No person shall permit a dwelling unit to be used as a short-term rental except in accordance with the regulations set forth in this section.
(a) Any short-term rental must:
(1) Be the owner's or operator's principal residence when not rented to a short-term renter; or
(2) Be within twenty-five (25) miles of the owner's principal residence; or
(3) If the owner does not reside in a location within twenty-five (25) miles of the City, be controlled by a property agent, manager or caretaker residing within a twenty-five (25)-mile-radius of the City who is designated in the rental dwelling license application by name, address and telephone number, and who may receive service of any and all notices required or allowed under this chapter.
(b) A short-term renter must occupy the same dwelling unit for at least two consecutive rental nights.
(c) No person shall own or operate more than three short-term rentals in the City.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, a short-term rental shall have at least one off-street parking space available for each bedroom rented by a short-term renter.
(e) Except when the owner or operator of the dwelling unit is concurrently occupying the dwelling unit with a short-term renter, no person shall permit single-room rentals to short-term renters. As used herein, "single-room rentals" are rental arrangements in which at least one short-term renter has exclusive possession of an individual rooming unit within a dwelling unit and shared access with other renters to common facilities within the dwelling unit.
(f) Except when the owner or operator of the dwelling unit is concurrently occupying the dwelling unit with a short-term renter, no person to whom a rental dwelling license has been issued shall fail to post such license in a conspicuous place in the portion of the dwelling unit accessible to a short-term renter.
(Ord. 2021-20. Passed 10-25-21.)