A. No Person shall undertake, maintain, facilitate, advertise for Rent, list, or Rent a Dwelling Unit as a Short-Term Rental within the City that does not comply with the requirements of this chapter. This prohibition includes Dwelling Units advertised for Rent, listed, or Rented for events, parties, weddings, or similar activities of a commercial nature.

B. The Short-Term Rental of a Dwelling is subject to the City’s business license requirements (Chapter 5.02 CVMC) and the City’s transient occupancy tax requirements (Chapter 3.40 CVMC). For purposes of the City’s transient occupancy tax requirements, the Permittee of a Short-Term Rental shall be considered an operator and the Responsible Person shall be considered a transient. In the event that a Short-Term Rental is being operated without a valid Short-Term Rental Permit, the Owner or Long-Term Tenant, as applicable, shall be considered an operator for purposes of the transient occupancy tax requirements. The payment of a tax imposed under this chapter shall not be construed to authorize the conduct or continuance of any illegal Short-Term Rental or of a legal Short-Term Rental in an illegal manner. Nothing in this chapter authorizes or implies the lawfulness of any activity connected with Short-Term Rentals unless otherwise authorized and allowed in strict and full conformance with this code.

C. It is a violation of this chapter for an Owner or Long-Term Tenant of a Dwelling to establish or operate a Short-Term Rental without first obtaining and maintaining both a valid business license pursuant to Chapter 5.02 CVMC and a Short-Term Rental Permit for each property to be used as a Short-Term Rental.

D. It is a violation of this chapter for any Person to establish or operate a Short-Term Rental in the City unless the Owner or Long-Term Tenant has a valid, unexpired Short-Term Rental Permit for such Short-Term Rental pursuant to this chapter. Short-Term Rental Properties with two or more existing legally permitted Dwelling Units (e.g., a duplex) must secure a Short-Term Rental Permit for each Dwelling Unit that will be offered for Short-Term Rental. (Ord. 3514 § 1, 2021).