By Caroline Yu | YourValley
Existing vacation and short-term rental properties in Scottsdale had until Jan. 8 to register for the new operating license, but city estimates show many have yet to apply days after the deadline.
As of Jan. 8, Scottsdale’s ordinance regarding short-term rentals is in effect and any vacation or short-term rental properties operating without a license are doing so illegally.
Scottsdale, like other Arizona cities, has spent the past year working on a solution to manage its short-term and vacation rentals following the passage of Senate Bill 1168.
Adopting its ordinance in October 2022, the city’s regulations require each rental property offering a lease of less than 30 days to hold and maintain an annual license to operate. Properties with leases longer than that are not subject to the license.
Leading up to the deadline, the city disseminated press releases detailing there was a surprisingly low number of rentals that had successfully registered.
In a late December release, Mayor David Ortega said he was concerned only a small percentage of properties had applied. By Dec. 27, one release stated that 838 properties had applied for or received their licenses.
