(a) To obtain a registration to operate as a hosting platform, a person shall submit a complete application to the director on a form provided for that purpose. If the applicant is not an individual, an authorized officer or agent of the applicant must file the form. The application must contain the following information before it is considered complete:
(1) the name, telephone number, and email address of a contact person at the hosting platform; and
(2) any other information the director deems necessary.
(b) A registration issued under this section is valid for one year.
(c) The director may revoke the registration of a hosting platform if the hosting platform collects a fee or fails to submit a report in violation of Section 42B-14.
(d) If the director determines that a registration should be revoked, the director shall notify the hosting platform in writing, by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the registration is revoked and include in the notice the reason for revocation and a statement informing the owner and host of the right to appeal.
(e) A hosting platform that has had a registration revoked under this section shall not be permitted to apply for a hosting platform registration for a period of one year following the date of the revocation.
(f) A revocation under this section is final unless the hosting platform files an appeal with the permit and license appeal board in accordance with Section 2-96.
(g) The filing of an appeal stays the action of the director in revoking a registration until the permit and license appeal board makes a final decision.
(h) The permit and license appeal board shall consider the facts as they existed at the time of the revocation in making its decision. (Ord. 32473)