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(8) Parking. All vehicles shall only be parked in the driveway and/or within the garage area of the short-
term rental. Vehicles shall not be parked within the right-of-way of public roads or easements,
including grassy/unimproved areas. Vehicles shall not be parked along any roadways which would
cause safety issues, hinder access to such roadways or be in violation of any laws, subdivision rules, etc.
(9) Solid waste/trash. Trash and refuse shall not be left or stored within public view, or in the public right-
of-way, except in proper containers for purposes of collection by an authorized waste hauler. Trash and
refuse shall not be left or stored in such a way that would cause safety issues, hinder access to the
public right-of-way, violate subdivision rules, etc.
(10) Occupancy load. Occupancy limit shall be established in accordance with the maximum occupancy limit
as established in the host license application. The short-term rental host will keep the total number of
guests to that number which can safely stay in the premises and the short-term rental host may be
subject to the State of Georgia's fire safety code regulations.
(11) Provide proof that the owner has commercial or specific short-term rental insurance for the property.
(12) Noise. Short-term rentals shall not violate any noise or sound regulations, subdivision rules, etc.
(13) Hours of operation. Check-in/departure and other rental-related activities should occur between 6:00
a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(14) A short-term rental owner shall not be in violation of any White County ordinances and must be in
compliance with short-term rental and land use regulations.
(15) Provide White County with the local contact (responsible party) information. The person designated by
the owner as the responsible party shall be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week for the
purpose of responding within two hours to complaints related to the short-term rental and taking
remedial action to resolve such complaints. If this information changes, White County shall be
immediately informed of the contact information of the new local contact (responsible party). Failure
to have a readily available local contact (responsible party) is a violation of this Code.
(16) Rental management companies shall either list each property separately on the monthly lodging tax
form that is submitted to the White County Business Tax office or provide a separate lodging tax form
for each property to the White County Business Tax office.
(17) Business occupation tax certificate. Short-term rental host license and hotel/motel tax authorization
certificate must be prominently displayed at each short-term rental property.
Sec. 16-207. Violations/consequences.
(a) The community and economic development director is authorized to issue a warning, suspend or revoke a
short-term rental host license issued under the provisions of this chapter if the short-term rental host license
is issued in error, or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or where it is determined that the
building, structure, unit or portion thereof is in violation of any ordinance or regulation or any of the
provisions of this article, including but not limited to the International Building Code, International Fire Code
regulations and NFPA 101 Life Safety Codes.
(b) If any violations stated in this article have been committed and not corrected within the time specified, the
community and economic development director shall begin the procedures to revoke the short-term rental
host license in accordance with the following:
(1) In the event of a first violation of this article, the director shall give a warning to the owner/operator
specifying the nature of the violation(s) and the time to correct violation(s).
(2) In the event of a second violation of this article of the same nature within a 12-month period, the
director will issue a suspension of the short-term rental host license for a 30-day period.
(3) In the event of a third violation of this article, of the same nature within a 12-month period, the
director will revoke the short-term rental host license. The owner/operator may not reapply for the
same property for a period of 12 months.
(c) Any long-term rental property that is found to have terminated a contract rental agreement in less than 30
days may be considered a short-term rental and in violation of this article.