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An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 1018-07 (Business License Ordinance) to Add Section 5-25(J) - Short-Term Rental(s)
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Code of Alabama, 1975, Section 11-51-90 to 11-51-185, the City of Foley adopted Ordinance No. 1018-07 levying and assessing business license fees for doing any kind of business, trade or profession or other activity in the municipality or its police jurisdiction, and
WHEREAS, it has become a necessity for the City of Foley to amend Ordinance No. 1018-07 to create fair and equitable license fees for the operation of short-term rental and allow the Revenue Department to have a record, for taxation purposes, of short term rentals and,
WHEREAS, for the safety and health of our citizens and visitors, the City of Foley would like to create a checklist of safety regulations and create a permit for each rental location.
BE IT ORDAINED that the Foley City Council as follows:
Section 1. Amends Ordinance No 1018-07, to add Section 25(J) as follows:
(J) SHORT TERM RENTALS
1. Definitions.
"Commercial vehicle" means a vehicle customarily used as part of a business for the transportation of goods or people.
"Hosting platform" means a person who, for a fee or other charge, provides on an internet website an online platform that facilitates the rental of a short-term residential rental residential unit on behalf of an operator, including, without limitation, through advertising, matchmaking or other means.
"Operator" means any person who owns, leases, controls, manages or operates a short-term residential rental unit or property.
"Short-term residential rental" means the commercial use, or the making available for commercial use, of a residential dwelling unit for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, wherein any individual guest rents or occupies the unit or a portion of the residence for a period of less than 180 (one hundred and eighty) consecutive calendar days. The definition of “short-term residential ...
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