[Adopted 12-11-2024 by Ord. No. 11-2024]
As used in this Article VI, the following definitions shall apply:
OWNER
The record title owner of a residence for which a short-term rental permit is sought or has been issued.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
A dwelling unit that is rented, in whole or in part, to any person or entity for a period of less than 60 days.
A dwelling unit may be used for short-term rental purposes in a Mixed-Use Transit Corridor (MU-TC), Mixed-Use Civic Core (MU-CC), Mixed-Use Downtown Core (MU-DC) or Mixed-Use Neighbor Core (MU-NC) district only.
A. 
Prior to using a dwelling for short-term rental purposes, an owner or other person or entity entitled to occupy or possess the dwelling, including but not limited to a tenant of the dwelling, shall obtain a short-term rental permit. An application for a short-term rental permit shall be developed by the Code Enforcement Department.
B. 
A short-term rental permit shall be valid for a period of one calendar year and shall expire on December 31. If a short-term rental permit is not renewed by January 30 of the subsequent year, it shall be considered suspended until such time as a successor short-term rental permit is issued.
C. 
The fee for the short-term rental permit shall be $150. Every application for a short-term rental permit shall be accompanied by the aforementioned fee which shall be nonrefundable.
D. 
A short-term rental permit is not transferable.
A. 
The maximum occupancy in a dwelling unit being used as a short-term rental shall be determined in accordance with this Code and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and such maximum occupancy shall not be exceeded.
B. 
All dwelling units to be used as short-term rentals shall be inspected and certified quarterly by the Code Enforcement Department, which shall determine compliance with, administer and enforce all applicable provisions of this chapter, the City Code, and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. The fee for such inspection and certification shall be the same as that charged for a residencial occupancy permit. In the event a dwelling unit fails such inspection and certification, the short-term rental permit for such dwelling unit shall be suspended until such dwelling unit passes inspection.
C. 
No short-term rental permit shall be issued and no inspection under this article shall be conducted, unless and until the applicable fee(s) required under this chapter is paid in full.
D. 
All dwelling units to be used as short-term rentals must comply with Article V of this chapter.
E. 
All dwelling units to be used as short-term rentals must comply with Chapter 239, Solid Waste, of this code.
F. 
The holder of a short-term rental permit shall, for a period of three years, maintain the name, address and telephone number of all person occupying the dwelling.
A. 
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any owner or other person or entity entitled to occupy or possess the dwelling, including but not limited to a tenant of the dwelling, to let or allow the occupancy of said unit as a short-term rental without having obtained, prior to said rental, occupancy or reoccupancy, a short-term rental permit. It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with a violation order issued by the Department of Code Enforcement pursuant to this article.
B. 
Upon conviction, every owner or other person or entity entitled to occupy or possess the dwelling, including but not limited to a tenant of the dwelling, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $250 for the first offense; a fine of between $375 for a second offense committed within three years of the first offense; and a fine of $500 for a third or subsequent offense committed within three years of the first offense. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense, however continuing violations under the same facts shall not be counted as subsequent violations for the purpose of increased fines.