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Medford Revised Ordinances § 94-8.4 (Zoning — Short Term Rentals) § 94-8.4

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Medford Revised Ordinances § 94-8.4 (Zoning — Short Term Rentals) § 94-8.4
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Medford (municipal)
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Short term rental of a shared residential unit. An operator may offer bedrooms within their residential unit as a short term rental
365 days per year. One bedroom in the unit shall be reserved for, and occupied by,
the operator during the entire term of the rental.

2.

Short term rental of an unoccupied residential unit. Short term rentals shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 90 consecutive or nonconsecutive
calendar days per year, when the operator is not occupying the residential unit during
the entire term of the short term rental.

94-8.4.6 Rental Period and Use. Renting for an hourly rate, or for rental durations
of fewer than ten consecutive hours shall not be permitted. Commercial meetings and
uses are prohibited in short term rentals.

94-8.4.7 No Outstanding Violations. The residential unit offered as a short term rental
shall not have any outstanding building, sanitary, zoning, or fire code violations,
orders of abatement, or stop work orders, unpaid taxes, water/sewer or tax liens,
any other judgements or penalties imposed by the city that remain unresolved, or other
requirements, laws, or regulations that prohibit the operator from offering the residential
unit as a short term rental.

1.

If a violation or other order is issued, upon notice of said violation or order short
term rental use shall be terminated until the violation has been cured or otherwise
resolved.

2.

If a property receives three or more violations within a six-month period under this
section, or of any municipal ordinance, state law, or building code, any residential
unit within the property shall be ineligible to be used as a short term rental for
a period of six months from the third or subsequent violation.