§ 15-42

(a) No person shall rent any residential dwelling, or any portion of a residential dwelling, to any other person for thirty consecutive days or less, whether in exchange for monetary consideration or any form of any non-monetary consideration, including trade, fee, swap or other consideration in lieu of payment. For purposes of this section, "residential dwelling" means a private structure that is designed and available, pursuant to applicable law, for use and occupancy by one or more individuals. "Residential dwelling" does not include a commercially operated hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast inn.

tional information requested if the information provided is not sufficient to identify a specific short-term rental at the provided address. (Ord. No. 416, § 1(Exh. A), 2-4-2026)

(a) Violations of this Article shall be an infraction subject to the following fines:

(1) A fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for a first violation.

(2) A fine not exceeding three thousand dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year.

(3) A fine not exceeding five thousand dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation.

(b) These fines shall not apply to a first-time offense of failure to pay a business license fee. (Ord. No. 416, § 1(Exh. A), 2-4-2026)

(b) No property owner or tenant, or any agent or representative thereof, shall (i) arrange for or otherwise facilitate or (ii) post, publish, circulate, broadcast or maintain any advertisement of, a rental prohibited by the provisions of this section. Each rental arranged or facilitated and each day that an advertisement is posted, published, circulated, broadcast or maintained by such person in violation of this section is a separate offense.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to excuse the non-payment of any business license fee that may be due pursuant to Article 4-06 of this Code or transient occupancy tax that may be due pursuant to Article 5-25 of this Code, nor shall payment of such transient occupancy tax or the collection thereof by the City be deemed to authorize any activity otherwise prohibited by this section.

(d) The Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025 set forth in Government Code Title 5, Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 4.6 (sections 50990 et seq.) applies within the boundaries of the City of Saratoga. All terms used in this section shall have the meaning set forth in the Act unless otherwise specified. Upon request by the City Manager or the Manager's designee each shortterm rental facilitator shall report, in the form and manner prescribed in the request, the physical address, including nine-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental during the reporting period and shall provide addi-

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(Saratoga Supp. No. 58, 3-26)

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