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(a)
On or before October 1 of each year, the record owner of the rental dwelling unit shall file the completed rental registration form with the registrar along with the compliance certificate issued by the building official, which registration, if issued, shall be valid for a one-year period from January 1 to December 31 of the following year, subject to the issuance of a license for the same by the licensing authority. If the property is registered and issued a compliance certificate during the calendar year due to property transfer only, the registration shall be valid until December 31 of that same year and the compliance certificate shall be valid for the remaining inspection period as set forth in section 14-83, subject to the issuance of a license for the same by the licensing authority. Failure of the record owner to obtain a compliance certificate, register and be issued a license for the short-term rental unit shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(b)
Once a completed registration and licensing application is submitted to the registrar's office on or before October 1 of each year, the registrar shall place all completed applications on a licensing authority agenda for consideration, discussion, and potential action. The registrar shall cause an advertisement to be made no less than two weeks prior to the date selected for the license authority meeting containing the list of applications filed and forwarded to the licensing authority. A public hearing shall be available to any person so requesting to make comment or contest any short-term rental unit application pending before the license authority. Absent any objections being filed either before or at the licensing authority meeting on a short-term rental application, the licensing authority may approve an application on their consent agenda, without a public hearing or deliberation. The licensing authority may conditionally approve and/or deny a short-term rental license to an applicant only for just cause. Just cause may include, but not be limited to, complaints, regulatory contacts, misleading or inaccurate filing information, or ordinance violations to name a few.
(Ord. of 8-30-2022, § 1(Exh. A); Ord. of 8-7-2023)