What is laughable, is folks who have no understanding of the basic issues involved, who don't have any experience or knowledge of potential avenues of redress, yet insist on posting repetitive, sophomoric nonsense.

FYI: Judges in Florida are ELECTED. They don't serve at the whim of some Big Boss who gets to fire them (not even the Governor), if they don't like their decisions.

It is laughable that you continue to post the reason the court ruled in favor of vacation rentals is because they bring a lot of money to Florida. If your statement was true, that would mean the judge made a ruling based on prejudice and need. A judge must make rulings based on the law...not favor one side because of financial gain.

Aren't you the person who said he worked in senior housing and under Gov Weld? Seems like you should know about prejudice and court rulings. But then again, aren't you the same person who stated in another thread that you were a car salesman all your life?

Fired, have them removed, call it what you want! A judge who uses prejudice in a ruling would no longer have a job.

And yes, in answer to your question, people who continue to make repetitive, sophmoric nonsense posts while claiming to be an expert is LAUGHABLE.

County and Circuit court judges are elected. District Court and Supreme Court judges in Florida are appointed by the Governor. If a vacancy were to occur on the county or circuit court the Governor appoints a replacement judge.

An ambitious County or Circuit Court judge who may have been initially elected might want to impress the Governor with their decisions so that when he appoints the higher level judges they might be on the preferred judicial candidates list.

“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.”

They are initially appointed and MUST stand for election within 2 years and need to run again, every 6 years. All judges in Florida serve at the whim of the voters.

Does the Florida legislative branch have any authority to pass STR laws pertaining to retirement communities?

Great Question
 

Certainly retirement communities being built can write their own ordinances. The Villages has already and still does do this. They even wrote rules for no businesses, rentals etc all since 2011.

The Legislature can adopt Laws. They've adopted a Law that says communities/counties cannot pass regulations or ordinances that prohibit STR's.

Developers can write deed restrictions, covenants & rules. Some of which can be enforced, others that may be superseded by legislation at some point or certainly challenged as to their propriety.

I'm not sure there are any "No Rental" regulations, anywhere in TV, but different neighborhoods have different restrictions, so it's certainly possible. I know my Deed doesn't contain anything that would prevent rental use. My opinion for what it's worth, is that the "No Business" clause in my Deed, as well as the underlying Residential Zoning prohibits use an STR.

No Business
 

Yes, I’m sure anything that requires any contract is a business transaction. Many or most landlords use them.

We were visiting open houses today in Middleton and overheard TV realtor ( or whatever proper term is, RE professional, sales agent, etc) telling a young couple who asked about short term rentals in the area that minimum rental period was one year and that buyer could only purchase one house. So a real estate invested could not buy a bunch of houses and rent them out.

If only THAT were true….

Different areas, different restrictions. It could be true.

Yep. I overlooked that it was Middleton. Could be very different

And it may be that the Developer now recognizes there is a problem.

I've been told, that some of the homes in the new Southern areas have been marketed and sold, with the caveat that the owner can't sell for a year, can't buy more than 1 home and can't use the home as an STR. I don't really have any first hand knowledge, just relating what I've heard and seen posted.