As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Owner/Operator. The owner of a residential dwelling licensed as a Short-Term Rental, being a person who declares residency in the Village of Hebron and being the person to which a Short-Term Rental License is issued and who is responsible for the property and the actions thereon.
(b) Residential Dwelling. Any lawfully constructed building, structure, or part of the building or structure, that is used or intended to be used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one or more persons maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others. For purposes of this chapter, a residential dwelling is not a unit in a bed and breakfast Inn, nor a unit in a hotel or motel whose building or complex has a central, on-site, staffed reservation desk and on-site property management.
(c) Short-Term Rental (STR). A residential dwelling in which sleeping accommodations are offered by the owner/operator for pay to tourists or transients for periods of typically less than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws. These facilities are sometimes referred to as "vacation rentals" and are often posted as short-term rental listings online on vacation rental sites such as AirBnB, Vrbo, etc. They do not include a boarding home which does not accommodate tourists or transients, bed and breakfast inns, or hotels or motels whose building or complex has a central, on-site, staffed reservation desk and on-site property management.
(Ord. 11-24. Passed 4-10-24.)