OCEAN CITY – The council this week endorsed measures to ensure all rental properties in Ocean City are acquiring the appropriate rental license and remitting the appropriate room tax.
For the last few years, Ocean City has been working on code changes that will help ensure all rental properties in the resort are acquiring rental licenses regardless of how the properties are rented, whether it’s through a traditional rental agency, online or through the proliferating third-party platforms such as Airbnb, VRBO or similar internet sites. The second part of the equation is ensuring rental properties are remitting room tax and sales tax, which are sent to the county and come back to the resort based on an established formula.
Resort staff has been working with Worcester County officials on both sides of the equation in an effort to make sure the rental housing codes for both jurisdictions jibe. During Tuesday’s meeting, Planning and Community Development Director Bill Neville outlined two proposed ordinances and one proposed resolution to amend the town’s short-term rental housing codes to achieve that purpose.
“This has been an item that’s a long time coming in creation here,” he said. “We have requested Worcester County coordinate their rental housing language with the language in your rental housing code. Since that time, that has happened at the county level which allows us to proceed forward. What is proposed with this is to level the playing field for all housing types in town.”
Neville explained heretofore, the town and county rental codes have not been in sync. He said with the changes the county has made, there is now an opportunity to change that and make sure licenses are being acquired and room tax is being collected, especially with the non-traditional rental formats.
Heretofore…..really?
Medallion mindset all over again….and that worked so well. Figure out how to fill you hotel motel chains MIDWEEK first. That has been “out of sync” for decades. Fill’em up with people and they will spend spend spend.
Nov 2022.
Moving toward GESTAPO !!!! Pissing everyone Off !!!!!
Politicians. Democrat politicians.
It’s ALL THEY DO —- look for new ways to take your money and find new ways to punish those who may be sneaking a few dimes past them.
Taxes, fees, fines, surcharges, and new permit fees. And lying and stealing.
These are their best accomplishments.
Worse, they are PROUD of it and cheerleaders cheer like crazy.
We’ll be fixing that soon enough.