Sorry if I missed the answer if posted already, but if one rents a home for a week, that home being beach front,and gets the proper permitting for a 40+ attendee beach wedding, that they would be precluded from having the reception at the home? Thanks!
In the proposed ordinance, under Section 7 Short Term Rentals item A states:
Is shall be a violation of this ordinance to advertise or operate a "Short Term Rental," located in a residential land use category, for use as a venue for weddings, corporate meetings and retreats, reunions and similar funtions.
Here is a try at an answer to the question:
1. If "one" is a person and not a "company" then under the proposed legislation, it might be possible, if there is a "loose" interpretation of the ordinance.
If there is a "strict" interpretation of the ordinance, then there would be no chance.
But, let us use a "loose" intepretation and assume that "one" is a person, not a corporation.
2. One could rent an 8 bedroom home which is at least 4000 square feet or larger in which one could have up to 20 people sleep in the home. (2 per bedroom=16, plus 4 = 20)
3. If the house can sleep 20, then one can have double the number of people visiting the house for the reception. So that is 40. You could have the wedding reception.
But........under a "strict" interpretation of the proposed ordinance;
It would matter how one interprets the word "Operate". If Operate is interpreted to mean the same as "Use" or "Have", then there is a problem.
If "Operate" means to "run" the Short Term Rental as a Wedding Venue Business, then one would definitely not be able to have the wedding.
Confusing, huh?
Keep in mind, under the loose interpretation of the proposed ordinance, the county's parking, noise, disturbing the peace, and lewd and lascivious conduct ordinances would apply and must be followed.
And of course, assuming one is a good "neighbor", one would be notifying all of the other property owners living around the rental house that the event was going to take place and that one would have it under control.
Before the ordinance is enacted, just go for it.
After the ordinance, well, one might just have to hire an attorney to "interpret" the law to make a decision.
It is unbelievable.
It is almost like trying to solve a crime when playing the game of Clue. Only to come up with the game winning solution that it was Colonel Mustard that hit Mrs. Peacock in the head with the candlestick in the Billard Room.