8(a) Short-Term Rental Ordinance

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ORDINANCE By Frey Amending Title 12, Chapter 244 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Housing: Maintenance Code. The City Council of the City of Minneapolis do ordain as follows: Section 1. That Section 244.40 be amended by adding thereto a new definition for "short term rental dwelling unit" in alphabetical sequence to read as follows: 244.40. Definitions.The following words and phrases when used in the housing maintenance code shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: Short term rental dwellinA unit: A dwellin� unit rented for a qeriod of less than thirtv (30) consecutive davs,for tourist or transient use. Section 2. That Section 244.1810 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows: 244.1810. License required. No person shall allow any dwelling unit to be occupied, or let or offer to let to an�ther any dwelling unit for occupancy, or charge, accept or retain rent for any dwelling unit unless the owner has a valid license,short term rental re�istration or provisional license under the terms of this article. The practice of pre-leasing new rental construction shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. Section 3. That Section 244.1820 of the above-entitled ordinance be amended to read as follows: 244.1820. Applicability and exceptions. (a) The provisions of this article shall apply to all rental dwellings and dwelling units, including rented single-family dwellings and rented dwelling units in owner-occupied dwellings, as well as to rented condominiums, rented townhouses and leasehold cooperative dwelling units, as those terms are defined in Minn. Statue Section 273.124, Subd. 6, Minnesota Statutes,Chapter 515A, Minnesota law and this Code. (b1 Anv person operatin� a short term rental dwellin� unit, re�ardless of whether the unit is rented or booked throu�h the services of a short term rental hostin� qlatform pursuant to Chapter 351, shall complv with all applicable laws as well as the reauirements of this article and the housin� maintenance code, unless compliance is exempted or modified bv order of the director of re�ulatorv services.All such persons shall also, in the course of the operation of anv short term rental dwellin�unit,complv with anv aaplicable civil ri�hts ordinance, law or rule prohibitins acts of discrimination related to real estate, housins, public accommodation or other applicable subiect. �},�The provisions of this article shall not apply to hotels licensed under Chapter 297 of this Code; lodging houses licensed under Chapter 298 of this Code; jails; convents; monasteries; licensed nursing homes; licensed board and care homes; parsonages; parish houses; manses and rectories; hospitals; and owner-occupied dwelling units in a cooperative,condominium or townhouse building. 1