A bright full moon rising over south Cocoa Beach last night. [First published on Feb. 13, 2025]
The City of Cocoa Beach has proposed to increase fees for vacation rentals. The increases are breathtaking and anyone looking to purchase a vacation rental property in Cocoa Beach should take them into consideration when estimating costs. The initial application and registration of a new vacation rental is proposed to increase from $525 to $2500 and the annual renewal of the same to go from $325 to $1500. If that got your attention, here is the entire list of proposed new fees. How about those $1000 a day fines for some infractions?
I had the pleasure of dining at the new Koko Japanese Pub across from City Hall downtown Cocoa Beach last night. Based on that one experience which was just three sushi items and a dessert I’d give a hearty thumbs up to our new neighbor. The yuzu ponzu sauce on the hamachi crudo was especially good as was the scallop tiradito with cilantro micro-greens. Our meal began with the bluefin roll made with three different cuts of bluefin which was likewise excellent. I don’t remember much about the tres leches cake sprinkled with chocolate crumbles other than that I kept repeating, Yum. It was delicious. The service was friendly and the atmosphere cozy. I’m pretty picky about restaurant meals but I liked everything about my experience there. I’ll be back. Koko Pub is a win for Cocoa Beach.
“There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.” _Winston Churchill
