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Fairview Park council amends hotel-motel tax ordinance to adopt state short-term rental definition
Summary
The Fairview Park City Council amended Ordinance 25-22 on May 19 to update the city's short-term rental definition to match recent state legislation and passed the ordinance unanimously.
The Fairview Park City Council on May 19 amended and passed Ordinance 25-22, updating the city's hotel-and-motel-tax code to adopt a short-term rental definition aligned with recent state law.
The change was introduced before the council as an amendment to Ordinance 25-22 and was moved, seconded and approved by roll call before the ordinance passed on final reading. Council members voted unanimously to amend and then to adopt the ordinance as amended.
Councilwoman Waring, speaking during the council's third-reading agenda, placed Ordinance 25-22 on the floor for final passage. Councilwoman Wagner moved to amend the ordinance "to update the definition of short term rental as discussed in committee," and a second was recorded. The clerk called the roll on the amendment and on final passage; the record shows affirmative votes from all seven members present.
The amendment implements the council's committee decision to revise the city definition of short-term rentals after the state clarified the term in Senate Bill 104. According to the committee report read during the meeting, the revised municipal language follows the state's definition and is "a little more restrictive than the city's original definition." The ordinance amends multiple sections of chapter 706 of the Fairview Park Codified Ordinances, including 706.01, 706.02(a), 706.02(b) and 706.13.
City minutes show the local government and community services committee had earlier reviewed the ordinance and voted 7-0 to place it on final reading. At the council meeting, the amendment motion carried on a unanimous roll call; the ordinance then passed on final reading with a unanimous vote.
The transcript and the clerk's reading identify the amended sections of chapter 706 and reference Senate Bill 104 as the basis for adjusting the local definition. The ordinance was presented as emergency legislation in the clerk's title read on the floor. The council did not state an effective date during the public reading.
