(a) No person, including, but not limited to, an owner, operator, manager, or employee shall engage in, conduct, or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises in the City of Hudson, the operation of a short-term rental in a calendar year without obtaining a permit in accordance with this chapter. It shall be prima facie evidence of a short-term rental operation if a short-term rental guest is found to be occupying or using a short-term rental or if a residence has been placed on any hosting platform for short-term rental purposes.
(b) An application for a new short-term rental permit may be submitted at any time to the Community Development Director, or his/her designee. If the application is approved and a permit is issued, the short-term rental permit shall take effect on the day of issuance and shall expire on December 31st of the year in which it was issued.
(c) A permit to operate a short-term rental shall be renewed by the applicant before the end of each calendar year. The deadline for submitting an application for renewal shall be the first Monday of November of the year in which the permit is set to expire. Failure to renew shall result in expiration of the short-term rental permit on December 31st. If a short-term rental permit is successfully and timely renewed, it shall be in effect for one calendar year, beginning on January 1st and expiring on December 31st of the same year.
(d) Bed and breakfast establishments lawfully operating within the City, as defined by the City of Hudson Land Development Code, shall not be subject to the requirements of this Chapter 876 provided that such establishments were in operation prior to the effective date of Ordinance 20-160, and have not ceased operation for more than ninety consecutive days.
(Ord. 20-160. Passed 2-2-21.)