LTC 130-2023 Dedicated Code Compliance Short Term Rental (STR) Investigation TeamMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 130-2023 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: FROM: DATE:
Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
Alina T. Hudak, City Manag!W'
March 17, 2023 lf \ . 1
SUBJECT: DEDICATED CODE COMPLIANCE SHORT TERM RENTAL (STR) INVESTIGATION TEAM
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to inform all on the progress of the three Code Compliance
Officers budgeted to the dedicated Short-Term Rental (STR) Investigations Team.
Since the beginning of year two (2) of this dedicated unit on 10/25/2022, an additional 2060 hours have
been accomplished towards inspections/investigations of illegal STRs in the City of Miami Beach. During
the period of 10/25/2022 -3/01/2023, this dedicated STR team investigated/pursued 490 calls for
complaints of illegal short term/transient rentals. These investigations resulted in 313 violations during this
period related to STR issues. In addition, eight (8) violations for commercial use of a single-family home
and six (6) violations for filming without a permit were issued during this period by the STR Team. They
have also issued 34 violations for apartments, hotels, and condos that failed to renew their main use
Business Tax Receipt.
8
**'Business '* Business Tax
Tax Receipt (Non-Renewal)
(not complying
with terms)
Source EnerGov RT
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
10/25/2022-03/01/2023
VIOLATIONS 313
8
*Short-Term Platforms Resort Tax
Permitted (Owes Finance
Zone Requirement)
Short-Term
Rentals
Proh1b1ted
(APT/ Condo)
16
Short-Term
Rentals
Prohibited
(Home)
'Short-Term Rentals Permitted Zone-Violations issued for no business tax receipt, advertisement missing BTR and or resort tax
number as required by Section 102-386 .
.. Business Tax Receipt (Non-Renewal) -Failing to renew the BTR for Short-Term Rentals.
'"Business Tax Receipt not complying with terms) -Failing to rent for 30 days or more as required on certain BTRs.
We will contin�: �eep you updated on the progress of this team. Should you have any questions please
con� Direct%g'ernan Cardena.
AT�/ifc/RT