Commissioner Starkey lighting and vacation rentals

2:05:03Okay, um a couple months ago I showed you guys uh uh some photos and an email from a gentleman whose life is really being um challenged by the lighting, the backyard lighting of neighbors. And so um we had asked for and we had board consensus that we would adjust the ordinance for lighting and I just wanted to know where we are with that because he's asking a couple months later. Uh if

2:05:33there's any kind of timeline so they can enjoy their their backyard. Uh again. So if someone could let me know where that is in the ordinance process, if is that gonna be when we do one of those little catch ups or

2:05:50I think the I had said I it I would uh that it the county attorney's office would would do it um although I'm not We'll get you I'll I will email the board an answer on that question, whether it has to go through the LDC process or whether it can be done as an ordinance ordinance review process.

2:06:10thank you. Um, secondly, I I just want to say with the comments uh Uh from the woman with vacation rental or I think that was a woman, yeah. Um I have felt that all along that That we sh that

2:06:27I can tell you they're all over my neighborhood. G in Gulf Harbors. And I don't think we can code and force our way out of the new reality of short term rental. So in my opinion, we need to We need to um have rules in place that we can enforce, but we can't enforce anything when we're not when they're not allowed. So Um I think our our short-term rental ordinance needs to

2:06:57go and we need to put rules in place. Fire safety. Um Anyway, uh what I can't remember what the word is, but we need to manage them and right now we're not. So I think we should talk about short term rentals. And Commissioner Starkey might if

2:07:14I could Mr. Chairman Mariano.

2:07:20I've been loaded with emails and I think we all have going through. And it is something we need to address. So I think you're right we need to scrap the audience, start afresh. And start allowing people to do this as quick as we can.

2:07:33Yeah. And

2:07:33set a new set of rules. What I thought we had something coming back before

2:07:37us, no?

2:07:37No.

2:07:38So if you scrap the ordinance, you scrap it.

2:07:41Right. We lose our grandpa.

2:07:42This is an this is another one of those that the legislature has taken away your ability to adopt a new one, which is why we sort of have stayed with with what we've got. Um I don't know what areas you'll end up being able to regulate, but that is a policy decision for the board. The board can you know we can decide to get out of that business. Can we think it's

2:08:05amends if I could

2:08:06finish?

2:08:07No.

2:08:07We'll go a

2:08:07little further. 'Cause I I think what we need to do is we d do need to make a Get off the thirty one days, forget the fifty one percent. And let's get back to where people can do it for I guess l not less than six days.

2:08:24We can regulate nothing. It's not working right now.

2:08:27I I agree. Yeah. So maybe we need to do an agenda item and let's let's have a discussion on it.

2:08:31It's a workshop or something, yeah. I think

2:08:34tourism involved. Yep. Sounds good. Yeah, we definitely need them involved. So let's let's let's bring something back to us. Maybe as quick as we can.

2:08:43If Commissioner Oriano was able to we could amend something and then we can always change it down the road and then unamend it instead of just taking it away all together.

2:08:53No, you've got a nineteen ninety nine ordinance that predated when the when the legislature changed the rules and said anybody who had an ordinance in place at the time that they did a couple of facilities they passed their uh their base they passed their legislation could keep it. But once you start playing with it, you lose that grandpa.

2:09:14Can you bring us what the effect would be if we went with just the state regulations so we can all look at it ahead of time before the next meeting? That'd be good.