Short-term residential rental permit required. No owner of a residential dwelling unit shall rent the dwelling unit for a short term without having a current valid short-term residential rental permit issued by the City of Elephant Butte for each dwelling unit the owner proposes to rent. Short-term residential rental permits are issued to the owner for a period of one year, are non- refundable, and are non-transferable to other dwelling units.
(A) Nothing contained within this section shall be construed to abridge the ability of bona fide neighborhood covenants and/or deed restrictions to be more restrictive than the regulations within this section. Such covenants and deed restrictions shall not be enforceable by the city but remain the responsibility of property owners to ensure compliance within the applicable neighborhood.
(B) Subject to the permit requirement above, nothing herein shall prohibit an owner from renting out multiple residential dwelling units upon a single lot, so long as the number and type of dwelling units are consistent with the base residential zoning applicable to the lot.
(Ord. 202, passed 4-20-2022)