City of Myrtle Beach clarifies COVID-19 emergency order’s effect on condotel unit owners
The City of Myrtle Beach on Friday night announced an amendment put in place to clarify occupancy rules for owners of individual units where rental practices are common.
Emergency Order 3C clarifies that individuals who use the units as a year-round primary residence can remain there throughout the emergency order as long as they are the owner of the property. Also, owners who use a unit exclusively as a second home — and not as a rental property in any way — can stay there amid the emergency order.
The amendment states that any unit used for rental purposes in any way cannot be used by a property owner during the emergency order. It also states that any LLC’s unit is considered the property of the owner of the company.
Myrtle Beach City Manager John Pedersen previously told The Sun News such an exception would be made since many of Myrtle Beach’s hotels are condotels with rooms independently owned by individuals – often from out of state.
“We knew this was going to happen because it was impossible to forecast every situation, so we knew we were going to have to make some adjustments,” Pedersen said last week. “Those are the ones we made based on the calls we’ve received since [Thursday].”
On March 26, the City of Myrtle Beach announced an emergency order regarding accommodations that shut down short-term rental practices through April 30.
