“Agent” means a property management company or other entity or person who has been designated by the applicant, in writing, to act on their behalf. The authorized agent may or may not be the designated representative for purposes of contact for complaints (see “Local contact”). The agent is responsible for advertising and operating a short-term rental and ensuring compliance with short-term rental regulations. Any agent other than the property owner must be a properly licensed broker or licensee with the state of Alaska. Note: This term does not include listing services or online platforms for short-term rental listings.

“Applicant” means an individual submitting an application to the city for a short-term rental permit. The applicant may be the owner or agent for the owner.

“Daytime” means between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

“Hosting platform” means any electronic or other operating system, functioning in the nature of a marketplace by which an operator markets, advertises, offers, solicits customers for, or makes available for commercial use a residential dwelling unit as a short-term rental.

“Local contact” means the person designated by the owner or agent who will be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, for the purpose of responding to concerns or requests for assistance related to the owner’s short-term rental.

“Occupant” means any person who occupies or is entitled to occupy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement a short-term rental for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days.

“Overnight” means between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.

“Owner” means the person or entity that has the right to possess, use, and convey title to the property for which the short-term rental permit is sought and is responsible for compliance with these provisions, regardless of whether an agent or property manager is used to manage the short-term rental.

“Owner occupied” means that the dwelling unit is occupied by the owner for a minimum of six months out of a calendar year.

“Permanent resident” means a person who is eligible for a permanent fund dividend under AS 43.23.005 for the same year or for the immediately preceding year. If the applicant has not applied or does not apply for the permanent fund dividend, the applicant must show that they would have been eligible for the permanent fund dividend.

“Primary residence” means an owner’s permanent residence or usual place of return for housing as documented by at least two forms of identification (e.g., state of Alaska driver’s license, utility bills, Matanuska-Susitna property tax bill). A person may have only one primary residence.

“Short-term rental” means the commercial use, or the making available for commercial use, of an entire residential dwelling unit for transient rental, dwelling, overnight lodging or sleeping purposes, wherein any individual occupant rents or occupies the entire dwelling unit for a period of 30 days or less, with or without financial compensation, for a minimum of one night, but no more than 30 consecutive calendar days in duration. May also be referred to as VRBO, AirBnB, etc. Note: This term does not include bed and breakfast, hotel, motel, dormitory, public or private club, recreational vehicle park, hospital and medical clinic, nursing home, convalescent home, foster home, halfway house, transitional housing facility, any housing operated or used exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes, group living facility, or any housing owned by a governmental agency and used to house its employees for governmental purposes.

“Transfer” means the addition or substitution of owners not included on the original license application, whether or not there is consideration. If multiple owners exist on a short-term rental permit, individual owners may be removed from the license without constituting a transfer.

“Transient rental” means the occupancy of a residential dwelling unit for compensation on less than a month-to-month basis. (Ord. 19-29(SUB)(AM) § 2, 2020)