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Section 338 - Ordinances regarding short-term rentals -- Prohibition on ordinances restricting speech on short-term rental websites.

UT Code § 17-50-338 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Residential unit" means a residential structure or any portion of a residential structure that is occupied as a residence. (b) "Short-term rental" means a residential unit or any portion of a residential unit that the owner of record or the lessee of the residential unit offers for occupancy for fewer than 30 consecutive days. (c) "Short-term rental website" means a website that: (i) allows a person to offer a short-term rental to one or more prospective renters; and (ii) facilitates the renting of, and payment for, a short-term rental.

(a) "Residential unit" means a residential structure or any portion of a residential structure that is occupied as a residence.

(b) "Short-term rental" means a residential unit or any portion of a residential unit that the owner of record or the lessee of the residential unit offers for occupancy for fewer than 30 consecutive days.

(c) "Short-term rental website" means a website that: (i) allows a person to offer a short-term rental to one or more prospective renters; and (ii) facilitates the renting of, and payment for, a short-term rental.

(i) allows a person to offer a short-term rental to one or more prospective renters; and

(ii) facilitates the renting of, and payment for, a short-term rental.

(2) Notwithstanding Section 17-27a-501 or Subsection 17-27a-503(1), a legislative body may not: (a) enact or enforce an ordinance that prohibits an individual from listing or offering a short-term rental on a short-term rental website; or (b) use an ordinance that prohibits the act of renting a short-term rental to fine, charge, prosecute, or otherwise punish an individual solely for the act of listing or offering a short-term rental on a short-term rental website.

(a) enact or enforce an ordinance that prohibits an individual from listing or offering a short-term rental on a short-term rental website; or

(b) use an ordinance that prohibits the act of renting a short-term rental to fine, charge, prosecute, or otherwise punish an individual solely for the act of listing or offering a short-term rental on a short-term rental website.

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Section 338 - Ordinances regarding short-term rentals -- Prohibition on ordinances restricting speech on short-term rental websites.