For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Hollywood, Florida, as geographically described in the City Charter.
HABITABLE ROOM. A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living or sleeping purposes, excluding kitchens, bathrooms, shower rooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, connecting corridors, closets and storage space.
LIFE SAFETY VIOLATION. A violation of any code intended primarily to prevent the loss of life, injury and property damage.
OCCUPANT. Any person who occupies, either during the day or overnight, a vacation rental.
OVERNIGHT. 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Times other than overnight are defined as 7:01 a.m. to 9:59 p.m.
OWNER-OCCUPIED. A vacation rental that is the primary and permanent residence of the owner of the property.
PEER-TO-PEER or PLATFORM ENTITY. Any person, service, business, company, marketplace, or other entity that, for a fee or other consideration, provides property owners and responsible parties a platform or means to offer vacation rentals to transient occupants, whether through the internet or other means.
TRANSIENT PUBLIC LODGING ESTABLISHMENT. Any unit, group of units, dwelling, building or group of buildings within a single complex of buildings that is rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less, or which is advertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests.
VACATION RENTAL. Any dwelling unit designed to be occupied as the residence or living quarters of not more than one family that is a transient public lodging establishment, but that is not a timeshare project.
VACATION RENTAL REPRESENTATIVE. A vacation rental property owner, manager or authorized designee, as identified in the application for a city vacation rental license responsible for ensuring compliance with all regulations related to vacation rentals, and available to respond 24 hours per day, seven days per week to any issue that arises relating to the vacation rental.
(Ord. O-2015-24, passed 10-21-15; Am. Ord. O-2017-12, passed 8-30-17; Am. Ord. O-2017-15, passed 9-20-17; Am. Ord. O-2021- 01, passed 1-20-21; Am. Ord. O-2023-12, passed 9-6-23)