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ATTY/ORD.0006/CC ORD ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE – EXHIBIT A REV: 07-08-26 MI Page 37 of 103 31.3 - Short-Term Rental Use Incidental to a Primary Residence. A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to: 1. Allow limited short-term rental home-sharing uses while preventing the loss of housing stock; 2. Preserve residential character and establish operating standards to reduce potential noise, parking, traffic, property maintenance and safety impacts on adjacent neighbors; and 3. Provide a registration process for the City to track and enforce these requirements as needed and ensure appropriate collection of transient occupancy taxes. B. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 1. Adjacent Properties. The dwelling units located next to the dwelling unit in which the short- term rental is located. 2. Host. Any person who is the owner of record of residential real property or any person who is a lessee of residential real property pursuant to a written agreement for the lease of such real property, who offers a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, for short-term rental either through a hosting platform or individually as an operator. 3. Hosting Platform. A means through which a host may offer a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, for short-term rental. A hosting platform includes, but is not limited to, an internet-based platform that allows a host to advertise and potentially arrange for temporary occupation of the dwelling unit, or portion thereof, through a publicly searchable website, whether the short-term renter pays rent directly to the host or to the hosting platform. A Hosting Platform includes any person or entity defined as a short-term rental facilitator in Gov. Code Section 50991(g). 4. Principal Primary Residence. A principal primary residence is exactly one a dwelling unit where a person has been physically present and that the person regards as home. A person may only have one (1) principal primary residence at any given time. To qualify as a principal residence, a dwelling must be the person's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the person, whenever absent, intends to return. Presence in the dwelling, vehicle registration, voter registration, bank accounts, and income tax filings are among the factors to be considered in determining residency. Evidence of a person's primary residence includes, but is not limited to, documentation from income tax statements or a driver's license. If a property has more than one (1) dwelling unit, each dwelling unit shall be considered a separate residence subject to the principal primary residence requirement. Accessory dwelling units shall not be considered a principalprimary residence for purposes of Section 31.3. 5. Short-Term Rental (STR). The use or possession of or the right to use or possess any room or rooms, or portions thereof in any principal dwelling unit for residing, sleeping or lodging purposes for less than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days, counting portions of days as full calendar days. 6. Short-Term Renter. A person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of less than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days, counting portions of calendar days as full calendar days. 7. License Number. License Number means the short-term rental permit or registration number issued by the municipality. 8.B. - Page 59 of 212 374