A. No person shall operate or engage in any nightly rental activity within the City of Moab without first obtaining and maintaining a valid nightly rental business license as required by Chapter 5.04.

B. Each owner of property within the City of Moab that is being used as a nightly rental must obtain a nightly rental license. An owner may allow his or her agent to apply for and obtain the nightly rental license; however, the license shall be in the property owner’s name, and filed under the property owner’s name in the City license records.

C. An individual owner who owns multiple nightly rental properties must obtain a separate license for each nightly rental property, and may list up to four nightly rental property locations on one license application. A nightly rental business license fee will be assessed for each property location. Sales tax for each location must be reported and remitted to the Utah State Tax Commission as per current state regulations and requirements. Property managers and property management companies may not include multiple nightly rental properties in one license.

D. If an owner of a nightly rental is using a D.B.A., that D.B.A. must be registered with the Utah Department of Commerce.

E. The owner shall be the licensee, but the property manager or local representative, if applicable, shall be deemed the responsible party for purposes of operating standards and management standards. (Ord. 19-11 § 1 (part), 2019: Ord. 19-08 § 1 (part), 2019: Ord. 18-15 § 2, 2018)