Major event short-term rentals.

Kansas City Code § 56-812

in effect

Sec. 56-812. - Major event short-term rentals. (a) Designation of major event. The director may identify a period of time, not to exceed 90 days, that qualifies as a major event under this article. To qualify as a major event, the director shall determine that existing lodging accommodations in the city, including registered short-term rentals under this article, likely cannot effectively serve an anticipated surge in guest demand during such period. Any such determination of a major event, including the precise dates of the major event short-term registration period, shall be publicized by the city. The director shall have the authority to register major event short-term rentals to be offered, provided or operated as short-term rentals during any such major event registration period in compliance with this article, subject to the provisions in this section. (b) Application for major event short-term rentals. To qualify for registration as a major event short-term rental under this section, each such dwelling unit shall have its registrant submit the following to the director: (1) Fee. A major event registration fee of $50.00. The director shall have authority annually to adjust this user fee reflect an increase equal to an increase in the consumer price index (all items/all urban consumers/Kansas City, Missouri—Kansas) published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, provided that the increases are reflective of the costs of the services being provided. If the costs in processing major event registrations pursuant to this section fall below the user fee being charged, the user fee shall be reduced so that it is equal to or less than the costs of processing such registrations. (2) Major event registration requirements and exemptions. The registrant and owner shall submit, on forms provided by the director, the documentation and information required in section 56-803(2)a.—c. and f.—j. and shall certify compliance with such requirements throughout the proposed major event short-term rental registration period. In addition, a major event short-term rental must qualify as either a resident short-term rental or non-resident short-term rental, subject to the following requirements and exemptions that also apply to such short-term rentals in section 56-803: a. Resident short-term rental. To qualify as a resident short-term rental pursuant to this section, the proposed registrant must satisfy the requirements and comply with restrictions in section 56-803(2)d. and 56-803(5). A resident short-term rental under this section is exempt from the requirements, prohibitions and restrictions stated in section 56-803(3)—(4). b. Non-resident short-term rental. If the proposed registrant does not claim to be a long-term resident on the parcel where the dwelling unit is to be offered, provided or operated as a major event short-term rental, the proposed registrant must satisfy the requirements and comply with restrictions in section 56-803(2)e., the zoning and density restrictions in section 56-803(3), the City incentive restriction in section 56-803(4) and the restriction in section 56-803(5). However, the restrictions in section 56- 803(3) and (4) shall not apply to any short-term rental that, as of the date the committee substitute for Ordinance 230267 became effective, was a properly permitted Type 2 short-term rental pursuant to chapter 88 of this Code that has not subsequently lapsed or been revoked. (3) Determination to issue registration. No proposed major event short-term rental shall be eligible for registration if the director determines that such short-term rental would, if it were registered, otherwise qualify for deregistration pursuant to section 56-804. Upon the director's determination that the requirements of this section have been satisfied, the director shall issue to the registrant a unique registration number for the dwelling unit. Each registration issued under this section shall state its start date and date of expiration, which shall not exceed either ninety days or the end of the major event designated by the director in subsection (a) of this section. (c) Deregistration. In addition to the deregistration remedies available to the director pursuant to section 56-804, a major event short-term rental registered under this section may be removed from the city's list of registered short-term rentals, deemed not in compliance with this article and ineligible to use any registration previously issued by the city pursuant to this section and may not be eligible to register again with the city for a period of one year under when, in the determination of the director, such major event short-term rental fails to comply with the requirements of this article or any other provision of this Code, or state or federal law. Upon determining that any short-term rental is deregistered pursuant to this section, the director shall notify in writing the registrant and owner of such short-term rental of such fact and of the basis for deregistration and advise the registrant and owner that they are entitled to appeal the director's decision to deregister the major event short-term rental, as provided in section 56-805. (d) Appeals. Any determination made by the city pursuant to this article either not to register, or to deregister, a major event short-term rental may be administratively appealed to the city's property maintenance appeals board as provided in section 56-805. (e) Applicability of other requirements and provisions in this article. Sections 56-806—56-811 shall apply to a major event short-term rental. (Ord. No. 250965, § 1, 11-13-25)

Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH56PRMACO_ARTVIIISHRMRERE_S56-812MAEVSHRMREFetched: 10/28/2026