(a) Short-term rental unit operators must submit an application on a form to be provided by the Mayor or his or her designee to the Department of Finance, Division of Taxation to operate any short-term rental unit.
(b) Applications for short-term rental unit permits shall contain the following:
(1) Operator information. The full legal name, mailing address, email address and telephone number of the operator, and in cases where a business entity or trust is the operator, the individual who has responsibility to oversee the operation of the property including the mailing address, email address and telephone number of such individual;
(2) Lessee information. If the applicant is a lessee, the application shall include the full legal name of the owner of the short-term rental unit, the mailing address, email address and telephone number of the owner and a signature of the owner acknowledging the owner's understanding of the City of Toledo's short-term rental unit rules and verifying the owner's agreement that they are legally responsible and liable for compliance by the operator;
(3) Certificate of tax and public utility compliance or evidence of compliance with a payment plan;
(4) Evidence of compliance with any applicable rental registry requirements;
(5) Affidavit of Life Safety Compliance verifying the number, locations and operation of the life safety equipment required in Section 702.04(d) herein.
(6) Proof of general liability insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000.
(7) Local contact person. An individual who shall be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to respond as necessary, within 45 minutes of notification of a complaint regarding the condition, operation or conduct of occupants of the short-term rental unit and taking remedial action as necessary to resolve an such complaints.
(8) A basic site plan identifying the number of sleeping rooms for maximum occupancy and the number and location of designated off-street parking spaces for the maximum number of vehicles allowed for overnight occupants.
(c) The operator of a short-term rental unit must obtain a permit for each unit. A permit must be on display in each short-term rental unit.
(d) Permits issued under this section shall be valid for one year from the date of issue and maybe renewed annually.
(e) All applications shall be accompanied by an application fee of $50.
(f) Required notification. Within 48 hours of submitting the application for a short-term rental unit operating permit to the Division of Taxation, the operator shall send a neighborhood notice form supplied by the Division of Taxation, by first-class mail or hand delivery to all property owners whose property is adjacent to the property at which the short-term rental unit is proposed. The operators shall provide the Division of Taxation the names and addresses to which notices were sent. For the purposes of this section, adjacent properties are those that abut the proposed short-term rental unit, those directly across the street or alley from the proposed short-term rental unit, and those that are diagonal across the street or alley from the proposed short-term rental unit.
(g) Any person who has been denied a short-term rental unit permit by the Director of Finance may appeal as provided under Section 701.10 herein.
(Ord. 267-21. Passed 12-7-21.)