By the end of Friday, officials in the Department of Safety and Inspections in the city are getting ready to mail caution notices to the owners of 400 short-term rental listings that are yet to complete the licensing process of the city.Published on : Saturday, March 3, 2018
By the end of Friday, officials in the Department of Safety and Inspections in the city are getting ready to mail caution notices to the owners of 400 short-term rental listings that are yet to complete the licensing process of the city.
At least 78 such properties have undergone licensing service ever since fresh rules came into effect on 2nd December.
Another 37 applications are pending. Robert Humphrey who is the spokesman of DSI mentioned that they would have 30 days to gain compliance. After that time, DSI would be looking at enforcement action. And, they also went on to assert that violence of this ordinance marks a ‘petty misdemeanor offense.
Last year, the St. Paul City Council had approved a new licensing process for short-term rentals that are inclusive of insurance requirements, home inspections and other steps like having to offer fire certificate of occupancy paperwork unless the building is an owner-occupied duplex or single-family home.
The rules keep altering according to nine property types.
For instance, in a building with more than four apartments or condo units, no more than half these units can be capable of being converted into short-term rentals, up to a maximum of four units.
The city has established links to the new rules and a matrix cheat-sheet.
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