Village of Wellington - File #: 23-6163

• File #: 23-6163
• Name: ORDINANCE NO. 2023-13 (VACATION RENTALS ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT) AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA’S COUNCIL, MODIFYING ARTICLE 6 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS RELATED TO VACATION RENTALS BY AMENDING VACATION RENTALS IN TABLE 6.2-1: USE REGULATI
• Type: Zoning Text Amendment
• Body: Village Council
• Agenda Date: 11/7/2023
• Title: ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2023-13 (VACATION RENTALS ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT) AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA'S COUNCIL, MODIFYING ARTICLE 6 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS RELATED TO VACATION RENTALS BY AMENDING VACATION RENTALS IN TABLE 6.2-1: USE REGULATIONS SCHEDULE AS A SPECIAL USE; AMENDING SEC.6.2.2.A BY AMENDING SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS FOR VACATION RENTALS; CREATING SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION PROVISIONS, AND ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. REQUEST: To amend Article 6 of Wellington's Land Development Regulations (LDR) by amending Vacation Rentals in Table 6.2-1: Use Regulations Schedule as a Special Use, amending Sections 6.2.2.A - supplementary regulations for vacation rentals; creating suspension and revocation provisions.
• Related files: PZ-0309, 23-6286, 23-6211, 24-6339

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ITEM: ORDINANCE NO. 2023-13 (VACATION RENTALS ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT)

AN ORDINANCE OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA'S COUNCIL, MODIFYING ARTICLE 6 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS RELATED TO VACATION RENTALS BY AMENDING VACATION RENTALS IN TABLE 6.2-1: USE REGULATIONS SCHEDULE AS A SPECIAL USE; AMENDING SEC.6.2.2.A BY AMENDING SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS FOR VACATION RENTALS; CREATING SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION PROVISIONS, AND ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

REQUEST: To amend Article 6 of Wellington's Land Development Regulations (LDR) by amending Vacation Rentals in Table 6.2-1: Use Regulations Schedule as a Special Use, amending Sections 6.2.2.A - supplementary regulations for vacation rentals; creating suspension and revocation provisions.

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EXPLANATION: Vacation or short-term rentals continue to increase in popularity. In response to the increasing numbers of vacation rentals in Wellington, and some of the associated issues that were being reported, Wellington adopted Ordinance No. 2020-11. That Ordinance established supplemental regulations for vacation rentals. However, Wellington has recently seen increasing impacts to adjacent property owners and neighborhoods and the Village Council directed staff to draft additional standards and enforcement provisions that would mitigate these impacts.

Wellington has the ability to mitigate such impacts so long as it does not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the frequency or duration pf the rental of a vacation rental. See section 509.032(7)(b), Florida Statutes. The proposed changes to the supplementary regulations are not preempted and are intended to establish a set of regulations that allow for the operation of a vacation rental in such a way that it does not negatively impact the quality of life of adjacent residents or disturb residential neighborhoods. The regulations will better al...