(A) Except as otherwise provided herein, leasing, renting, hiring out, licensing, or letting; offering or inviting the leasing, renting, hiring out, licensing, or letting; or otherwise permitting a short-term rental unit or occupancy thereof for a period or term that is less than thirty (30) consecutive days shall be prohibited, and such conduct shall be prohibited, whether engaged in or participated in by the owner of the property, one or more agents of the property owner, or by any person leasing, or seeking to lease as a lessor, or renting or seeking to rent as lessee or otherwise occupy a premises, or part thereof, as tenant or temporary occupant thereof.
(B) The term of any lease or occupancy agreement which has satisfied the minimum term required by this Chapter may be extended on a month-to-month basis on the condition that the tenant or tenants remain the same.
(C) The prohibition on short term rental units shall not apply when the immediately preceding owner of a property maintains possession of the dwelling unit after closing on a real estate transaction for the sale thereof and leases said property back from the successor owner for a period of time pursuant to a written agreement. (Ord. 2023-16, 8-17-2023)