Permit required for operation of a short-term rental unit.
Clarksville City Code § 5-303
in effectSec. 5-303. - Permit required for operation of a short-term rental unit.
(a) Operating permit required. It shall be unlawful to operate or advertise any short-term rental unit within the City of Clarksville without a short-term rental unit operating permit issued under this chapter, except as otherwise provided herein.
(b) Continued use for properties already being used as short-term rental. In accordance with T.C.A. § 13-7-603, as may be amended from time to time, this short-term rental ordinance shall not apply to any property that was being used as a short-term rental unit by the owner of the property prior to the Clarksville City Council's enactment of this chapter. The definition of "used as a short-term rental unit" contained in T.C.A. § 13-7-602, as may be amended from time to time, shall be used in determining whether a property was being used as a short-term rental unit by the owner of the property prior to enactment of this chapter. In accordance with T.C.A. § 13-7-604(b)(3), as may be amended from time to time, any property being used as a short-term rental unit by the owner of the property prior to enactment of this chapter may continue operating said property as a short-term rental unit, without securing a permit, until the property is sold, transferred, ceases being used as a short-term rental unit for a period of thirty (30) continuous months, or has been in violation of a generally applicable local law three (3) or more separate times with no appeal rights remaining for any of the three (3) violations.
(Ord. No. 1-2020-21, 9-3-20)
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