RATHKAMP v. DEPARTMENT OF COMM. AFFAIRS

No. 98-3383.

740 So.2d 1209 (1999)

John RATHKAMP, individually, Monroe County Vacation Rental Managers, Inc., a Florida corporation, Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce, a Florida corporation, and Marathon Chamber of Commerce, a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS and Monroe County, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray Harris and Robinson, P.A., and Wilbur E. Brewton, and Kenneth J. Plante (Tallahassee); Ritter, Chusid, Bivona & Cohen, LLP and Jeffrey Bell (Boca Raton), for appellants.

Morgan & Hendrick, and Karen K. Cabanas, and Hugh J. Morgan; Sherry A. Spiers, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Community Affairs (Tallahassee), for appellees.

Sarah M. Bleakley and William J. Roberts (Tallahassee) for Florida Association of Counties, Inc. as amicus curiae; Frank A. Shepherd for Pacific Legal Foundation as amicus curiae.

Before COPE, LEVY, and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants appeal a final order entered by the State of Florida Department of Community Affairs ("FDCA") finding Monroe County Ordinance number 004-1997, which prohibits vacation rentals for periods of less than twenty-eight days in certain unincorporated areas of Monroe County, to be consistent with the Principles of Guiding Development for the Florida Keys area of critical state concern pursuant to section 380.04, Florida Statutes (1997). After reviewing...

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