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An Ordinance amending Section 13-76 of the Code of Ordinances to require certain documents to prove primary residency; amending Section 13-77 of the Code to clarify that approval by the Div. of Planning is necessary to apply for a special fee license and to provide that a license shall automatically expire upon a change in use from one form of Short-Term Rental (hosted or un-hosted) to the other; amending Section 13-79 of the Code to amend the maximum occupancy of a Short-Term Rental, to limit the number of Contracts or bookings a short-term rental may have at one time, and to require that only a portion of the dwelling unit not otherwise occupied may be rented at one time; all effective upon passage of Council. [Council Office, Hall]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 13-76 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-76. - Definitions.
For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Director shall mean the Director of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Division of Revenue.
(b) Hosted short-term rental shall mean a short-term rental in which the dwelling unit utilized as the short-term rental, or another dwelling unit on the subject property, is a primary residence, and the primary resident continues to occupy the property while the short-term rental is being rented to a transient guest.
(c) Hosting platform shall mean an internet-based platform that generally facilitates the rental of the short-term rental accommodations by brokering, coordinating, or in any other way arranging for the rental of the accommodations.
(d) Licensee shall mean any person who owns a short-term rental that possesses a short-term rental special fees license pursuant to this Article.
(e) Person shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 13-1 of the ...
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