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AN ACT relating to short-term rentals. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 198B IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) For purposes of this section, unless the context requires otherwise: 5
(a) "Code" means the Kentucky Building Code; 6
(b) "Owner-occupied short-term rental property" means property that is the 7
owner's primary residence and is offered to the public as a short-term 8
rental; 9
(c) "Short-term rental" 10
1. Means the rental of a single family home, dwelling unit in a single 11
family home, dwelling unit in a two-family or multifamily dwelling, a 12
dwelling unit in a condominium, cooperative, or timeshare, or any 13
combination of the above that are part of the same listing, for terms of 14
less than thirty (30) days at a time through a short-term rental 15
platform; 16
2. Includes a detached accessory structure, including a guest house, or 17
other living quarters that are intended for human habitation, if the 18
entire property is designated for a single family residential use; and 19
3. Does not include property that is used for any nonresidential use; and 20
(d) "Short-term rental platform" means an entity that provides a platform 21
through which unaffiliated parties offer to rent a short-term rental to an 22
occupant and collects consideration for the rental from the occupant. 23
(2) When a person seeks to list a property on a short-term rental platform doing 24
business in this state, the short-term rental platform shall provide the person with 25
the following as part of the listing process: 26
(a) Information regarding residential group R-1 occupancies and a list of those 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 2406
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types of occupancies that may be considered an R-1 use pursuant to the 1
code; and 2
(b) A box that the person listing the property must check prior to listing a 3
property that confirms whether the short-term rental is a residential group 4
R-1 occupancy, and if the short-term rental is a residential group R-1 5
occupancy, whether it is an owner-occupied short-term rental property. 6
(3) When a person checks the box on the short-term rental platform that indicates 7
that the short-term rental the owner is seeking to list is a residential group R-1 8
occupancy short-term rental, the short-term rental platform shall: 9
(a) Store information regarding the property; and 10
(b) Provide the following notices: 11
1. An email notice to the person that has listed the property stating that 12
the person has indicated that the short-term rental is a residential 13
group R-1 property and that the owner may be subject to an inspection 14
by the Kentucky Department for Housing, Buildings and Construction 15
regarding compliance with the code; and 16
2. An email notice to the Department for Housing, Buildings, and 17
Construction that provides: 18
a. The address of the property; 19
b. The fact that the property has been listed as a residential group 20
R-1 property; 21
c. The email address of the person that listed the property on the 22
short-term rental platform; and 23
d. A return email address to which the department may send 24
information to the short-term rental platform regarding 25
noncompliance of the property with the code. 26
(4) The Department for Housing, Buildings and Construction shall provide 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 2406
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information to each short-term rental platform regarding the code and residential 1
group R-1 occupancies to aid in the effectuation of subsection (2) of this section, 2
and may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to 3
implement the provisions of this section. 4