(a) Subject to applicable laws, hosting platforms shall identify and disclose to the city on a regular basis, but not less than quarterly, each short-term rental property listing located in the city, the names of the persons responsible for each such listing, the address of each such listing, the length of stay for each such listing and the price paid for each stay.
(b) Hosting platforms shall not complete any booking transaction for any short-term rental at the time the hosting platform receives a fee for the booking transaction.
(c) Hosting platforms shall not collect or receive a fee, directly or indirectly through an agent or intermediary, for facilitating or providing services ancillary to a short-term rental, including, but not limited to, insurance, concierge services, catering, restaurant bookings, tours, guide services, entertainment, cleaning, property management, or maintenance of the short-term rental property.
(d) Safe Harbor. A hosting platform operating exclusively on the Internet, which operates in compliance with subsections (a), (b), and (c) above, shall be presumed to be in compliance with this chapter, except that the hosting platform remains responsible for compliance with any administrative subpoena issued by the city.
(e) The provisions of this section shall be interpreted in accordance with otherwise applicable state and federal law(s) and will not apply if, or to the extent, determined by the city to be in violation of, or preempted by, any such law(s).
(Ord. 710, § 5 (part), 2019).