(a) "Agent" or "Person in Charge" means any individual, person, firm, partnership, corporation or company acting on behalf of the property owner of a residential rental.
(b) "Building Official" shall mean the Building Commissioner of the City of Rocky River.
(c) "Rental Unit" shall mean the occupancy of an entire dwelling unit, which does not involve shared accommodations such as a boarding house or rooming house, by persons who are not the owners of that unit, according to a written or oral lease for the period of thirty (30) continuous days or more, by arrangement of such rental by either the owner of the dwelling unit directly, or through a booking agent. Rental units are permitted in any zoning district within the City.
(d) "Boarding House" means the accessory use of a dwelling unit not occupied as a single family unit in which a lodger or individual rents bedroom accommodations with or without kitchen or other living common area for a period of time of thirty (30) continuous days or more, when the dwelling unit is not occupied by the owner. A boarding house may also be known as a "rooming house". Boarding House accommodations are not permitted in single and two-family residential districts within the City.
(e) "Booking Agent" means any person or entity that facilitates reservations or collects payments for limited lodging accommodations on behalf of the property owner or primary resident.
(f) "Limited Lodging" means the accessory use of all or part of a dwelling unit through a rental for temporary, transient occupancy for dwelling, sleeping or lodging, for a period of time not to exceed twenty-nine (29) continuous days. Limited lodging includes the arrangement of such rental by either the owner of the dwelling unit directly, or through a booking agent, but does not include a guest suite in a multi-family dwelling available for guests of residents of said dwelling. Limited lodging may also be known as a bed and breakfast. Limited lodging accommodations shall not be permitted in any residential zoning district or in any multi-family residential dwelling within the City. Limited lodging is a permitted use in office, business, service manufacturing and mixed-use overlay districts.
(Ord. 82-17. Passed 5-29-18.)
(Ord. 82-17. Passed 5-29-18.)