(a) A valid permit shall be required for each dwelling approved as a short-term rental.
(b) A short-term rental host shall be either an owner or a permanent occupant.
(c) A short-term rental host shall provide written notice to a short-term rental guest of any known, non-obvious, or concealed condition, whether human-made or artificial, which may present a danger to the short-term rental guest, and shall designate a local 24-hour emergency contact person for the short-term rental.
(d) A short-term rental host must comply with Ohio R.C. 2933.52. Such compliance shall also include known, non-obvious or concealed surveillance equipment, including, but not limited to, digital video cameras/recorders/monitors, streaming video security cameras, audio recorders/monitors, or any other electronic means of secretly watching, listening, or recording. In the event a short-term rental host utilizes an indoor and/or outdoor interception device(s), or any specific or similar aforementioned device, the short-term rental host shall notify the short-term rental guest. In the event the short-term rental guest does not consent to the short-term rental host utilizing an indoor interception device(s), or any specific or similar aforementioned device, the short-term rental host shall immediately deactivate the indoor interception device(s) and shall not intercept, listen, monitor, record, or like thereof, any activity inside the short-term rental.
(e) A short-term rental host shall comply with the City of Portsmouth short-term rental excise taxes as required by Chapter 183 of the Codified Ordinances.
(1) A rental for thirty (30) or more consecutive days by the same person(s) are not subject to short-term rental regulations or short-term rental excise taxes.
(f) No person or entity shall offer, list, advertise or market a dwelling with five (5) guestrooms or less, located within the City of Portsmouth, on an entity's website, for which such entity is compensated for facilitating or providing for a mechanism for a transaction, to rent or reserve the dwelling, in whole or in part, for less than thirty (30) days, to another person, without registering, listing, or accompanying a valid permit number, issued in accordance with this chapter and associated with the dwelling.
(g) No entity, via the entity's website, shall provide for or facilitate a mechanism for a transaction between an owner or permanent occupant and another person to rent or reserve, in whole or in part, a dwelling with five (5) guestrooms or less, located within the City of Portsmouth, unless the owner or permanent occupant has registered or otherwise provided to the entity a valid permit number, issued in accordance with this chapter and associated with the dwelling.
(h) Records required.
(1) A short-term rental host who engages in, conducts, or carries on a short-term rental, and a hosting platform that provides for or facilitates a booking service, shall maintain and provide, when requested, records documenting the following information:
A. The short-term rental physical address;
B. The name of the person or entity who registered the short-term rental on the hosting platform or who listed the short-term rental on the hosting platform; and
C. For each short-term rental guest, the dates and duration of stay in a short-term rental, the number of persons who were scheduled to stay each night, and the daily rate charged for each short-term rental guest.
(2) A hosting platform and a short-term rental host shall retain records for a period of at least four (4) years.
(3) In order to determine whether an applicant, short-term rental host or hosting platform is in compliance with the requirements of this Chapter, the Director may request that any records relevant to or of assistance in a compliance investigation, be provided for inspection. If such request is denied, the Director may seek an administrative search warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing said inspection.
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting any person or entity to obtain a permit or offer, list, advertise, or market a short-term rental, where prohibited by any other provision of law. (Ord. 2022-75. Passed 9-12-22.)