2-5-1: PURPOSE:
The purpose of this chapter is to establish regulations for the use of residential dwellings as short-term rentals to protect the integrity and safety of the city's residential neighborhoods, to safeguard the welfare of the city's residents and occupants of short-term rentals, to establish a system to track the short-term rental inventory in the city, to provide a means of contact for the operator and occupant of a short-term rental, to establish a Good Neighbor Policy for occupants of short-term rentals, and to allow private property owners the right to fully and efficiently utilize their property without undue regulation or interference. (Ord. 484, - -)