Vice Mayor Tracy Carroll and her husband, John, were served with a code enforcement citation July 6 for allegedly violating a city ordinance prohibiting short term rentals in residential areas.
The Carrolls have ten days to either appeal the citation or pay a $50 fine.
Planning and Development Director Tim McGarry, whose department is responsible for enforcing city code, said this is not the first time the Carrolls have come under scrutiny for operating homes they own in the central beach as short-term vacation rentals.
Last summer and the year before, the Carrolls received warning letters from the city. Because this is not the first instance involving the Vice Mayor and her husband, McGarry said his department had no choice but to issue a citation.
McGarry said a local law firm contacted his department about the Carroll’s case. This week a Miramar law firm made a public records request for documents relating to all the city’s short-term rental cases dating back to January 1, 2012.
McGarry said he did not know if the Miramar firm was representing the Vice Mayor and her husband, who have both declined to comment.
“It is a big industry. We may have stepped on some toes,” McGarry said.
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Another reason to support the recall.
Indeed. There are fewer elitists than they might think… And those in power should not believe they are above the law.
This city ordinance is going to be challenged, and more than likely, changed. What that will mean is that people with these properties will
have to collect and pay 7% sales tax, and pay income tax on the income, which they don’t need to now. Its kind of like not having to worry about the limits on fishing or hunting if you are trespassing in the first place. The value of the properties will rise if they are able to be resort rentals, so that will increase our tax base. How bad could a weekly tenant be if they can afford to rent a house like this, anyway.
While John Carroll was renting out as Vacation Rental (as defined by Fla Statue 509.242(c) “Vacation Rental…is also a transient public lodging establishment’ ) in http://www.flipkey.com and other websites 906 Seagrape Ln. and 530 Camilia Ln., in open violation of Vero’s zoning code, he was SERVING ON COVB’s CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD (finished 4 yr term Oct. 2012). This board is first appeal/adjudication point for those caught violating the code. So it was clear ethical violation for him to serve on code enforcement board while breaking our code. Yes, they want to trash our code, and start turning our residential neighborhoods into ‘motel 6’ type transients. This takes $ out of pocket of real hotel/motel, who must obtain licence and follow rules. State of Fla actually requires all Vac. Rental dwellings to have ‘Vac. rental-dwelling licence’ HR-7028 before renting, and such licence defines Vacation Rental dwelling as transient public lodging, which COVB code says only allowed in C-1/C-1a Commercial zoned district. So Carrolls breaking Fla Law and Vero Code!