Scottsdale Revised Code § 18-191 Neighbor notification.
Sec. 18-191. - Neighbor notification.
(a) Prior to offering a vacation rental or short-term rental for rent for the first time, the owner or owner's designee is required to notify all single-family residential properties adjacent to, directly and diagonally across the street from the property, or in a multi-family residential building, to all units on the same building floor. After providing such notification, the owner or owner's designee shall attest compliance on a form prescribed by the city manager or designee and contain the following information:
(1) The vacation rental license number required by this article;
(2) The address of each property notified;
(3) How the notification was provided; and
(4) The name and contact information of the person attesting to compliance.
(b) The notification required by subsection (a) above is also required anytime the contact information for the vacation rental or short-term rental changes. Notification pursuant to this subsection shall occur within fifteen (15) business days.
(c) The notice required by this section shall be in writing and include the following information: the vacation rental license number issued pursuant to this article, the physical address of the vacation rental or short-term rental, and the name, address, and twenty-four (24) hour telephone number of the emergency point of contact. For purposes of this section, written notice includes notice sent by electronic means, United States mail or hand delivered.
(d) Vacation rentals or short-term rentals that are lawfully operating prior to the effective date of this section must comply with this section within thirty (30) days of obtaining a vacation rental license required by this article.
(e) It shall be unlawful to operate a vacation rental or short-term rental without complying with the notification requirements in this section.
(f) A violation of this section is a civil offense and shall be punished by a minimum fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Upon a showing that the owner or owner's designee has come into compliance with this section, the court may reduce the fine pursuant to this section to one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(g) For purposes of this section, adjacent shall mean the condition of being near to or close to but not necessarily having a common dividing line, i.e., two (2) properties which are separated only by a street or alley shall be considered as adjacent to one another.
(Ord. No. 4566, § 3, 10-25-22, eff. 1-8-23)