The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami has denied Monroe County’s request to review a lower court’s ruling allowing two vacation rental properties to continue hosting destination weddings in
A final consent order issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection to Thurmond Street Partners, a vacation rental property that hosts weddings, calls for the company to pay fines
For the second time in the past four months, Thurmond Street Parters has been denied approval on its application seeking a Monroe County map amendment from Tier I, or environmentally
The state has issued a draft consent order to resolve violations by the owner of vacation rental properties that host weddings for dredging and filling wetlands and clearing mangroves on
Thurmond Street Partners, a Key Largo vacation rental property that hosts destination weddings, is asking the county to change its propertyâs status to less environmentally sensitive by designating a wooded portion as a conservation easement.
In seeking the map amendment from Tier I to Tier III for the 2.63-acre parcel, the application states that â1.02 acres of closed canopy hammock is not contiguous with the property and represents only 38% of upland areas, the remainder of which is cleared and contains a significant lawful development including a commercial structure, a residence, a guest house and a pool.â
Carving out and protecting the hammock should allow for the change because the developed portion âdoes not otherwise meet the criteria for a Tier I designation,â according to the applicant.