An application for a license must be filed with the Development Services Department before use of the property as a vacation home rental. License applications for properties presently used as vacation home rental must be filed within one hundred twenty (120) days of the effective date hereof upon forms provided by the City and must contain the following information:
A. The name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the vacation home rental for which the permit is issued.
B. The name, address, and telephone number of the managing agency, agent or local contact person for the owner of the vacation home rental. This shall also contain the landline phone number of the vacation home rental unit.
C. Proof of homeowners' and liability insurance.
D. A current copy of the covenants, conditions, and restrictions or bylaws of the rental unit's community showing that they expressly permit vacation home rentals in that subdivision or apartment/condominium project. If no such applicable covenants, conditions, and restrictions or bylaws exist, this requirement shall be waived.
E. Acknowledgment that all designated bedrooms contain a minimum of seventy (70) square feet and meet all requirements of the current International Residential Code.
F. List the number of bedrooms (each containing a minimum of 70 square feet), approximate total heated square footage in the vacation home rental, and the maximum number of overnight occupants.
G. A diagram or photograph of the premises showing and indicating the number and location of designated on site parking spaces and the maximum number of vehicles allowed for overnight occupants.
H. Evidence of a valid Transient Occupancy Tax remittance form issued by the City of Mesquite for the vacation home rental.
I. Acknowledgment that the owner, agent, and local contact person have read all regulations pertaining to the operation of a vacation home rental.
J. Acknowledgment that the owner, agent, and local contact person have received and read the good neighbor brochure for vacation renters provided by the City, and a further acknowledgment that the owner will provide copies of the brochure to each renter.
K. Acknowledgment that the owner, agent, or local contact person has or will post the vacation home rental with the notice required in this chapter.
L. Other information the Development Services Director or a designee deems reasonably necessary to administer this chapter.
If the information supplied by the property owner on the application for a vacation home rental license is not consistent with City records, an inspection can be required prior to or after the issuance of the vacation home rental permit. An inspection fee established by resolution of the Council must be charged for any inspection. The City will provide a copy of the application to the general improvement district and homeowners' association in which the proposed vacation home rental property is located having responsibility for streets, parking, trash and refuse pick up or any combination of these responsibilities. (Ord. 559, 2-12-2019, eff. 3-5-2019)