(A) No person, including, but not limited to, an owner, operator, manager, or employee shall engage in, conduct, or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises in the Village of Waynesville, the operation of a short-term rental in a calendar year without obtaining a permit in accordance with this chapter. It shall be prima facie evidence of a short-term rental operation if a short-term rental guest is found to be occupying or using a short-term rental or if a residence has been placed on any hosting platform for short-term rental purposes.
(B) An application for a new short-term rental permit may be submitted at any time to the Village Manager, or his/her designee. If the application is approved and a permit is issued, the short-term rental permit shall take effect on the day of issuance and shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the permit was first issued.
(C) A permit to operate a short-term rental shall be renewed by the applicant before the end of the year in which the permit was first issued. The deadline for applying for a permit for renewal shall be the first Monday of November of the year in which the permit is set to expire. Failure to renew shall result in expiration of the short-term rental permit on December 31. If a short-term rental permit is successfully and timely renewed, it shall be in effect for one year, beginning on January 1 and expiring on December 31 of the year it was issued.
(D) Bed and breakfast establishments lawfully operating within the village, as defined by the Village of Waynesville Code, shall not be subject to the requirements of this chapter provided that such establishments were in operation prior to the effective date of Ord. 96-152 and have not ceased operation for more than 90 consecutive days.
(Ord. 2021-020, passed 6-21-2021)