(A) Prior to offering a short-term 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, to 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 Manager or designee and contain the following information:
(1) The short-term rental license number required by this chapter;
(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 division (A) of this section is also required anytime the contact information for the short-term rental or short-term rental changes. Notification pursuant to this division shall occur within 15 business days after the change of such contact information.
(C) The notice required by this section shall be in writing and include the following information: the short-term rental license number issued pursuant to this chapter, the physical address of the short-term rental, and the name, address, and 24 hour telephone number of the emergency point of contact. For purposes of this section, written notice includes notice sent by electronic means, United States mail, or hand delivered.
(D) Short-term rentals that are lawfully operating prior to the effective date of this chapter must comply with this section within 30 days of obtaining a short-term rental license required by this chapter.
(E) It shall be unlawful to operate a short-term 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 $500. 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 $100.
(G) For purposes of this section, ADJACENT shall mean the condition of being near to or close to but not necessarily having a common dividing line, i.e., two properties which are separated only by a street or alley shall be considered as adjacent to one another.
(Ord. O2023-02, passed 7-17-23)