§ 351.10. Definitions.

Whenever used in this chapter the following words shall have the meanings indicated.

License. A short-term rental hosting platform license.

Licensing official. The official designated to supervise the licensing and consumer services functions provided by this Code pursuant to section 259.10.

Short-term rental hosting platform. A person or entity that participates in the short-term rental business by providing, and collecting or receiving a fee for, booking services through which an owner may offer a dwelling unit, or a portion thereof, for tourist or transient use. Hosting platforms usually, though not necessarily, provide booking services through an online platform that allows an owner to advertise the dwelling unit through a website provided by the hosting platform and the hosting platform conducts a transaction by which potential tourist or transient users arrange tourist or transient use and payment, whether the tourist or transient pays rent directly to the owner or to the hosting platform.

Short-term rental property. A short-term rental property is a residential dwelling required by Chapter 244 to operate pursuant to a rental dwelling license or short-term rental registration providing tourist or transient occupancy for a period of less than thirty (30) consecutive days for a fee. ( Ord. No. 2017-055 , § 1, 10-20-17)