Short Term Rentals Back On For Clearwater Beach

The Florida Second District Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court ruling allowing residents to operate their homes as short term rentals. The city attempted to enforce a 2003 code banning short term rentals, but the 31 homeowners in the suit claim that they should be allowed to continue because they were renting short term prior to the 2003. The city has not decided whether to appeal, but will enforce the code on other properties. They will be monitoring the use of the 31 properties, and should it change they can lose their "grandfathering".