7(a) Short-Term Rental Ordinance

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Standards for Approval The zoning administrator shall review the following conditions with an application for a ' short term rental license/ permit upon a finding that the property owner has completed a � proper application. �� 1) The maximum rental period shall not be more than 30 days 2) Maximum occupancy shall be two (2) people per bedroom. 3) Properties may not be rented or leased for more than four periods between May 20th and September 10th of each calendar year. Property may also be rented one additional period before and after these dates each calendar year for a maximum six times in the 12 month period/calendar year. ' 4) Properties may not be leased or rented to more than one party in a seven day �� period 'i 5) Additional occupancy by use ofi recreational vehicles, tents, accessory structures, garages, boathouse, pole barn, shed, fish houses or similar structure is not permitted 6) The dwelling units must meet Minr�esata Residential Building Code requirements regarding fire egress from all bedrooms/sleeping areas and detector/alarm systems. i i 7) The operator shall provide one off street parking space per bedroom rented with a maximum nurnber of vehicles equal to the number of bedrooms in the home. No on street parking is allowed for guests. � 8) Parking must be set back 5 feet from neighboring property 9) The owner shall keep on file with the City the name and telephone number of a contact person who shall be responsible for responding to questions or concerns regarding the operation of the short-term rental. This information must be kept current. The contact person must be available to accept telephone calls on a 24 hour basis at all times that the short-term rental is rented and occupied. The contact person must have a key to the rental unit and be able to respond to the short-term rental within sixty (60) minutes to address issues or must have arranged for another person to address issues within the same timeframe. The requirement for identifying a contact person applies to each person or entity , making arrangements for renting a given short term rental.