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An Ordinance amending Section 13-76 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to define additional terms; creating Section 13-77 of the code to prohibit any host from owning or operating a short term rental in Lexington-Fayette County unless the host possesses a valid local business license and has registered the short term rental with the Urban County Government, which registration shall result in the short term rental being issued a unique local registration number, cost $100.00, and be renewed by no later than December 31st each year, further authorizing the administration to refuse to register or renew registration, and to revoke registration, of short term rentals that are being operated in violation of law or are subject to unsatisfied penalties, fines or liens, further establishing a right for citizens to appeal such refusals or revocations to the Administrative Hearing Board established in Sec. 12-6 of the code; creating Section 13-78 of the code to explain that hosts are responsible for the collection and payment of transient room taxes, but a hosting platform May pay and collect transient room taxes on behalf of hosts by written Agreement with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and that all income generated by operation of a short term rental is business income on which hosts must pay occupational license fees; creating Section 13-79 of the code to place certain duties on hosts, including ensuring that safety requirements are met, that the local registration number be placed on all advertisements for the short term rental, that a monthly report be filed with the administration unless the host advertises exclusively with hosting platforms that have voluntary tax collection Agreements with the Urban County Government, and that the short term rental abide by all applicable requirements within the zoning Ordinance; creating Section 13-80 of the code to allow hosts registered with the Urban County Government to adve...
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