For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DWELLING UNIT. One or more rooms, including individualized bathroom and kitchen facilities, which are arranged, designed, or used as living quarters for a household.
GUEST. A person who rents or occupies a short-term rental.
HOST. An owner or owners engaged in providing short-term rentals.
HOSTING PLATFORM. A marketplace entity, in whatever form or format which facilitates short-term rentals through advertising, matchmaking or other means, using any medium or facilitation, or from which the operator of the hosting platform derives revenue, including booking fees or advertising revenues from providing or maintaining the marketplace information.
NON-OWNER-OCCUPIED SHORT-TERM RENTALS. A short-term rental property that is not owner-occupied and is rented using a hosting platform for any short-term rental period.
OWNER. A person holding title or co-title of an abode, dwelling unit, or residence that they may lease as a short-term rental but only in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
OWNER-OCCUPIED SHORT-TERM RENTALS. A short-term rental property that is primarily owner-occupied, except for the duration when the property or a portion thereof as defined herein is rented using a hosting platform for any short-term rental period.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERIOD. A period of time of 182 or lesser calendar days.
SHORT-TERM RENTALS. A residential dwelling unit, including a single-family home in its entirety or an individual room within a single-family home or an accessory structure of a single-family home, townhomes, condominiums, and rooming house dwelling units or any residential dwelling unit included within a building containing two or more residential units, a building containing three or more residential units, or a multi-family building containing four or more units that are rented out using a hosting platform for any short-term rental period.
(Ord. 23-27, passed 12-12-2023)
No person shall conduct, keep, manage, or operate or cause to be conducted, kept, managed, or operated a short-term rental without a license as provided in this chapter. A license shall be obtained for each short-term rental and shall not be transferable. All such licenses are required to be renewed annually, subject to the same conditions as the original license. Such license shall be issued by the city upon payment of the fee as set forth in this chapter. Such fee shall accompany the license application.
(Ord. 23-27, passed 12-12-2023)
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