For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
"Advertisement" means any method used to solicit interest in the rental, including internet-based listing or hosting services.
"Applicant" means the person applying for a short-term rental permit.
"Assessment" has the same meaning as in California Streets and Highways Code section 36606.5.
"Booking transaction" means the reservation of a short-term rental between a host and a prospective lodger.
"City manager" means the city manager or designee.
"CC&Rs" (also known as "covenants, conditions, and restrictions") means limitations and rules placed on a group of homes by a builder, developer, neighborhood association, or homeowner association.
"District" means the Sacramento Tourism Marketing District established by Resolution No. 2012-141 and the Sacramento Tourism Infrastructure District established by Resolution No. 2018-0419 and their subsequent renewals pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 (Cal. Sts. & Hy. Code, § 36600 et seq.)
"Dwelling" has the same meaning as in section 17.108.050. "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as in section 17.108.050.
"Host" means a person who owns, leases, sub-leases, or has any other legal interest in a dwelling or dwelling unit offered for use as a short-term rental.
"Hosting platform" means a person who collects or receives a fee, directly or indirectly, for conducting a booking transaction using any medium of facilitation, including an internet-based platform.
"Lodger" means a person to whom a permittee is providing lodging for compensation.
"Lot" has the same meaning as in section 17.108.130.
"Permittee" means the person to whom a short-term rental permit is issued.
"Primary residence" means the dwelling unit in which the applicant or permittee resides for at least 184 days during the calendar year.
"Property owner" means the owner of the property on which the short-term rental dwelling unit exists, or their agent authorized to lease the short-term rental dwelling unit.
"Short-term rental" has the same meaning as in section 17.228.104.D.
"Transient occupancy tax" means the tax imposed under chapter 3.28. (Ord. 2024-0007 § 1; Ord. 2020-0005 § 1; Ord. 2018-0040 § 1; Ord. 2016-0004 § 1)