File #: 25-229   
Status: Agenda Ready
In control: REQUEST TO SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Agenda Date: 2/25/2025 Final action:
Title: MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on March 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 422 of Governmental Center East to consider enactment of a proposed Ordinance, the title of which is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAXES; AMENDING SECTION 311/2-16 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ("CODE"); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1 - Resolution to Publish Notice of Public Hearing, 2. Exhibit 2 - Proposed Ordinance, 3. Additional Material - Information (Exhibit 3 - BIE)
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Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Andrew J. Meyers
Department: County Attorney

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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on March 11, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 422 of Governmental Center East to consider enactment of a proposed Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAXES; AMENDING SECTION 311/2-16 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ("CODE"); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)

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Why Action is Necessary
The proposed Ordinance was prepared by the County Attorney's Office as directed by the Board of County Commissioners ("Board") on February 11, 2025.

What Action Accomplishes
Enables the setting of a public hearing during which the Board may consider enacting the proposed Ordinance.

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Summary Explanation/Background
Under Section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, counties may impose a Tourist Development Tax ("TDT") on short-term rental accommodations such as hotels, motels, and similar lodgings for periods of six (6) months or less.

In addition to the base two percent (2%) TDT, Section 125.0104(3)(l), Florida Statutes, permits an additional one percent (1%) tax on transient rentals ("Fourth Cent"), the revenues of which may be used to pay for (1) debt service on bonds for constructing, reconstructing, or renovating professional sports facilities, (2) certain convention center-related costs, and (3) tourism promotion and advertising. Counties imposing the Fourth Cent may also levy an additional one percent (1%) TDT under Section 125.0104(3)(n), Florida Statutes ("Fifth Cent"), for similar purposes.

In 1996 the Board ena...

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