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Kittitas County, WA
<br />§ 17.08.486 § 17.08.510
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<br />"Owner" means any person who, alone or with others, has title or interest in any building, property,
<br />dwelling unit, or portion thereof, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, and
<br />including any person who as agent, executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of an estate has
<br />charge, care, or control of any building, dwelling unit, or portion thereof. A person whose sole
<br />interest in any building, dwelling unit, or portion thereof is solely that of a lessee under a lease
<br />agreement is not considered an owner.
<br />"Person" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 82.04.030.
<br />"Short-term rental" means a lodging use, that is not a hotel or motel or bed and breakfast, in which
<br />a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is offered or provided to a guest by a short -term rental
<br />operator for a fee for fewer than thirty (30) consecutive nights. "Short -term rental" does not
<br />include any of the following: (i) a dwelling unit that is occupied by the owner for at least six
<br />(6) months during the calendar year and in which fewer than three (3) rooms are rented at any
<br />time; (ii) a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is used by the same person for thirty (30) or
<br />more consecutive nights; or (iii) a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is operated by an
<br />organization or government entity that is registered as a charitable organization with the Secretary
<br />of State, State of Washington, or is classified by the Federal Internal Revenue Service as a public
<br />charity or a private foundation, and provides temporary housing to individuals certified on 9/1/
<br />2023 Combined Chapter 64.37 RCW, Page 1, who are being treated for trauma, injury, or disease,
<br />or their family members.
<br />"Short-term rental advertisement" means any method of soliciting use of a dwelling unit for short-
<br />term rental purposes.
<br />"Short-term rental platform" or "platform" means a person that provides a means through which
<br />an operator may offer a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, for short-term rental use, and from which
<br />the person or entity financially benefits. Merely publishing a short -term rental advertisement for
<br />accommodations does not make the publisher a short-term rental platform.
<br />(Ord. 2025-001, 1/7/2025)
<br />§ 17.08.487. Sending site.
<br />"Sending site" means designated lot or lots from where landowners may sell their development
<br />rights in exchange for placing a conservation easement on the property.
<br />(Ord. 2009-25, 2009)
<br />§ 17.08.490. Small-scale event facility.
<br />"Small-scale event facility" means a facility that is open to the public for events, seminars, wedding
<br />or other social gatherings. May include eating and food preparation facilities provided meals are
<br />only served to guests attending events.
<br />(Ord. 98-22 (part), 1998; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2013-012, 2013)
<br />§ 17.08.500. Special care dwelling.
<br />"Special care dwelling" means a Manufactured Home or Park Model Trailer providing separate
<br />living quarters for the purpose of providing care to an immediate family member.
<br />(Ord. O-2006-01, 2006; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)
<br />Exhibit C
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