§ 165-204.35

No short-term lodging activity shall take place on the property until the Department of Planning and Development has approved a short-term lodging administrative permit for the use and the Commissioner of the Revenue has approved a business license for the use.

Have a plan posted inside the door of each sleeping room showing the exit pathway from the sleeping room used for short-term lodging to the nearest exit from the dwelling or manufactured home.

Have a working multipurpose fire extinguisher, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors (when required for a fireplace or gas service).

No more than five guest rooms are permitted for short-term lodging.

The maximum number of lodgers per night shall not exceed 10 unrelated persons, except where the Uniform Statewide Building Code permits only a fewer number of occupants.

The maximum number of rental contracts for a short-term lodging dwelling unit per night is one. All lodgers occupying the short-term lodging dwelling unit must be associated with the same rental contract.

Special events, as defined in Part 101 of this chapter, are prohibited in association with short-term lodging use.

Have at least two designated off-street parking spaces available for lodgers which the operator has the authority to reserve for short-term lodging purposes.