LTC 534-2023 DEDICATED CODE COMPLIANCE SHORT TERM RENTAL (STR) INVESTIGATION TEAMM IA M I BEACH
OF FICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Alina T. Hudak, City Manag~~
December 1, 2023
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 5,820 hours have
been accomplished towards inspections/investigations of illegal STRs in the City of Miami Beach. During
the period of 10/25/2022 - 10/25/2023, this dedicated STR team investigated/pursued 964 calls for
complaints of illegal short term/transient rentals. These investigations resulted in 773 violations during this
period related to STR issues. In addition, twelve (12) violations for commercial use of a single-family home
and twelve (12) violations for filming without a permit were issued during this period by the STR Team.
They have also issued 102 violations for apartments, hotels, and condos that failed to renew their main
use Business Tax Receipt.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
10/25/2022 - 10/25/2023
VIOLATIONS 773
13
+++Business Business Tax Short Term
Tax Receipt (Non-Renewal) Permitted
(not complying Zone
with term s)
[j 38 #er 44 - Platform s Resort Tax Short-Term Short-Term
(Ow es Finance Rentals Rentals
Requirement) Prohibited Prohibited
{APT/ Condo) (Home)
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Short-Term Rentals Perm itted 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 term s) - Failing to rent for 30 days or more as required on certain BTRs.
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The following will compare the sources that initialized the violations from the previous years to
this year.
Year 2020 to 2021:
Total violations 138 issued.
44% from complainants (including anonymous)
13% referred from another department to Code Compliance (Finance for resort tax and failing to
renew)
43% proactive inspections
Year 2021 to 2022:
Total violations 684 issued.
10% from complainants (no anonymous allowed due to Senate Bill 60)
12% referred from another department to Code Compliance (Finance for resort tax and failing to
renew)
78% proactive inspections
Year 2022 to 2023:
Total violations 773 issued.
7% from complainants (no anonymous allowed due to Senate Bill 60)
4% referred from another department to Code Compliance (Finance for resort tax and failing to
renew)
89% proactive inspections
The following will compare the sources that initialized a request/call for service from the
previous years to this year.
Year 2020 to 2021:
Total requests 691.
71 % from complainants (including anonymous)
2% referred from another department to Code Compliance (Finance for resort tax and failing to
renew)
27% proactive inspections
Year 2021 to 2022:
Total requests 1716.
31% from complainants (no anonymous due to Senate Bill 60)
5% referred from another department to Code Compliance (Finance for resort tax and failing to
renew)
64% proactive inspections
Year 2022 to 2023:
Total Requests 964.
26% from complainants (no anonymous due to Senate Bill 60)
4% referred from another department to Code Compliance (Finance for resort tax and failing to
renew)
70% proactive inspections
We will continue to keep you updated on the progress of this team.
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We are committed to providing excellent public service and safety to all who live, work, and play in our vibrant, tropical,
historic community.