(a) No person, including but not limited to an owner, operator, manager, or employee shall engage in, conduct, or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises in the City of Northwood, the operation of a short-term rental in a calendar year without registering in accordance with this chapter.
(b) A registration application may be submitted at any time to the Planning and Zoning Director, or his/her designee. If the registration application is approved, such registration shall take effect on the day of approval and shall expire on December 31 of the year approved; provided, however, that if an initial registration application is approved on or after September 1, the registration shall be effective until December 31 of the next calendar year.
(c) (1) Registration to operate a short-term rental shall be renewed by the applicant before the end of each calendar year.
(2) The deadline for submitting an application for renewal shall be the first Monday of November of the year in which the registration is set to expire. Failure to renew shall result in expiration on December 31. If a permit is successfully renewed, it shall be in effect for the next calendar year, beginning on January 1 and expiring on December 31 of the same year.
(d) The short-term rental operator must maintain a copy of the permit on premises.
(e) Bed and breakfast establishments lawfully operating within the City, as defined as a room to sleep in for the night and a morning meal, or a private house or small hotel offering this, shall not be subject to the requirements of this chapter provided that such establishments were in operation prior to the effective date of this chapter, and have not ceased operation for more than ninety consecutive days.
(Ord. 2022-33. Passed 12-1-22.) Penalty, see § 874.99