(a) An application for a short-term rental permit, and/or renewal of a permit, shall be made to the Community Development Director, or his/her designee, upon approved forms, for an application processing fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The initial application processing fee for a short-term rental permit shall be waived. The application processing fee shall only be waived once for any given dwelling that hosts a short-term rental. Subsequent applications and/or renewal applications for a short-term rental permit shall be accompanied by the aforementioned one hundred dollar ($100.00) application processing fee. City Council shall have authority to amend the fee amount from time to time to reflect the costs of administering this chapter.
(b) The application for a permit to operate a short-term rental shall contain the following information:
(1) Name of the applicant, including mailing address, telephone number, and email address. For a non-owner-occupied short-term rental application, the permanent occupant shall provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with the primary residency requirement as outlined in Section 876.01(f);
(2) The names of the legal owner or owners of the property, including mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
(4) The names and addresses of any other short-term rental located in the City that the applicant or property owner has any interest in, including, but not limited to, ownership, licensure, or management;
(5) The maximum number of occupants that will be accommodated at the short-term rental, not to exceed two per bedroom, plus three additional occupants. For example, in a short-term rental with two bedrooms, the maximum number of occupants would be seven;
(6) The maximum number of motor vehicles that will be permitted to park at the short-term rental; this number shall not exceed the number that can be garaged on premises plus two that may park in a driveway;
(7) An acknowledgment by the applicant attesting that the short-term rental operation is in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations concerning the provision of sleeping accommodations to transient guests; and
(8) The contact name and telephone number for the short-term rental that may be used twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for any issues that may arise related to the short-term rental unit or its transient guests.
(c) The applicant must notify the Community Development Director, or his/her designee, of any change in information contained in the permit application regarding subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(8) above within ten days of the change.
(d) Any change in ownership of the dwelling shall void the current short-term rental permit and shall require submission and approval of a new short-term rental permit application.
(e) A short-term rental shall be assigned an individual registration account number that must be prominently posted with the unit on any hosting platform(s) or in any other advertisement regarding the unit. Said valid registration shall be displayed but removed upon expiration.
(f) Posted Public Notice and Comment; Fire Department Inspection.
(1) Fire Department inspection. A short-term rental shall be inspected by the City Fire Department on an annual basis prior to issuance and/or renewal of a permit to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local fire safety statues, regulations, ordinances, and codes including the requirements set forth below in Section 876.04
(a)(4) and (a)(5).
A. If a short-term rental fails to pass the City Fire Department inspection required pursuant to this section, then the short-term rental applicant may request a re-inspection, provided that the re-inspection request is submitted within sixty days of the first inspection. The short-term rental permit application (or renewal application) shall be voided, and no permit will be issued (or renewed) if the proposed short-term rental fails to pass re-inspection.
(2) Public Notice and Comment. For short-term rental permit applications in any residential zoning district, the City shall cause a temporary sign to be placed on the property which is the subject of the short-term rental application for the purpose of giving notice of the proposed short-term rental and soliciting public comment. The City shall use any public comment received for the purpose of assisting in the City's evaluation of the short-term rental application's compliance with Section 876.05
. The temporary sign shall be placed on the property no less than fourteen days before the short-term rental permit is issued by the City. The temporary sign notice requirements described in this section shall not apply to timely filed renewal applications. Any public comment received during the notice period shall be kept on file by the City.
(Ord. 20-160. Passed 2-2-21; Ord. 21-115. Passed 11-9-21.)