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Party Rental Update
Back in June an
opinion from the Third District Court of Appeal stopped party
rentals at Tiki Ranch, Betty Bu and Steppin Ranch.
The opinion is 8 pages long. Following is only 1 paragraph:
The appellees (Tiki Ranch, Betty Bu Ranch & Steppin Ranch) are
landowners in Southwest Miami-Dade County, in an area commonly
known as “horse country.”
For many years,
appellees have conducted a commercial, for -profit party
business on their respective premises. In July 2001, a neighbor
complained to the county that the appellees’ party businesses
created excessive noise and automobile traffic in the
neighborhood. Appellees’ properties are located in a zoning
district designated as “AU, Agriculture.”
The primary land
uses permitted in this district are agricultural and limited
residential use. S33-279, Miami-Dade County Code. Nowhere does
the zoning code authorize appellees to offer or use their
properties as commercial party locations in a district so zoned;
nor do the landowners have the certificate of use to conduct
these businesses as required by section 33-8 of the code. In
fact, the landowners are all presently seeking zoning variances
to conduct their businesses.
To read the whole opinion go to www.Flcourts.org <http://www.Flcourts.org>
and go to district courts-3rd DCA-opinions-Case #04-2842
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