Registrant shall mean the owner of a rental unit, or a tenant, with permission from the owner,
seeking to register a rental unit.
Rental unit is any residential structure, furnished house, condominium, or other dwelling room
or self-contained dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is rented or available for
rent to any individual or individuals for any length of time. Any portion of a dwelling
unit or accessory dwelling unit that is rented or available to be rented to an individual
or individuals who are not the owner or owners shall be considered a rental unit.
The following are not to be considered rental units for the purpose of this chapter:
(1)
As defined by the city's land development regulations: motels, hotels/inns, bed and
breakfasts, group homes, dormitories, continuum of care facilities, skilled nursing
facilities, extended stay hotels, schools, and hospitals;
(2)
As defined by 24 V.S.A. §4412(11): accessory on-farm businesses;
(3)
As defined by 24 V.S.A. §4303(40): Emergency shelters;
(4)
A homeshare or roommate situation in an owner-occupied primary residence rented to
the same tenant or tenants each for 30 or more consecutive days and consisting of
no more than one or two rooms in the primary residence in which the tenant or tenants
have access to the same shared living and kitchen space as the primary resident owner
and other occupants of the unit; or
(5)
Other facilities that, in the sole discretion of the city building inspector, share
similar characteristics with those listed in the three bullets above.
Short term rental is a rental unit rented to the transient, traveling, or vacationing public for a
period of fewer than 30 consecutive days and for more than 14 days per calendar year.