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The owner of a vacation rental or homeshare shall acquire and maintain a valid city business license, timely pay annual business taxes evidenced by a business tax certificate, and obtain and maintain a valid city transient occupancy tax registration certificate and timely pay all required city transient occupancy taxes.
(Ord. No. 2969)
The owner shall maintain an insurance policy that includes coverage for commercial/business general liability with a minimum limit of $1,000,000 per occurrence for claims of personal injury or property damage. Proof of such insurance coverage shall be provided with each permit application under this article, and shall be made available to the community development director or designee upon request.
(Ord. No. 2969)
All owners of a homeshare or vacation rental shall be jointly and severally responsible to defend and indemnify the city and all of its officials, employees and agents from and against all third-party claims, causes of actions, fines, damages and liabilities of whatever nature arising from or related to the processing and issuance of a permit under this article and/or from the operation of the homeshare or vacation rental. Upon submittal of a permit application under this article, all owners of the homeshare or vacation rental shall execute a written agreement on a form provided by the community development director or designee implementing this defense and indemnification requirement.
(Ord. No. 2969)
The owner of a homeshare or vacation rental shall keep and preserve all records as may be necessary to demonstrate compliance with the standards and requirements of this article. These records shall include but are not limited to all rental agreements entered into, advertisements and online listings. The records shall be maintained during the term of the permit issued under this article and subsequent renewal up to three years, and shall be made available in electronic format for the city’s review upon request of the community development director or designee.
(Ord. No. 2969)
In addition to the pre-permitting inspection of a homeshare or vacation rental pursuant to section 16-664, upon reasonable advanced notice, city staff shall be given access to the dwelling and site to conduct an inspection during the term of the permit to ensure continued operation of the homeshare or vacation rental in compliance with the provisions of this article and other applicable building and zoning codes and regulations regarding parking, access, fire, safety, and other relevant issues.
(Ord. No. 2969)
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