Owners shall cause each rental unit to meet the following standards:
(A) House number. Each rental unit must have either a house number or address identifier visible from the street.
(B) On-line database. The owner or local agent shall provide and maintain with the city either an email address or a contact telephone number for the owner or local agent. The city shall make this information publicly available through an on-line database. The contact information of all owners and local agents shall be kept current with the city.
(C) Identification sign. The owner or local agent shall provide and maintain a sign which lists the short-term rental license number, email address and a contact telephone number for the owner or local agent. Such signage shall be visible from the street, legible from 10 feet away and shall be no smaller than 93.5 square inches nor larger than 154 square inches. The contact information of all owners and local agents shall be kept current with the city. If the rental unit is within a condominium, the identification sign shall be placed on the main entrance door of the unit and be visible to other building occupants.
(D) Parking. Each dwelling unit must provide the minimum off-street parking spaces shown in the chart below, based upon the date the building was constructed or legally converted to its current use. Parking spaces shall measure no smaller than 9 feet x 18 feet each. Such spaces shall not be blocked and shall be available to people using the short-term rental at all times. Location and design of parking spaces shall comply with all applicable city standards. Spaces in a garage may count but they must be available for the renter to park in at all times the rental unit is rented. Trailers for boats and all-terrain vehicles may be allowed, but must fit within an off-street parking space allocated to the rental unit used by the owner of the trailer. Renters shall not block nearby driveways or designated fire lanes. A parking plan map and notice, identifying the number and location of parking spaces, shall be posted in a conspicuous place within each short-term rental. Language shall be included in the notice that parking shall not, under any circumstances, hinder the path of any emergency vehicle or block neighboring driveways and that renters may be cited and fined if this requirement is not satisfied. A diagram of the parking plan and map shall be required as part of a license application. The maximum number of parking spaces available to the renter shall be conveyed to each renter before the visit.
Date constructed or legally converted | Number of spaces required |
Prior to 7/30/1974 | No off-street parking requirements |
7/30/1974 - 3/24/1980 | One off-street per dwelling unit |
On and after 3/25/1980 | Two off-street per dwelling unit |
(E) Garbage. During periods of rental unit occupancy, the owner shall provide adequate covered and secured garbage containers in conformance with all related guidelines established by the city. Cans must be secured to prevent animals from knocking them over or getting into them. All garbage must fit within the can and cannot overflow. Owner shall provide the city with evidence that the dwelling unit receives garbage service with each application. Garbage shall be removed a minimum of once per week. The owner or local agent shall notify renters that all garbage must be kept in the secured containers provided for that purpose. No garbage or rubbish may be permitted to leak from containers or vehicles or be strewn upon or scattered over the streets, sidewalks, or other public ways of the city.
(F) Noise. Renters shall not create or cause noise that is offensive to a person of ordinary sensibilities located on the property line of the licensed property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, and 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekends.
(G) RVs and other temporary shelters. No recreational vehicle is permitted to be used as a short-term rental unless the recreational vehicle or temporary shelter has been properly permitted as a dwelling unit in the RMD zone. No recreational vehicle, travel trailer or other temporary shelter shall be inhabited or used in conjunction with a short-term rental.
(H) Owner and local agent responsibilities. The owner or local agent shall be able to respond via phone within 30-minutes to complaints and other issues and be able to access the short-term rental. Once a complaint or issue is reported by phone or email, the owner or local agent shall immediately make direct contact with the renter or appropriate entity by phone to resolve the reported problem. If the problem cannot be resolved or an immediate resolution is not achieved by phone, the owner or local agent shall make an in-person visit to the short-term rental to rectify the situation within 30-minutes. The owner or local agent shall maintain a telephone number listed within the rental unit and at the city by which to be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, year-round.
(I) Proof of liability insurance coverage. The owner shall provide the city with proof of liability insurance covering the licensed property. The liability insurance coverage shall remain active and in effect during the entire time that the property is licensed as a short-term rental.
(J) Emergency information. The owner shall post in the dwelling unit information to assist renters in dealing with natural disasters, power outages and other emergencies. The city shall list in the short-term rental license application the minimum information and equipment to be provided by the owner in each dwelling unit.
(Ord. 22-442, passed 8-10-2022)