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Flagler Beach board recommends ordinance requiring annual in-person fire inspections for short-term rentals
Summary
The Planning and Architectural Review Board voted to recommend Ordinance No. 20 26, moving Flagler Beach from self-certification toward annual, in-person fire inspections for short-term and vacation rental units; staff said fees are intended to be cost-neutral.
The Planning and Architectural Review Board on Jan. 6 recommended that the City Commission approve Ordinance No. 20 26, which would require annual, in-person fire inspections of resort dwellings and resort condominiums previously relying on owner self-inspection affidavits.
Fire Inspector Bruce Adams told the board that short-term or vacation rentals had been “essentially being self regulated,” and proposed replacing self-inspection affidavits with a comprehensive, annual in-person checklist to improve life-safety oversight. The proposed checklist expands inspections beyond extinguisher dates and smoke-detector checks to evaluate…
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