7(a) Short-term Rental Ordinance

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septic testing showing that the system is compliant for the number of bedrooms indicated in the application. d. Name and telephone number of a conta.ct 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. T'he 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 conta.ct 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 anangements for renting a given short-term rental. e. If the property was rented the prior calendar year, a written listing of rental periods the property was rented and number of persons in ea.ch rental period. Upon receipt of a completed application, the City Administrator or his or her designee shall review the same and upon determining that the application complies with this article, shall issue the pernut. The City Administrator or his or her designee may delay action for a reasonable period as necessary to complete any investigation of the application or the applicant as he or she deems necessary. If the application does not comply with this article, the City Administrator or his or her designee shall deny the application. If the City Administrator or his or her designee shall determine that an application is incomplete,he or she shall return the application to the applicant with notice of the information necessary to make the application complete. 3. Appeal• If the City Administrator or his or her designee shall deny the permit application, he or she shall provide written notice of the denial to the applicant along with notice of the applicant's right to appeal the denial to the City Council by submitting a written request for a public hearing on the denial to the official who provided the notice a�'denial within ten(10) days after service of the notice. If requested, a public hearing on the denial of a pernut application shall be held at a regular or special meeting of the City Council. The presiding officer shall make a statement as to the reason for the hearing and make every reasonable effort to ensure a fair and full presentation of the facts and a.rguments by the applicant and the City and representatives or counsel for ea.ch. When the public hearing is closed,the presiding officer sha11 advise the City Council that any decision to affirm the denial of the permit application must be made for failure to comply with the requirements in this article. A decision shall be made by the City Council within a reasonable time after the public hearing is closed and promptly communicated to the applicant in writing. 4. Term. All perinits issued under this article shall fall under the calendar licensing year of January 1 to December 31. Permit fees are not pro-rated if issued at any time other than January 1. 5. Transfers. All permits issued under this chapter shall be valid only on the premises for which the permit was issued and only for the person to whom the permit was issued, and may not be transferred to another location or person.