Condo Hotel Advice~Sunny Isles Real Estate 'Marco Polo Beach Resort'

we own a ocean view unit at marco polo we seldom use it,and there are people that live there all year round,by the way ours is for sale

Ashton, thanks for the quick reply. I just wanted to let you know what I’ve learnt since then, though it is still incomplete. Shortly after posting the above question, I emailed the Miami Beach Zoning Department with essentially the same question. I have been looking at buying a unit in a condo-hotel in the city of Mimai Beach, with a goal of spending anywhere from a couple of weeks to the entire winter there, each year. My concern was whether there are any city zoning rules that may set upper limits on how long one can stay in the unit. I mentioned that my plan was to stay there upto 6 months per year. A very helpful person from the zoning dept. emailed back the next day, and wanted to know two things, mainly, whether I planned to apply for homestead exemption (no) and how large the unit was (~900 sf). He then emailed back that there was no zoning problem with my intended use of staying there upto 6 months each winter. While this did answer the immediate question, I was left with the impression that the rules may be different if the unit were smaller (perhaps a small studio with no bedroom may have more restrictive zoning?) I wrote back asking if there was some document or web site that explained the zoning for all units and condo-hotels, not just my specific case, but have not heard back yet. If I learn something additional on this topic I will post back. A note for potential buyers in condo-hotels: sometimes there may be additional restrictions imposed in the condo rules. One needs to check both the condo docs, and the city zoning rules, and the more restrictive of the two may apply.

Hi, Thanks for your excellent blog and articles. Enjoyed them very much. I have a question reg. you statement that “The maximum residency in a condo hotel (zoning) is 6 months.” Is this specifically for Sunny Isles, or does it also apply to Miami Beach? Thanks in advance for any information!!