(A) No owner or any other person, shall advertise, cause, allow, conduct, permit, maintain or facilitate a short-term rental at any residential dwelling unit in the city without first obtaining a permit pursuant to this chapter, and complying with all other applicable provisions of the Indio Municipal Code ("Municipal Code") such as the maintenance of a business license as set forth in Chapter 110 of the Municipal Code and compliance with the city's transient occupancy tax ordinance set forth in Chapter 34 of the Municipal Code.
(B) Failure to obtain an initial permit or renewal permit before renting and/or advertising the short-term rental shall result in fines, penalties and other remedies as provided for in this chapter, including but not limited to future denial of such permit.
(C) The permit shall be valid only for the number of bedrooms the city establishes as eligible for listing as a short-term rental.
(Ord. 1766, passed 12-14-21)