758.09 DENIAL OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL APPLICATION OR RENEWAL REGISTRATION.

   (a)   The City Planning Director or his/her designee may deny any Application for a new or renewed Short-Term Rental License upon a finding that any of the following conditions are true:

      (1)   The Applicant failed to provide Application information or supporting materials for the Application.

      (2)   The Applicant, Host, property owner, and/or Emergency Contact has had a Short-Term Rental License suspended or revoked in the past.

      (3)   The Applicant, Host, and/or property owner has falsified or misrepresented a fact on the Application.

      (4)   The Applicant continued to operate or advertise a Short-Term Rental Unit without a Short-Term Rental License after being notified by the City of Hamilton to submit a License Application.

      (5)   The Emergency Contact has been notified by the City of Hamilton about an issue with the Short-Term Rental Unit property and did not address the issue in question within twenty-four (24) hours of contact.

      (6)   The Applicant, Host, property owner, and/or Emergency Contact has obstructed, interfered with, or failed to make good faith efforts towards correcting violations of this Ordinance for any Short-Term Rental Unit in the City of Hamilton with which they are associated.

      (7)   The Short-Term Rental Unit property is the subject of an outstanding order and/or violation from a City department that has not been corrected.

      (8)   The Short-Term Rental Unit property has been: (i) declared a public nuisance by the City of Hamilton Health Commissioner; or (ii) constitutes a nuisance, as defined in Codified Ordinance 521.07 "Nuisances".

      (9)   The Short-Term Rental Unit property has a documented history or pattern of criminal or drug related Emergency Service Calls and/or incidents.

      (10)   The Short-Term Rental Unit is not current on its utility payments.

         (Ord. 2020-10-119. Passed 10-14-20.)