A. All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter are subject to the following standard conditions:
1. Maximum Occupancy: The owner must by written agreement, limit overnight occupancy of the vacation home rental to a maximum of two (2) persons per sleeping room or guestroom, plus two (2) additional persons per property, up to a maximum of twelve (12) persons, excluding children under twelve (12) years of age.
Number Of Bedrooms | Total Of Overnight Guests |
0 - studio | 4 |
1 | 4 |
2 | 6 |
3 | 8 |
4 | 10 |
5 | 12 |
2. Owner To Limit Parking: The owner must by written agreement, limit the number of vehicles of overnight occupants to the number designated in the permit; with the number of vehicles of overnight occupants not to exceed the number of designated on site parking spaces. Parking buses on site or on the street is prohibited.
3. Best Efforts Of Owner: The owner must use best efforts to assure that the occupants or guests of the vacation home rental do not create unreasonable noise or disturbances, engage in disorderly conduct, or violate provisions of this code or any state law pertaining to noise or disorderly conduct by notifying the occupants of the rules regarding vacation home rentals and responding when notified that occupants are violating laws regarding their occupancy. It is not intended that the owner, local agent, or contact person act as a peace officer or place him or herself in harm's way.
4. Owner Response To Complaints: The owner must, upon notification that occupants or guests of his or her vacation home rental have created unreasonable noise or disturbances, engaged in disorderly conduct or violated provisions of this code or state law pertaining to noise, or disorderly conduct, promptly use best efforts to prevent a recurrence of such conduct by those occupants or guests.
5. Noise: No radio receiver, musical instrument, phonograph, compact disk player, loudspeaker, karaoke machine, sound amplifier, or any machine, device or equipment that produces or reproduces any sound shall be used outside or be audible from the outside of any vacation rental unit between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) A.M.
6. Conditions/Rules To Be Posted: The owner of the vacation home rental must post a copy of the permit and a copy of the conditions set forth in this section in a conspicuous place within the vacation home rental.
7. Notice To Be Posted: Each vacation home rental must have a clearly visible and legible notice posted within the unit on or adjacent to the front door, containing the following information:
a. The name of the managing agency, agent, property manager, local contact, or owner of the unit, and a telephone number at which that party may be reached on a twenty four (24) hour basis;
b. The maximum number of occupants permitted to stay in the unit;
c. The maximum number of vehicles allowed to be parked on the property;
d. The number and location of on site parking spaces and the parking rules for emergency vehicle access (if any);
e. For single-family dwellings, the trash pick up day and notification that trash and refuse must not be left or stored on the interior or exterior of the property except in ninety (90) gallon cans provided by the city from six o'clock (6:00) P.M. of the day prior to trash pick up to six o'clock (6:00) P.M. on the day designated for trash pick up; for multi-family projects, notification that trash and refuse must not be left or stored on the interior or exterior of the property, but placed in solid waste bins placed on the property;
f. Notification that an occupant as a person responsible for an event, may be cited and fined for creating a disturbance or for violating other provisions of this chapter; and
g. Notification that failure to conform to the parking and occupancy requirements of the structure is a violation of this chapter.
h. The occupants of a vacation rental home must make the notice required by this subsection available for inspection by the development services director or a designee, police officer, or the code enforcement officer on a request made by any of these officials.
8. Parking Compliance: All permissible uses must comply with the city or applicable general improvement district parking, driveway and loading standards, and emergency vehicle access regulations. The owner must provide sufficient parking to meet city on site parking requirements, including the garage when applicable. All overnight occupants parking must be on site.
9. Disturbing The Peace: All residential vacation home rentals shall comply with the following standard:
It is unlawful for any person to wilfully disturb the peace of any neighborhood, person, or family by loud or unusual noises or by tumultuous and offensive conduct, threatening, quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting. Compliance with this standard shall be in addition to compliance with all other provisions of this code relating to nuisance, peace and safety.
10. Business License Number On Advertising: Any print or internet advertising for an owner's vacation home rental unit must contain a valid business license number for the unit in the ad.
11. Landline Phone: Each vacation home rental must contain a landline telephone for local phone service.
12. Cleaning Service: Each property shall be cleaned at least weekly while occupied and in between tenant occupancies. Each property shall also comply with all Southern Nevada health department (SNHD) sanitary facilities requirements.
B. The city council, at a duly noticed meeting, has the authority to impose additional standard conditions, applicable to vacation home rentals, as necessary to achieve the objectives of this chapter. (Ord. 464, 10-23-2012)