Rental registration fee discussion to continue Wednesday
Rental registration fees will be back for discussion at Cape Coral City Council’s workshop on Wednesday.
Councilmember Jennifer Nelson-Lastra established a volunteer stakeholder’s group that discussed the fee and provided some recommendations as to how much the city should charge the mandatory registration of rental properties in the city.
The city currently charges a one-time fee of $35 and proposed to raise it to $600 per year, per unit.
The city currently has 6,522 registered rentals. Based on “ready-to-serve methodology” — the number staff deemed needed to assure compliance to city regulations — the city computed its costs at $441 per rental for administration, police, and code enforcement.
Among the suggestions from the stakeholder’s groups was a flat fee of $100 to register for all rentals, both annual and short-term.
Previous council discussion included having different fees for annual rentals, seasonal rentals and short-term rentals. This is expected to be among the items discussed during Wednesday’s workshop, as well as a penalty for property owners who do not register.
In other business:
Council is expected to have discussion regarding a charter school authority amendment. The three types of changes include repealing language that is no longer required, adjusting or correcting language to more accurately reflect what currently occurs and clarifications of certain sections to reflect operations of the Charter School Authority.
Those sections include the student community, terms of board members and adoptions of regulations, rules, and resolutions
The agenda also includes a discussion about the Cape Coral Bridge monument, commercial/right-of-way parking, and a mobility plan follow-up.
The workshop will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, in City Council chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. The meeting is open to the public.