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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 48-15 Hosts.">
  <section prefix="§" num="48-15" heading="Hosts.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">All hosts must comply with the following requirements.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="City Codes compliance.">The dwelling unit must be maintained in compliance with the &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes"&gt;City Building, Fire, and Related Codes Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the City Health Article, and the Zoning Code of Baltimore City.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Record of rentals.">The host must:<para num="(1)">make a record, in the form and containing the information required by the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle, of all of the host’s short-term residential rentals;</para>
      <para num="(2)">maintain that record for at least the period of years required by the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">on request, make that record available for inspection by the Housing Commissioner.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Posting emergency contact.">
      <para num="(1)">During the term of any rental, the host must prominently display, in an area of the dwelling unit that is readily accessible to the transient guests, emergency contact information for a representative of the host.</para>
      <para num="(2)">This representative must reside within 15 miles of the dwelling unit and be accessible for the entire term of the rental.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Posting notice of licensure.">At all times during the term of a short-term residential rental, the host must prominently display a sign, in the form and manner required by the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle, stating that the dwelling unit is licensed for short-term residential rentals.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Displaying license number on hosting platform.">The host must include his or her license number in any advertisement or listing of the dwelling unit on a hosting platform.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-217</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
