A. Prior to offering a short-term rental or vacation rental for rent for the first time, the owner or owner’s designee is required to notify all single-family residential properties adjacent to, directly and diagonally across the street from the property, or, in a multi-family residential building, all units on the same building floor. After providing such notification, the owner or owner’s designee shall attest compliance on a form prescribed by the town administrator or designee and which contains the following information:
1. The short-term rental license number required by this article;
2. The address of each property notified;
3. How the notification was provided; and
4. The name and contact information of the person attesting to compliance.
B. The notification required by subsection A. above is also required any time the contact information for the short-term rental or vacation rental changes. Notification pursuant to this subsection shall occur within fifteen (15) business days.
C. The notice required bv this section shall be in writing and include the following information. For purposes of this section, written notice includes notice sent by electronic means, US mail or hand delivered:
1. The short-term rental license number issued pursuant to this article;
2. The physical address of the short-term rental or vacation rental;
3. The name, address, and the twenty-four (24) hour telephone number of the emergency point of contact; and
4. The name, address, and telephone number of the owner, or of the owner’s designee who is responsible for responding to complaints.
D. Short-term rentals or vacation rentals that are lawfully operating prior to the effective date of this section must comply with this section within thirty (30) days of obtaining a vacation rental license required by this article.
E. It shall be unlawful to operate a short-term rental or vacation rental without complying with the notification requirements in this section.
F. A violation of this section is a civil offense and shall be punished by a minimum fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Upon a showing that the owner or owner’s designee has come into compliance with this section, the court may reduce the fine pursuant to this section to one hundred dollars($100.00).