1. No person shall operate a short-term rental in violation of provisions of the zoning resolution, multiple dwelling law, housing maintenance code, and New York city construction codes relating to the short-term rental of dwelling units in private dwellings and class A multiple dwellings, or in class A dwelling units within mixed use buildings.
2. During each short-term rental, a registered host must conspicuously post and maintain within the dwelling unit a diagram indicating all exit routes from the unit. Where the building contains more than one unit, such diagram must also indicate all exit routes from the building.
3. During each short-term rental, a registered host must conspicuously post and maintain, within the dwelling unit, a copy of the short-term rental registration certificate provided by the administering agency.
4. A registered host must provide the short-term rental registration number in all advertisements or offers for short-term rental. The information in each listing must match the information provided to the administering agency in the application associated with such registration number.
5. A registered host shall retain a record of each short-term rental for at least seven years. Each record shall include the following information:
a. The uniform resource locator or listing identifier used to create the rental;
b. The booking start date;
c. The total number of nights that the dwelling unit or housing accommodation was rented as a short-term rental;
d. The number of persons accommodated by the short-term rental; and
e. The total amount of rent received by the host.
If a booking service can provide a report to a registered host that meets the criteria of this subsection, the registered host does not need to maintain the records separately. If the booking service does not provide reports that meet the criteria above, the host must maintain the required record in a digital spreadsheet that allows conversion of data to a ".csv" format. The administering agency shall provide a model template on its website.
6. In accordance with applicable law, upon request by the administering agency to provide the transaction reports in this section, registered hosts shall have 15 business days to provide the requested records via a secure portal accessible from the administering agency's website.
7. If a registered host's submission in response to a request for transaction reports is missing, incomplete, or inaccurate, the administering agency will provide the host with a written notice of the deficiencies in compliance. The notice shall include specific information regarding deficiencies in need of correction. The host shall have 15 business days from the date such notice is provided to either correct the deficiency or provide a written statement explaining why the required information is unavailable or how it is complete or accurate. The host shall submit the corrections or explanation in a manner directed in the notice of deficiency. Upon the conclusion of the 15 business-day period in which the host may cure deficiencies, the administering agency may seek civil penalties for any continuing deficiency.
8. The registered host shall be responsible for ensuring that the information the host has on file with booking services matches the registered name, address, and registration number from the certificate.
9. A short-term rental registration may not be transferred or assigned to another host or to another dwelling unit.
10. If a registered host no longer resides as a permanent occupant in the dwelling unit used for short-term rentals, the host must immediately contact the administering agency to terminate the registration.
11. A registered host shall not accommodate more rentees in a registered dwelling unit at the same time than they are allowed to have pursuant to § 27-2004 of the housing maintenance code.
12. A registered host must maintain a common household with a rentee. Pursuant to Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2004, a common household is deemed to exist if every member of the household including the rentee has access to all parts of the dwelling unit, and lack of access to all parts of the dwelling unit establishes a rebuttable presumption that no common household exists.
13. A registered host shall not offer, arrange for, or allow the short-term rental of an entire registered dwelling unit.
(Added City Record 2/3/2023, eff. 3/5/2023)