A. All owners must use a hosting platform to market a short-term rental unit. The hosting platform shall be responsible for determining the guest’s identification information and the accuracy of that information.
B. No owner shall rent any short-term rental unit for any period of time shorter than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
C. No owner shall rent any short-term rental unit for a period longer than thirty (30) consecutive days.
D. The owner must provide on-site parking sufficient for all guests of the short-term rental unit and instruct guests to refrain from on-street parking. Guests shall not park vehicles on City streets overnight unless specially permitted.
E. A short-term rental unit shall have installed working smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and any other safety warning systems as required by Illinois law and/or the Chief of the Wenona Fire Protection District and/or the City’s law enforcement officer.
F. A kitchen in a short-term rental unit shall be cleaned and sanitized between guest rentals and all food and beverages shall be discarded. All dishes, utensils, pots, pans, and other cooking utensils shall be cleaned and sanitized between guest rentals.
G. Supplied bed linens and towels for a short-term rental unit shall be changes at least once each week, and prior to the renting of a short-term rental unit to a new guest. The owner shall be responsible for the maintenance of all supplied linens in a clean and sanitary manner.
H. The owner shall keep a guest register in which the name of every guest and the guest’s arrival and departure dates shall be recorded in written form. The guest register shall be maintained for at least a five (5) year period. The owner shall make the guest register freely accessible to a law enforcement officer or the City’s Building Inspector.
I. The owner shall prominently display in a short-term rental unit rules and regulations of the City that apply to the occupancy of the short-term rental unit property. Such information includes information pertinent to the neighborhood where the short-term rental unit is located including, but not limited to, parking restrictions, noise restrictions, trash disposal, et cetera.
J. The owner shall post, inside the front entrance to every short-term rental unit, a shortterm rental license issued by the City stating the owner’s name, a twenty-four (24)-hour telephone number to reach the owner, the contact information for the Local Contacts, and the maximum occupancy of the short-term rental unit as allowed by this Chapter.
K. The owner shall comply with the City’s Hotel/Motel Tax as set forth in Title 2, Chapter 7 of the City Code.
Any short-term rental unit applying for a license or issued a license in accordance with this Chapter shall be subject to inspection by the City’s Building Inspector, or designees, to determine that the short-term rental unit meets and continues to meet the requirements set forth in this Chapter. (Ord. 112122A, 11-21-2022)