 18-1010 of the City of Sanford Code of Ordinances is hereby
created to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. Transient Rental Housing Standards.
Section 18-1000. Definitions.
For purposes of Article VI, the following definitions shall
apply:
a. Rental Housing: any renter- or leaser-occupied dwelling
unit, bedroom, sleeping unit or sleeping room as such terms are
defined in the City of Sanford's Land Development Regulations.
b. Transient Rental Housing: any rental housing with three (3)
or more dwelling units where tenants in any of the three (3) or
more dwelling units in said rental housing have not entered into a
bona fide written lease in excess of six (6) months.
c. Administrative Official: person appointed by the City
Manager who is responsible for the overall administration and
enforcement of this ordinance or his/her duly authorized
representative.
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Section 18-1010. Transient Rental Housing.
All transient rental housing shall be subject to the following
requirements:
a. Occupational License Required. All transient rental
housing must obtain an occupational license from the City of
Sanford.
b. Consent to Inspection. Application to conduct/operate a
transient rental housing occupation shall include and be deemed
consent to inspection as hereinafter provided. Any subsequent
revocation of consent shall be grounds for immediate issuance of
warrant for inspection, as provided hereinafter.
c. Minimum Standards. All rental housing including, but not
limited to, transient rental housing, must comply with the Standard
Housing Code, the Fire Safety Code and any other applicable city
requirement. The administrative official shall have the authority
to perform periodic inspections of any transient rental housing in
order to determine compliance with such codes after providing
reasonable notice of intent to perform such an inspection to the
owner.
d. License by Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the
Department of Business Regulation, State of Florida. All transient
rental housing shall be properly licensed by the Division of Hotels
and Restaurants of the Department of Business Regulation, State of
Florida. The administrative official shall have the authority to
require that proof of proper state licensing be provided to the
city by the owner of the transient rental housing in the following
form:
1. A certified copy of a license that has been procured
for such business from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of
the Department of Business Regulation, State of Florida, including
bona fide copies of inspection forms accomplished in accordance
with Chapter 509, Florida Statutes; or
2. Original, written documentation from the Division of
Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business Regulation,
State of Florida, stating that a license procured in accordance
with Chapter 509, Florida Statutes, is not required for the
particular rental housing.
e. Determination of Transient Status. Based on just cause,
the Administrative Official shall have the authority to perform
periodic inspections of any rental housing in order to determine
whether the rental housing is transient rental housing after
providing reasonable notice of intent to perform such an inspection
to the owner.
f. Periodic Inspections. Grounds for periodic inspections,
as aforedescribed, shall include, but not be limited to, lapse or
passage of time since the last inspection, conditions in the
general area within which the premises are located, receipt of a
complaint concerning a particular premise, or nature of the
premise.
Section 2: That Chapter 18, Article V, Code Enforcement
Citations, Section 18-87, Schedule of Violations, (a) shall be
amended to include Section 18-1010, that transient rental housing
shall be required to have a city occupational license, shall comply
with housing code and fire safety codes, shall provide for
inspection by the Administrative Official, and shall provide
documentation regarding compliance with Chapter 509, Florida
Statutes, as applicable.
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Section 3: That Chapter 16, Licenses, Section 16-12, Schedule
of Occupations and License Taxes, shall be amended to include the
occupation of transient rental housing as defined herein and shall
provide for a corresponding license tax levied and imposed upon
every person that shall engage in or manage any such occupation
within the city at
Section 4: Codification. That Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this
ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the City Code of
Ordinances.
Section 5: Severability. If any section or portion of a
section of this ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or
unconstitutional, it shall not be held to impair the validity,
force or effect of any other section or part of a section of this
ordinance.
Section 6: Conflicts. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
Section 7. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become
effective upon its passage and adoption.
second Reading:
PASSED AND ADOPTED this/J~day of ~ , A.D.,
1993.
ATTEST:
~e~ity ~o~ission of'the
City of Sanford, Florida
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Donahoe, City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 3148, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the t2th day of
April, 1993, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in the
City of Sanford, Florida, on the 27th day of April, 1993.
City of Sanford, Florida