8.031 Review of Business License Application.
(1) Any application for a license required by this chapter other than a home-based business license shall be referred to the following departments and personnel for endorsement: Planning; Building and Safety; Public Works Engineering; and the Fire Marshal. Within two weeks, the application shall be favorably endorsed if the departments find that the specified location, site, and existing structure (if one is to be used) can lawfully be used for the conduct of the proposed activity under the provisions of this code, county, state or federal law. If the departments cannot make such a finding, the application shall be returned to the business license program designee, with a negative endorsement, stating the reasons. The applicant shall be promptly notified by mail of any negative endorsements and shall also be notified of the right to appeal the action and the procedure for appeal.
(2) Home-based business license applications, excluding short-term vacation rentals addressed in subsection (3) of this section, shall be reviewed for compliance with the criteria listed below. A home-based business that sells firearms will also be reviewed for compliance with the criteria provided in this subsection before applicant will be notified of the negative or favorable endorsement.
(a) Home-based business activities conducted at the authorized residential property shall be restricted to the interior of the dwelling unit or enclosed accessory structure.
(b) Outdoor storage, including but not limited to trailers, inventory, supplies, or equipment, visible from the public right-of-way or adjacent properties or common areas is prohibited.
(c) Inventory stored on the residential premises shall not include flammable liquids, fireworks, explosives, ammunition, gunpowder or any “hazardous materials” as defined in the Oregon Fire Code adopted by the City.
(d) Home-based business activities conducted at the authorized residential property must be conducted only by persons lawfully residing in the dwelling at the authorized residential property.
(e) The home-based business site shall not be used as a location for employees to assemble.
(f) Total residential and business motor vehicle traffic to and from the premises (deliveries or customers) shall not exceed an average of 10 trips per day during any five-day period. In no case shall the total residential and business motor vehicle traffic to and from the premises exceed 16 trips per day. Each departure from and each arrival at the premises shall be counted as a separate trip.
(g) Repair, reconditioning, dismantling or storage of motorized vehicles, boats, recreational vehicles, or large equipment on the premises is prohibited.
(3) Vacation rental license applications shall be reviewed for compliance with the criteria listed in subsections (3)(a) through (c) of this section and endorsed by the business license program.
(a) The owner must provide information sufficient to verify a qualified person will be available for contact regarding use of the short-term rental during and after business hours. The owner or representative must be available to be contacted by telephone to ensure a response to the short-term rental address at all hours (seven days a week, 24 hours a day, including holidays) while the property is occupied for rent. The designated representative may be changed upon 14 days’ prior written notice to the City. In an emergency or absence, contact information for a second qualified person may be provided.
(b) Certification that the owner has provided an annual mailing or otherwise distributed by hand, a flier to neighbors within a 250-foot radius of the short-term rental property address. Notice shall include contact information for the owner and/or representative. The purpose of this notice is to inform adjacent property owners and residents of contact information to report and/or request resolution of problems associated with the operation of the subject short-term rental. If the permanent contact information changes during the license period, the new information must be mailed or distributed again.
(c) Certification that the good neighbor guidelines will be effectively relayed to short-term rental tenants by incorporating the guidelines into the rental contract, including them in the rental booklet, posting them in a conspicuous place in the short-term rental, or a similar method.