A hosting platform shall comply with all of the following:
(1) A hosting platform may not advertise, list, post, or otherwise facilitate a booking transaction for a short-term residential rental without having verified that the host has a valid, current registration from the Department for short-term residential rentals and that the rental address matches the address on the registration, except that a hosting platform need not re-verify the validity of the registration unless:
(i) The hosting platform receives notice from the department or any other source that the host cannot lawfully enter into short-term residential rental transactions; or
(ii) The host has stopped offering short-term residential rentals with the hosting platform for a period of 12 months or more since the registration was last verified.
(2) A hosting platform shall include the host’s registration number in an advertisement, listing, or post for a short-term residential rental.
(3) A hosting platform shall remove an advertisement, listing, or post within three days if the hosting platform learns from the Department or any other source that the host’s registration has been suspended or revoked.
(4) A hosting platform may not collect rent in exchange for facilitating reservations, advertisements, listings, or posts of short-term residential rentals if the dwelling unit cannot lawfully be used for a short-term residential rental.
(5) A hosting platform shall keep, for a period of at least three years, records relating to all short-term residential rentals advertised, listed, posted, or otherwise facilitated by the hosting platform.
(6) The records kept by a hosting platform shall include the name and address of the host; the street address of the short-term residential rental; the date of the booking transaction; the start and end date of the short-term residential rental; and the rent and other fees charged by the host and hosting platform.
(7) Upon a written request from the County, a hosting platform shall make available for inspection those records which contain information used in its advertisements, listings, or posts and those records containing information that is otherwise public information.
(8) A hosting platform shall collect from the host and remit to the County the occupancy tax required by § 4-6-105 of this Code.
(Bill No. 89-19)
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