8-8-2 Definitions.
In this article, unless the context or definitions in A.R.S. § 9-500.39 indicate otherwise, the following terms or phrases are defined as follows:
“Advertisement” means any method of soliciting the use of property for vacation rental purposes.
“Applicant” means the owner or owner’s designee who applies with the Town of Oro Valley for a license or renewal of a license.
“Civil hearing officer” means the individual designated by the Town Manager or their designee to conduct hearings and make rulings related to this article on short-term rental license suspensions, civil violations, and citations issued.
“Days” means calendar days unless stated otherwise.
“Designee” and “agent” are interchangeable for the purposes of this article and mean any person or persons with the charge, care, or control of any property, dwelling unit, or portion thereof. “Designee” includes the “emergency point of contact.”
“Emergency” means any time the police are required to respond to a complaint and it is determined by the responding police that the owner or designee must be contacted to address an immediate concern.
“Emergency point of contact” means the owner or individual designated by the owner to:
1. Serve as the local twenty-four (24) hour emergency point of contact for the vacation rental; and
2. Respond to complaints and emergencies relating to the vacation rental in a timely manner as required by this article.
“License” means authorization by the Town of Oro Valley to operate a vacation rental in accordance with this article.
“Licensing Administrator” means the Community and Economic Development Director or their designee.
“Neighbor notification” means the written notice provided by the owner to each single-family residential property adjacent to the vacation rental property, directly across from the vacation rental property, and diagonally across the street of the vacation rental property, including the physical address of the vacation rental, and the name, address, and twenty-four (24) hour telephone number of the emergency point of contact.
“Nonresidential use” means any use that is not licensed in a residential zoning district pursuant to the Town of Oro Valley Zoning Ordinance.
“Online lodging marketplace” has the same meaning prescribed in A.R.S. § 42-5076.
“Owner” means any person who, alone or with others, has title or interest in a property, dwelling unit, or portion thereof, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, and includes any person who as agent, executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian has charge, care, or control of any property, dwelling unit, or portion thereof.
“Person” means an individual, public entity, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association, or any other business entity or juridical person, whether operating on a for-profit or nonprofit basis.
”Short-term rental” and “vacation rental” are interchangeable for the purposes of this article, and mean any individually or collectively owned single-family or one (1) to four (4) family house or dwelling unit, or any unit or group of units in a condominium or cooperative, that is also a transient public lodging establishment or owner-occupied residential home offered for transient use. “Vacation rental” does not include:
1. Accommodations or property that is classified for property taxation under A.R.S. § 42-12001; or
2. Any unit that is used for any nonresidential use, including a special event that would otherwise require a license, retail, restaurant, banquet space, or other similar use.
“Timely manner”means responding to complaints and emergencies in person, by phone, or by email within sixty (60) minutes of an emergency notification and within twenty-four (24) hours of a nonemergency notification by public safety personnel.
“Transaction privilege tax license” means the license issued by the State of Arizona pursuant to A.R.S Title 42.
“Transient” has the same meaning prescribed in A.R.S. § 42-5070. ((O)23-01, 01/04/2023)