A hosting platform shall comply with all of the following:
(1) A hosting platform may not advertise, list, post, or otherwise facilitate a booking transaction for a short-term residential rental without having a registration field in place for hosts to input their valid, current registration numbers from the Department for short-term residential rentals.
(2) A hosting platform shall include the host's registration number in an advertisement, listing, or post for a short-term residential rental.
(3) A hosting platform shall remove an advertisement, listing, or post as promptly as possible after the hosting platform learns from the Department or the host that the host's registration has been suspended or revoked.
(4) A hosting platform may not facilitate reservations for, or advertise, list, or post, a short-term residential rental if the host has failed to enter a registration number into the registration field.
(5) A hosting platform shall keep, for a period of at least three years, records relating to all short-term residential rentals advertised, listed, posted, or otherwise facilitated by the hosting platform.
(6) The records kept by a hosting platform shall include the name and address of the host; the street address of the short-term residential rental; the date of the booking transaction; the start and end date of the short-term residential rental; and the rent and other fees charged by the host and hosting platform.
(7) Upon a written request from the County, a hosting platform shall make available for inspection those records which contain information used in its advertisements, listings, or posts and those records containing information that is otherwise public information.
(8) A hosting platform shall collect from the host and remit to the County the occupancy tax required by § 4-6-105 of this Code.
(Bill No. 89-19; Bill No. 45-20)