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<section number="5-175.03" name="Short-Term Rentals Licenses; Host Requirements" law="code" slug="sec-5-175.03" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_5BULI_DIV8SHRMRE_S5-175.03SHRMRELIHORE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>No one shall engage in the business of the short-term rentals without having obtained a license under this Division.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who has filed a complete application with the Department for a short-term rental license may operate a short-term rental for no more than 90 calendar days while the application is being assessed and evaluated by the Department. A person who has filed a complete application with the Department shall follow all of the requirements of a short-term rental provider during the 90 day operation of the short-term rental as prescribed in this Division and section 5-175.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>No one shall utilize or list on a hosting platform without a short-term rental license, except as prescribed in section 5-175(b).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Anyone issued a short-term rental license shall do the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall collect and remit all applicable hotel taxes through the platform;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall display conspicuously on interior of the short-term rental, the license with contact information of the licensed host, the Prince George's County, Maryland based emergency contact pursuant to Section 5-175.01(c)(19) and the contact information for the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Shall not rent the short-term rental for more than 30 consecutive days;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Shall not rent the short-term rental more than 90 days per calendar year if the short-term rental is unoccupied by the owner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Shall not rent the short-term rental more than 180 days per calendar year if the short-term rental is owner occupied;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Shall not combine allowable time frames to exceed the permissible calendar days for short-term rentals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Shall not permit more than a total of eight (8) guests at any one time and there shall not be more than three (3) guests per bedroom;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Shall not permit any other individuals to utilize the short-term rental other than registered short-term rental guests;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Maintain a log of all short-term rental guests that have rented the short-term rental when applying to renew the short-term rental license that shall be provided when applying for renewal of the short-term license;</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The log shall contain the following information:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>The total number of short-term rental guests that stay in the short term rental for the calendar year beginning the first day of January of each year and ending the last day of December;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>The total number of short-term rental guests that stay during each individual rental;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>The dates the short-rental is rented by a short-term rental guest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="D">
        <text>The number of days and dates the short-term rental was owner occupied; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="E">
        <text>The total number of days and dates when the short-term rental was not owner occupied.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
