The operation of short-term rental units is subject to the following standards and conditions:
(A) A permit from the city is required.
(B) Short-term rental units are permitted in attached single-family dwellings, detached single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, townhomes, and condominiums.
(C) Short-term rentals and/or short-term rental units are not permitted in the following: bed-and-breakfast, hotel or a motel, an extended stay hotel or motel, a dwelling organized as seniors’ housing.
(D) A short-term rental building, for purposes of this section, must be the owner’s principal residence, and occupied by owner for at least one hundred eighty-three (183) days per calendar year.
(E) Short-term rental guests shall not stay more than fourteen (14) consecutive days in duration.
(F) A short-term rental building used for short-term rentals may have up to five (5) guest rooms. Each floor of the short-term rental building shall have a functioning carbon-monoxide alarm, each hallway interconnecting guest rooms shall have a functioning smoke detector, no guest-room shall have more than four occupants, and each guest room shall have a functioning smoke detector. All short-term rental buildings and units shall be in compliance with the applicable building codes.
(G) Guests may use a kitchen to prepare meals. Kitchens used by guests equipped with a stove, oven, or range shall have a fire extinguisher conspicuously displayed and a functioning smoke detector in close proximity to the kitchen.
(H) Signs for identifying or advertising short-term rentals are not permitted.
(I) Owners of short-term rental units must obtain an occupational/business license from the city.
(J) Each dwelling used for short-term rental shall be subject to inspection by the Building Inspector and Fire Department prior to the issuance of an annual business license, and at all renewals, and all short-term rental buildings shall be subject to Chapters 94 and 150 of this code of ordinances.
(K) Pursuant to and consistent with Chapter 115 of this code of ordinances, an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid by each short-term rental owner.
(L) Owners of three (3) or more units in the same short-term rental building shall provide off-street parking for their guest(s). The parking maybe off-site on private property.
(M) Each short-term rental building shall conspicuously display KRS 525.060(1)(b) prohibiting unreasonable noise. This would include noise outside of the rental unit or from inside the rental unit which is heard from the outside.
(N) Each short-term rental owner shall obtain and maintain, at owner’s sole expense, liability insurance to cover guest(s) in the event of injury or death while guest is in, on, or about the short-term rental building and/or unit.
(Ord. 23-0301, passed 4-3-23)