CRT 2017 #32 · Agenda item attachment · Jun 12 2017

AtTACHmENT A In June of last year, our Office initiated its inquiry into short-term rentals in the City with a Policy Order declaring that "Cambridge should provide a standard that: protects the tranquility and character of communities in the city; allows short-term rentals to operate within the law; guarantees the safety and security of visitors to the city; discourages the practice of commercial users; prevents further displacement amid the current housing crisis; and creates a licensing and taxing program to provide Inspectional Services the resources it needs to keep pace with the sharing economy." Since then, our office has held several public hearings, in the Public Safety Committee, together with the Housing Committee, and before the Ordinance Committee. We also met with scores of residents, lobbyists, housing advocates, and state representatives, and answered hundreds of emails with questions on our policy. Our challenge has always been to create a policy order that balances the competing interests we heard, between those who shared their personal tragedies of being evicted to make way for short-term renters, and those for whom renting short-term is an essential source of income; between those that would limit rentals to only owner occupied, and the visiting scholar who wrote, "I am planning to buy a house for running Airbnb. If I buy a 5+ bedroom house, it is possible comply with the upcoming ordinance on short term rentals?" With the zoning amendment before you, we believe that we have struck such a balance, and in a way that is responsive to the local voices we heard. Home-sharing should be restricted to primary residents for whom short-term renting is a valuable source of additional income, and whose rentals provide valuable flexibility in the area's unique rental market. Units should be registered and inspected so that the city can assure that the unscrupulous activities of operators documented elsewhere do not take root in Cambridge. The long term housing stock

should be protected with an eye to affordability, and neighborhood character should be preserved. in achieving these goals, our petition falls in line with a number of cities around North America who have taken a similar balanced approach, such as Denver, Portland (OR), Seattle, and Vancouver, Canada. Indeed, Airbnb is reported to support a similar proposal in Seattle, where the Council is proposing to limit short-term renting to primary residence and one additional unit. In a statement, Airbnb's northwest public policy director said: "Airbnb welcomes the new proposal from the City of Seattle...We continue to work closely with the city on developing regulations that will protect Seattle's long-term housing stock while allowing thousands of responsible Airbnb hosts to share their homes to earn meaningful supplemental income to help make ends meet." In cities such as New York, San Francisco, and Portland where Airbnb has instituted its One Host, One Home initiative in response to local concerns, the company has affirmed is "strong commitment to working with city leaders to allow everyday people to continue sharing the homes in which they live, while protecting the city's long-term housing stock" Short-term rentals can, and should be a part of a vibrant, modern, and urban economy, but cities the world over have recognized the need mitigate the detrimental consequences that accompany its economic benefits. Cities "should prioritize the housing needs of residents over the needs of tourists when the two aims conflict," and create a legal, safe, and fair short-term rental market.

CAMBRIDGE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPOSAL ATTAChMENT B WILFORD O. DURBIN OFFICE OF CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCILLOR CRAIG A. KELLEY MAY 23, 2017 "[Cities] should prioritize the housing needs of residents over the needs of tourists when the two aims conflict." -Dayne Lee, "How Airbnb Short-Term Rentals Exacerbate Los Angeles's Affordable Housing Crisis," Harvard Law and Policy Review, Vol. 10-1 (Feb. 2017), 244.

• The Challenges Cities Face • Short-term rentals in Cambridge • Council Petition

OFFICE OFTHE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AIRBNB IN THE CITY (OCT. 2014) KEY FINDINGS: Short-term rentals experienced explosive growth Most short-term rentals booked in New York violated the law Commercial users accounted for a disproportionate share of private short-term rentals by volume and revenue Top commercial users employed rental platforms to run multimillion-dollar short-term rental businesses Private short-term rentals displaced long-term housing in thousands of apartments • Numerous short-term rentals units appeared to serve as illegal hostels - Gentrified or rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods primarily in Manhattan accounted for the vast majority of revenue from private short-term rentals in NYC

REPORT: SHORT CHANGING NEW YORK CITY JUNE 2016) 90 Percent of Airbnb listings are concentrated in a few neighborhoods in Neighborhoods with greater concentration Manhattan and Brooklyn are at "highest risk for experiencing the 53 percent of all Airbnb listings are located in one negative impacts associated with short- of five "macro-neighborhoods" term rental activity, such as constrained Commercial use of Airbnb is pervasive supply, increased rental prices, and Impact Listings may exacerbate already accelerated changes to neighborhood severely low vacancy rates characteristics." Geographic concentration of Airbnb listings coincides with rapidly changing neighborhoods

REPORT: SQUEEZED OUT:AIRBN'S COMMERCIALIZATION OF HOME-SHARING IN TORONTO (NOVEMBER 2016) Large proportion of Airbnb's revenue generated commercially, through business that does not involve practice of home sharing: "One thing is for certain: short-term Found that 16% of hosts controlled 38% of rentals offered through the platform do total listings, generating 52% of company's not in any way help the problem of low revenue vacancy rates for long-term renters Majority of listings concentrated seeking affordable housing in Toronto in three neighborhoods and elsewhere.' —Nobody's Business: Airbnb in Toronto (Canadian Short-term rentals "emerging Centre for Policy Alternatives) force that drives the process of displacement in cities around the world"

REPORT: REGULATING SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN VANCOUVER (SEPT. 2016) There is a strong financial incentive to rent short-term instead of long-term: • Renting | BR unit nightly for 9 to 12 days per month will generate the same revenue as renting the same property on a monthly/yearly basis. For two bedroom units the break-even point is between 7-I| days.

REPORT: HOW AIRBNB SHORT-TERM RENTALS EXACERBATE LOS ANGELES'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS • Airbnb likely reduces the affordable "Airbnb facilitates the inappropriate housing supply by distorting the housing merging of the residential and tourist market in two interconnected mechanism: markets on an unprecedented scale, simple conversion of any housing unit that and unlike with a shortage of, say, was previously occupied by a city resident; and shoes or oranges, neither the market 2. "hotelization," where differences in hotel nor the public sector can swiftly price vs. rental income encourages replace the housing units that Airbnb property owners to offer units on Airbnb, removes from the marketplace." spurring " displacement, gentrification, and segregation."

Short-term rentals in Cambridge as of April, 2017 S SQUARE elmont ASSEMBLY SQUARE Somerville rari St PROSPECT HILL BUSS Consti Garden O C NORTH END Harvard Busine: School Boston oNen titute of Boston DCR's Hatch Technol ALLSTON Memorial Shell Common - Sources: Host Compliance proprietary data Source: Host Compliance, "Cost-effective solutions to Cambridge's short-term rental HOST COMPLIANCE monitoring and compliance problems," April, 2017. iCompass

ACTIVE AIRBNB LISTINGS BY ENTIRE HOME OR SHARE SPACE IN CAMBRIDGE 2013-2017 2500 2000 Airbnb defines "active listings" as any unit that have successfully hosted at least one 1500 night in the past year. 1228 1,050 *Information for 2016 was 840 made available by Airbnb, and 1000 only through July 3l. 700 **Airbnb reported in an April 2017 report that there were 500 780 entire home listings year 330 830 780 770 to date, total listings were not 490 reported. Host Compliance 270 estimates 2,008 total short- 0 term rentals in Cambridge as 2015 2013 2014 2016* 2017** of May I, and the balance is • Entire Home •Shared Space represented as an estimation.

Bol U' LOCATING SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS IN CAMBRIDGE

Concentration West Winter Somerville Hill of Short-Term Rental Units in String Somerville East Cambridge Somerville Old Partn Cambridge High East Watertown Eat Cambridge Low Beacon Cambridgeport North Bnghton Data on short-term rental Faneul locations courtesy of the Boston esri Hariard University. City of Boston, City of Cambridge. Esni, HERE, DeLorme INCREMENT P. NGA, USGS | Esn Globe and import.io. Office of Cambridge City Councillor Craig A. Kelley

Short-Term West Winter Somerville Rental Units in Hill Cambridge • Airbnb Somerville East Somervalle • HomeAway • FlipKey Old Cambudge Information generated from data shared by the Boston Globe as used to write a August 2015 report on Airbnb use in the Metro region. Charle: East Of the 591 properties identified by Watertown the Globe in Cambridge, geographic data was available for only 338(57%) Of the 253 Airbnb listings without geographic info, 109 (43%) listed proximity to Harvard in their title & Eeacon North Many thanks to Globe staff Matthew Baghton Rocheleau for sharing the data 0.4ml collected by import.io esit INCREMENT P. NOA VEGS | CE Office of Cambridge City Councillor Craig A. Kelley

+ Airbnb Ten Hills Winter Locations With Somerville Hell Zoning Overlay Somerville East Shaded areas indicate Somerville zoning areas that specifically disallow Old Pa/son Part Cambridge transient accommodations or require a special permit. Cha East Watertown Not allowed Special Permit Beacon North bridgep ont Hal Erighton Data on short-term rental MENT P. NGA, USGS | Cit esit City of Baston, City of Cambridge locations courtesy of the Boston Office of Cambridge City Councillor Craig A. Kelley Globe and import.io.

Airbnb Locations With Someralle Zoning Overlay Somervile Somerille Of the 338 Airbnb listings for which Prate geographic data is available, 26% operate in zoned areas where tourist houses are not permitted Data on short-term rental locations courtesy of the Beason Heath Hill Boston Globe and import.io. Brighton STO 254 U0GS:C asmi Office of Cambridge City Councillor Craig A. Kelley

OBSERVED SHORT-TERM RENTAL USE IN CAMBRIDGE 2015 The Boston Globe found 59l short-term rental 2l listings had more than 100 reviews advertisements in Cambridge operated by The Airbnb listing with the most reviews, 412 users with unique ID numbers. "Priv Bdrm w/ Bath at MIT" at $99 per STR Units Advertised # of Operators night, had 219 50 2 units The most expensive Cambridge listing 14 3-4 units with reviews, a 5 bedroom house, charges 7 5-7 units $750 per night 6 8+

One user had 13 STR rooms advertised stretching across 4 separate properties, removing as many as 9 dwelling units from the long-term rental market Large IBR in Harvard Square!! Nightly prices range from: $145-$175 per room $170-$344 per entire apt I BR & 1 BA $7,958 per month Renters staying in an entire apt are offered parking: "Street permit parking may be reserved upon request; however, permits are limited in number."

STR-RICH NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE- 68% RENTER-OCCUPANCY Number of Dwellings by Neighborhood 1980-2010 8000 7000 6744 6722 6615 6359 6000 Somerville 5391 5000 4760 Cambridgeprot 4430 428l Mid-Cambridge 4223 4000 3877 The Port 3618 3647 Riverside -3125 3000 2828 2735 2720 - Wellington-Harrington 2000 1000 1990 1980 2010 2000 Cambridge CDD, "Neighborhood Statistical Profile," City of Cambridge (April, 2016).

COUNCIL PETITION: LEGAL, SAFE, FAIR

VANCOUVER ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: STR POLICY OBJECTIVES Long Term Rental Supply: Protect the supply and affordability of long term rental housing for Vancouver residents Health and Safety: Ensure residential space rented as tourist accommodation meets Building Bylaw and Property Use standards Neighborhood Fit: Maintain quality of life and safety in residential neighborhoods and buildings. Tax and Regulatory Equity: Treat accommodation providers equitably from a tax and regulatory perspective. Supplemental Income: Allow residents to earn income from renting their home occasionally. Tourism: Support growth in tourism and Vancouver's ability to support peak tourism season and to host major events. 7. Compliance: Design a regulatory, licensing and enforcement system that is easy to understand, inspires high levels of voluntary compliance and has effective means of preventing unlawful behavior. KAYE KRISHNA. "REGULATING SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN VANCOUVER." CITY OF VANCOUVER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. BUILDING AND LICENSING (SEPTEMBER 28, 2016)..

GOALS OF CAMBRIDGE STR ORDINANCE LEGAL Provide clear set of guidelines to operate short-term rental units) Allow City to easily track and monitor STRs and enforce regulations SAFE Provide renters with assurance that unit complies with all safety, sanitary, and zoning regulations Keep residents informed of presence of short-term rentals in neighborhood FAIR Allow for short-term renting that does not exacerbate Cambridge's housing crisis Protect established neighborhoods, ensure that the rights and security of permanent residents are respected

OPERATOR-OCCUPIED PLUS OWNER-ADJACENT Operator-occupied unit. Any dwelling unit with short-term rentals that is also the primary dwelling unit for its operator, either the unit's owner or primary leaseholder, with three or fewer rooms for rent for fewer than 30 consecutive days each. Owner-adjacent unit. Any dwelling unit used for short-term rentals, not occupied by the owner, in a residential building with four or fewer total units where all units are owned by the same person, and one of the four units is used as the primary place of residence for the owner.

Allowable Operator-Occupied and Owner-Adjacent STR Use Licensing by Housing Type: Single Property Owner V% Operator-Occupied Owner-Adjacent SINGLE % OF CITY 5 TO 7 UNITS 2 TO 4 UNITS FAMILY DWELLING 11.8% 28.8% UNITS BY 7.3% TYPE

Allowable Operator-Occupied and Owner-Adjacent STR Use by Housing Type: Multiple Property Owners I Operator-Occupied • Owner-Adjacent Each Color Denotes a Separate Owner SUBJECTTO CONDO- MULTIPLE ASSOCIATION DOCS OWNERS

REQUIREMENTS • All short-term rentals are either in operator-occupied units or owner-adjacent units • Must register with the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) prior to use and occupancy Must be compliant with all standards and regulations established by ISD and Cambridge Fire Department for safety and wellbeing of short-term renter The proprietor of a short-term rental operates no more than one operator-occupied unit and one owner-adjacent unit.

REQUIREMENTS • Owner-adjacent units may be rented out only as a whole unit to one party of short- term renters at a time • The number of short-term rentals in an operator-occupied unit shall be limited by the number of bedrooms licensed for occupancy Renting for less than 10 consecutive hours shall not be permitted • Operators of STR must pay all fees and taxes Operator maintains liability insurance of $1,000,000

STANDARDS All owner-adjacent units should have the following posted in the dwelling: Compliance with the City's recycling and composting programs An emergency-exit diagram in all bedrooms used for occupancy and on all egresses in the unit The contact information for a locally available contact designated to respond to all emergencies and problems that may arise during the rental Compliance with all Inspectional Services Department and Fire Department codes. EXIT

STANDARDS • Inspectional Services Department must verify that each bedroom to be rented to STR guests: Meets all building code requirements for bedroom occupancy Bedrooms must be inspected within 30 days of registration, and then on a regular timetable to be set by ISD • Meets all requirements set forth by Cambridge Fire Department No owner-adjacent unit may be rented before an inspection, or 30 days has transpired since registration was submitted, whichever comes first Operator must keep accurate books and records

REGISTRATION-ONLINE & EASY TO USE Must register with the city and secure a permit, pay associated fees, and renew permit every two years Must provide proof that one of the units is operator's primary residence

NOTIFICATION • All operators of short-term rentals must prepare a notification letter that: Describes the operation and number of bedrooms that will be rented to overnight guests Includes information on how to contact the operator and a backup contact by phone All operators will mail or deliver notification letter to all residents and owners of abutting property and across the street

ENACTMENT Requirements shall take effect on January 1, 2018. • The City may inspect and issue permits for short-term rental operators who voluntarily seek to register before enactment. If a STR operator registers within 60 days of enactment, they may continue to operate until an inspection has been completed. • Operators that register after 60 days the enactment are required to wait for an inspection, unless 30 days transpires after registration, whichever comes first

City Who can Approach # nights that can be Unit types that Tax Caps on # STR can be licensed Licensed Paid hold license rented per year Entire Unit Shared Space Berlin Restrictive 0 None Unlimited Principal residence YES Owner Renter Austin Permissive 179 Unlimited Principal residence YES Investment units: Owner Unlimited 3% residential Secondary suite Investment unit Unlimited neighborhood 25% commercial Denver Balanced Unlimited Unlimited Principal residence None Owners YES Renters Vancouver Balanced Unlimited Unlimited Principal residence None Owner YES Renter Balanced Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited YES Principal residents: Owner Portland, OR Renter I unit or 25%, ≤ 2 Accessory units on site Type A bedrooms Accessory units on I unit or 25%, ≤ 3 bedrooms ≥ 5 site Type B Balanced Unlimited Unlimited Principal residence Owner None Cambridge YES Owner Adjacent on Renter site This figure recreates and expands a table in: Kaye Krishna, "Regulating Short-Term Rentals in Vancouver," City of Vancouver, (September 28, 2016).

LEGAL SHORT-TERM RENTALS Allows short-term rentals "in all districts where residential use is permitted subject to the following limitations." • Short-term rentals must register with Inspectional Services Department • Are required to pay all taxes and fees established by State and City • Required to maintain liability insurance

SAFE SHORT-TERM RENTALS Meet all requirements for safety established by Inspectional Services Department and Fire Department Have owner present to respond to complaints and emergencies (or local contact person) - Emergency exits must be posted in owner-adjacent Notify neighbors of intent to offer short-term renting in dwelling

FAIR SHORT-TERM RENTALS Purpose. This ordinance shall provide regulations to make the operation of short-term rentals legal for Cambridge residents, protect the safety of renters and residents, ensure that the primary use remains residential, and to ensure to that short-term rentals will not be a detriment to the character and livability of the surrounding residential neighborhood.

COMMENTS AND CONCERNS • Need to rectify distinction/agreement between transient accommodations and short-term rental • Make landlord notification a requirement of permitting Clarify requirements of bookkeeping Clarify language on limitations to multiple simultaneous short-term rentals in owner-adjacent unit Clarify inclusion/exclusion of accessory dwelling space Make apparent that notification is not required of every reservation of short-term rental unit Allow professionally managed short-term rentals Do not allow owner-adjacent units Maintain existing zoning restrictions on transient accommodations Operator-occupied rentals in the absence of the owner should be limited to whole rental only • Notification is unnecessary

Sources • Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards & Chief Planner, "Developing an Approach to Regulating Short-Term Rentals," City of Toronto (October 11, 2016). • Zohra Jamasi and Trish Hennessy, "Nobody's Business:Airbnb in Toronto," Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ontario (September 2016). • Cambridge Community Development Department, "Neighborhood Statistical Profile," City of Cambridge (April 2016). • BJH Advisors LLC, "Short Changing New York City: The Impact of Airbnb on New York City's housing market," Housing Conservation Coordinators Inc. (June 2016). • Dayne Lee, "How Airbnb Short-term rentals exacerbate Los Angeles's Affordable Housing Crisis:Analysis and Policy Recommendations," Harvard Law and Policy Review, Vol. 10-1 (Feb. 2017). • Kaye Krishna, General Manager Building and Licensing, "Regulating Short-Term Rentals in Vancouver" City of Vancouver (September 28, 2016). • Community Development Department Staff, "Short-Term Housing Rentals Zoning Petition," City of Cambridge (May 19, 2017). • Thorben Wieditz, "Squeezed Out: Airbnb's Commercialization of Home-Sharing in Toronto," Fairbnb.ca Coalition (November, 2016). • New York State Attorney General, "Airbnb in the City," State of New York's Research Department and Internet Bureau (October 2016).

- ATTAINMENTC KELLEY AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL PETITION Zoning Ordinance Chapter 4.60- Short-Term Rentals 4,60 Short-Term Rentals 4.61 Purpose. This ordinance shall provide regulations to make the operation of short-term rentals legal for Cambridge residents, protect the safety of renters and residents, ensur that the primary use remains residential, and to ensure that short-term rentals will not be a detriment to the character and livability of the surrounding residential neighborhood. 4.62 Definitions a. Short-term rental. Any rental in a residential dwelling stipulated to be less than 30 consecutive days and used for residential purposes only. b. Short-term renter. Any person or persons occupying a short-term rental in exchange for payment for a duration of less than 30 consecutive days. c. OwnerOperator occupied unit. Any dwelling unit with short-term rentals that is also the primary dwelling unit for Its operator, er eccupied-by the primary leaseholder either the unit's owner or primary leaseholder, with three or fewer rooms for rent for fewer than 30 consecutive days each, (Operator and one, te eaten one ocea . Owner-adjacent unit. Any dwelling unit used for short-term rentals, not occupier y the owner, in a residential building with four or fewer total units where al units are owned by the same person, and one of the four units is used as the primary place of residence for the owner. 4.63 Applicability. The regulations of this chapter shall apply to all districts where residential uses are allowed. 4.64 Requirements. Short-term rentals are permitted in all districts where residential use is permitted subject to the following limitations. 1. All short-term rentals are either in operator-occupled units or owner-adjacent 2. All short-term rental operators are registered with the Inspectional Services Department prior to use and occupancy. 3. The dwelling unit is compliant with all standards and regulations established by the Inspectional Services Department and Fire Department for the safety and wellbeing of short-term renters.

4. The proprietor of a short-term rental operates no more than one (1) operator- occupied unit and one (1) owner-adjacent unit. 5. Operators of short-term rentals remit to the appropriate body all fees and taxes as promulgated by the City and/or State authorities. 6. The operator maintains liability insurance approprlate to cover the short-term rental use of not less than $1,000,000 to cover bodily injury and property damage arising from use. An owner-adjacent unit and an operator-occupied unit in the absence of the operator Cammented [DWZ]: Brings conformity in requireme or more than seven (7) consecutive days may be rented out only as a whole unit to on lat short-term rental units may be offered only as arty of short-term renters at any one time and the number of unrelated guests must b in compliance with the City's existing limits on unrelated individuals cohabitating. eir an it recap in after rete over in The number of short-term rentals in an operator-occupied unft shall be limited by the number of bedrooms licensed for occupancy in the unit and by the City's existing limits on unrelated individuals cohabitating. Advertising orr-Renting for an hourly rate, or less than ten (10) consecutive hours, shall • seed it one cope ole onlineng as not not be permitted Commercial meetings and uses are prohibited with short-term rentals. Standards. 4.65 1. The following information shall be posted in all owner-adjacent units in a manner as defined by the inspectional Services Department: a. Compllance with the City's recycling and composting programs. b. An emergency-exit diagram in all bedrooms used for occupancy and on all egresses in the unit. c. When the operator of a short-term rental is not present, the contact information for a locally available contact designated to respond to all emergencies and problems that may arise during the rental, whether from renters, neighbors or municipal authorities. d. Compliance with all Inspectional Services Department and Fire Department codes regulations established for short-term rentals. 2. The Inspectional Services Department must verify that each bedroom to be rented to short-term guests: a. Meets all building code requirements for bedroom occupancy. Bedrooms to be offered for short-term rental are required to be inspected within 30 days of registration to ensure compliance with standards set by the Inspectional

Services Department and then on a regular timetable to be set by that same department. b. Meets all requirements set forth by the Fire Department. 3. No owner-adjacent unit may be rented or advertised on any short-term-rental platform-before an inspection has been completed, or 30 days has transpired since (Commented [DW4]: De. registration was submitted by the operator, whichever comes first. 4. The operator of an owner-adjacent unit shall keep accurate books and records, make them available upon request of the Inspectional Services Department, and maintain such books and records for a period of three years. 5. Short-term rentals shall not adversely affect the residential character of the neighborhood nor shall the use generate noise, vibration, glare, odors, or other effects that unreasonably Interfere with any person's enjoyment of his or her residence. 4.66 Registration. All dwelling units offered for short-term rental shall register with the city and secure a permit according to guidelines issued by the License Department, and pay all associated fees. All operators shall provide the City with proof that one of the units in the structure is used as the operator's primary residence, either by: 1) providing proof of enrollment in the Cambridge residential tax exemption program, or; 2) providing an affidavit, signed under the pains and ponalties of perjury, stating that the building being used for-short-term-rentals is-the-operator's primary residence, and a copy of their mest recent Massachusetts inceme tax returns, 21 providing an affidavit, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, stating that the dwelling being used for short-term renta! is the operator's primary residence, a property title or tenancy agreement along with a photo ID, and a government or utility correspondence with operator's name and address issued within the last 3 months. Commented IDW5]: Addresses concerned regarding the release of resident's Massachusetts tax returns, ans caples the test relied upon by Vancouver to prove It is the responsibility of the short-term rental operator to obtain the permit every two years. The permit requires the operator to agree to abide by the requirements of this section, and document that the required notification requirements have been met. 1. Notification a. All operators of short-term rentals must prepare a notification letter that: (a) Describes the operation and number of bedrooms that will be rented to overnight guests; and (b) includes information on how to contact the operator and a backup contact by phone. b. All operators will mail or deliver the notification letter to all residents and owners of abutting property and across the street from the short-term renta!

units). The property owner of the unit to be used for short-term rentals must ommented [DW6]: The most Frequant concern voic be notified in the same manner if the operator is a primary lease holder t the Planning Board hearing was that short-term rent operators who are primary leaseholders be required to Enoctment, The requirements of this chapter shall take effect on January 1, 2018. The 4.67 secure the explicit permission of the landlord before renting short-term. This may be desirable, but the Cit City may inspect and issue permits for short-term rentals to operators who voluntarily nay not want to become Involved in this private seek to register before enactment. If a short-term rental operator complies with all relationship. By including the owner of the property to be other sections of this chapter and completes registrations with the Inspectional rented among those to be notilied of short-term rental Services Department within 60 days of the enactment of this chapter, they may use, the same end may be achieved, and that amendment continue to operate until an inspection has been completed. Operators that register is offered here. after 60 days has transpired since the enactment of this chapter will be subject to the provisions of 4.65.3.