(A) No short-term rental unit may be occupied or advertised for rent unless the village has issued a valid short-term rental unit permit pursuant to this chapter.
(B) A short-term rental unit permit shall be granted only when all of the requirements in this chapter for short-term rental units and applications for a short-term rental unit permit are met.
(C) Permit contents and requirements.
(1) Each short-term rental unit permit shall indicate the maximum occupancy load. No owner, local agent, or tenant shall allow a rental unit to be occupied by more tenants than the number stated on the permit. The maximum occupancy load shall be stated in the lease and other rental documents.
(2) No rental unit permit shall be valid until the appropriate fee is paid, in the amounts as established from time to time by resolution of the Village Council.
(3) No permit shall be issued to any owner unless that owner is current on the payment of all real property taxes, utility rates, fees, charges, special assessments and other amounts due the village. Delinquencies on any such payments to the village, regardless of whether they relate to the rental unit for which a rental unit permit is sought shall result in denial of the permit.
(D) Upon request by any tenant or prospective tenant, the owner or agent shall provide the tenant or prospective tenant with a copy of the short-term rental unit permit, as well as a copy of the lease containing the required disclosures.
(E) A valid short-term rental unit permit may be transferred to a new owner of a short-term rental unit upon the village’s prior written consent once the new owner files an application meeting all the requirements of this chapter.
(F) Compliance with applicable zoning, construction, building and property maintenance codes shall be a condition of all rental unit permits. Violations of any of those codes shall also be a violation of this chapter.
(G) If the owner of a short-term rental unit does not qualify as a local agent, the owner shall designate a local agent and authorize the agent in writing to act as the owner’s agent for any acts required of the owner or the owner’s agent under this chapter.
(H) Each short-term rental unit shall have a landline telephone with free local calls, which will appear at the 911 dispatch center. The owner of each short-term rental unit must prominently display in the unit a notice indicating the unit’s street address, municipality, and other such descriptive information which, if relayed to the 911 dispatch center, would allow emergency responders to quickly locate and enter the rental unit, and further recommending that tenants who use communication devices that may be used to summon aid in an emergency, register those devices to the rental unit’s location, if appropriate.
(I) Each short-term rental unit must have a minimum of one off-street parking space for each occupant’s vehicle in addition to any other spaces required under applicable laws, rules and regulations for any other uses in the building or on the premises.
(J) The owner of each short-term rental unit must prominently display a full-sized copy of the short-term rental unit permit in each short-term rental unit.
(K) No more than four occupants per bedroom shall be included in the calculation of the maximum occupancy load of a short-term rental unit, regardless of the size of the bedroom.
(L) The owner of each short-term rental unit shall not advertise an occupancy load that is greater than the maximum occupancy load limit.
(Ord. 210, passed 6-14-2017) Penalty, see § 115.99