5.68.070 Permit application requirements.
A. The Director of Development Services is authorized to issue Short-Term Rental Permits pursuant to this chapter.
B. A permit application shall be submitted to the Director of Development Services upon forms provided by the City and signed by the Applicant under penalty of perjury and shall be accompanied by the permit application fee, as presently designated, or as may be in the future amended, in the master fee schedule of the City. If the property is held in trust or is part of a limited liability company (“LLC”), the trustee or the general member of the LLC must sign the Short-Term Rental Permit application. If the property is held in a corporation’s name, the corporation’s duly authorized Agent shall sign the Short-Term Rental Permit application.
C. The Applicant or the Applicant’s Agent, as the case may be, shall within five business days, upon a change of any of the information contained in or accompanying such application, notify the City of such change.
D. An application may be denied if a Short-Term Rental Permit for the same Dwelling or issued to the same Applicant has previously been revoked or suspended.
E. The Director of Development Services shall review each application for completeness and accuracy before it is accepted as being complete and officially filed.
F. In the event that the Director of Development Services determines that an application is incomplete or fails to provide the information and documentation required by this chapter, the Director of Development Services shall notify the Applicant in writing, and the Applicant shall have 30 calendar days (or longer as authorized by the Director of Development Services) in which to submit the needed supplemental information or documentation as specified by the Director of Development Services after the date of the notice. The City reserves the right to request additional information and documentation from an Applicant regarding an application for renewal of a Short-Term Rental Permit and to accept responses to requests for supplemental information or documentation. Failure to submit the required information within the 30-day period may be cause for denial of the application.
G. The Director of Development Services may require an on-site inspection of the property to be performed by an Enforcement Officer during daytime business hours before confirming that the application complies with all the applicable criteria and provisions of this chapter.
H. As a part of the approval of a permit application, the Director of Development Services may impose such conditions in connection with the permit as he or she deems reasonably necessary in order to fulfill the purposes of this chapter and may require reasonable guarantees and evidence that such conditions will be satisfied.
I. The Director of Development Services shall approve an application for a Short-Term Rental Permit; provided, that:
1. At the time of submission of the application, or at any time during the processing of the application, the Dwelling Unit and the Applicant meet the eligibility requirements of CVMC 5.68.050, and the application meets the conditions of permit issuance pursuant to this section, including payment of the required fees.
2. Such approval shall be conditioned upon and subject to compliance with the conditions identified by the Director of Development Services in the renewal, the operational requirements of CVMC 5.68.110, and with all other terms, conditions, and requirements of this chapter and the code.
J. The Director of Development Services shall deny an application and decline to issue a Short-Term Rental Permit for any of the following reasons, in their discretion:
1. Failure to meet the eligibility requirements.
2. Failure to meet the conditions of permit issuance, including payment of the required fees.
3. Failure to resolve violations of applicable codes regarding fire, building and safety, health and safety, and other relevant laws, regulations, and ordinances applicable to residential uses and the underlying zone, as more fully described in CVMC 5.68.110(A). The notice will set forth the reasons for denial and the procedures for an appeal of the Director of Development Services’s determination.
4. Determination that the Applicant has made a false, misleading, or fraudulent statement or omission of fact in the application or in the application process.
5. Determination that the Applicant, Owner, or Agent has been adversely sanctioned, or penalized by the City, or any other city, county, or state, for a violation of applicable laws or regulations related to STR operations.
6. Determination that the Applicant, Owner, or Agent has conducted, facilitated, caused, aided, abetted, suffered, or concealed unlawful STR activity in the City or any other jurisdiction.
Additionally, if a Short-Term Rental Permit application is denied, the Director of Development Services shall notify the Applicant in writing of the determination. The notice will set forth the reasons for denial and the procedures for an appeal of the determination.
K. The Director of Development Services’s determination on the issuance or denial of a Short-Term Rental Permit in response to a pending application or a renewal of a duly issued Short-Term Rental Permit may be appealed in accordance with the appeal procedures of CVMC 5.68.180.
L. Upon issuance of a Short-Term Rental Permit in response to a permit application, the Permittee shall comply with all requirements of the business license provisions and transient occupancy tax provisions of this code for the Short-Term Rental Unit. (Ord. 3544 § 13, 2023; Ord. 3514 § 1, 2021).