(A) The owner is required to submit an application, signed by the owner, and obtain a permit from the city pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, before renting any short-term rental. The application shall be in the form provided for by the city and shall be submitted to the Permit Administrator.
(B) The short-term permit application and annual renewal application shall be accompanied by an application fee in the amount established by resolution of the City Council.
(C) The owner shall submit the following information and/or documents as part of its application or renewal application:
(1) The name, address, telephone number and email address of the owner of the property;
(2) A copy of the owner's current state-issued driver's license or identification card;
(3) The name, address, telephone numbers and email addresses of any other natural persons, limited liability companies or personal or family trusts that hold any financial interests in the property as well as copies of legal documents creating such financial interests;
(4) The name, address, telephone number and email address of the owner's authorized agent or representative, if any;
(5) The name, address, telephone number and email address of the local contact person available 24 hours a day;
(6) The address of the short-term rental;
(7) The number of bedrooms and the applicable occupancy limit of the short-term rental;
(8) A parking plan indicating the areas where parking is legally available on the property for all vehicles belonging to the occupants;
(9) The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) (i.e., website address) for any and all advertisements of the short-term rental of the property;
(10) A photo of the front of the short-term rental sufficient to allow the city to visually identify the unit;
(11) An executed indemnification and hold harmless agreement in the form approved by the City Attorney;
(12) Such other information as the Permit Administrator deems reasonably necessary to administer this chapter.
(D) If a short-term rental is located on a property in any area governed by a homeowners' association or community association ("association") and subject to covenants, conditions and restrictions ("CC&Rs"), the applicant shall submit a letter from the association's governing board stating that the CC&Rs and the rules and regulations of the association do not prohibit short-term rentals from operating, including the short-term rental proposed by the applicant. For short-term rentals subject to CC&Rs but not within an association, a copy of the CC&Rs shall be submitted with the application and the applicant shall identify the relevant provisions that demonstrate that short-term rentals are neither regulated nor clearly prohibited by the CC&Rs. A permit shall not be issued where short-term rentals are prohibited by the CC&Rs.
(E) The permit application shall include an affidavit signed by the owner under penalty of perjury attesting that all the information in the application is correct and that the owner maintains full responsibility that the short-term rental shall be advertised, rented, operated and maintained in compliance with this chapter and all other relevant provisions of the Municipal Code.
(F) The owner shall provide proof of general liability insurance that covers the rental of the property as a short-term rental in the aggregate sum of not less than $1,000,000. Alternatively, the owner can provide evidence that each rental occurs through a platform that provides equal or greater insurance coverage. Proof of insurance shall be provided at the time of both initial permit and renewal permit issuance and shall remain in effect for the duration of the annual permit. Failure to maintain liability insurance shall result in suspension of the permit.
(G) The permit application shall be accompanied by a consent to inspection form signed by the owner of the property by which the owner agrees and consents to a building, fire and health and safety inspection in addition to the inspection fee in the amount established by resolution of the City Council. No inspection shall occur that is inconsistent with an individual's fourth amendment rights under the United States Constitution or otherwise in violation of rights guaranteed by law.
(Ord. 1766, passed 12-14-21)