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Short-Term Rental Annual Registration

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  2. Short-Term Rental Annual Registration
    *Valid for the year in which the registration is completed and expires on December 31st each year*
  6. Please provide house number, street name, Florence, Leeds or Northampton, zip code
  11. Property Type (Select One)*
  17. Owner Occupied: *
  19. Is off-street parking available?*
  22. Person or entity responsible for the property on a day-to-day basis.
  29. 105 CMR 460.100 (D): Short Term Vacation or Recreational Rental Exemption

    Short Term Vacation or Recreational Rental Exemption from the Obligation to Abate and/or Contain Paint, Plaster or Other Accessible Structural Material Containing Dangerous Levels of Lead

    1. The owner(s) of a dwelling unit, including but not limited to a private residence, condominium, hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast establishment that is leased, rented or occupied for vacation or recreational purposes for a period of 31 days or less shall not be required to abate or contain any paint, plaster or other accessible structural material containing dangerous levels of lead in compliance with 105 CMR 460.110 when a child under six years of age is an occupant, upon meeting and maintaining the following conditions:
      1. The owner or owner’s agent shall visually inspect as least annually all of the interior surfaces and the exterior casing, sash and sill of all windows of the particular dwelling unit, but not interior common areas if present, to ensure that there is no cracked or otherwise deteriorated plaster or putty or peeling, chipping or flaking paint.
      2. Any peeling, chipping or flaking paint, deteriorated plaster or putty shall be made intact according to the procedures of the Protocol for Maintaining Intact Paint issued by the Director.
      3. The owner or owner’s agent shall provide a copy of the Short-Term Vacation Rental Notification (Vacation Rental Notification) issued by the Director to each tenant with a child under six years of age.
      4. The owner or owner’s agent shall date the Vacation Rental Notification to indicate when the visual inspection was conducted and all paint, plaster and putty was intact on relevant surfaces of the dwelling unit, indicated at 105 CMR 460.100(D)(1)(a).
      5. The owner or owner’s agent shall indicate on the Vacation Rental Notification the number of days for which the dwelling unit is rented.
      6. The owner shall write his or her telephone number on the Vacation Rental Notification so that the tenant may contact the owner for prompt repair of any deteriorated paint, plaster or putty on relevant surfaces indicated at 105 CMR 460.100(D)(1)(a).  The owner may substitute the name and telephone number of an agent who is authorized to repair non-intact paint, plaster or putty.
      7. The owner or owner’s agent and tenant shall sign and date the Vacation Rental Notification and retain a copy.  If the owner or owner’s agent has provided the tenant with the Vacation Rental Notification but the tenant refuses to sign the Vacation Rental Notification, the owner or owner’s agent may attach to the Vacation Rental Notification a statement that the tenant has received the Vacation Rental Notification but the tenant has refused to sign it.
      8. If peeling, chipping, flaking paint or deteriorated plaster or putty is present on relevant surfaces of the dwelling unit, indicated at 105 CMR 460.100(D)(1)(a), or the owner fails to provide the Vacation Rental Notification in accordance with 105 CMR 460.100(D)(1)(c) through (g), the owner is not exempt from the requirements for abatement or containment at 105 CMR 460.110 or liability for damages at 105 CMR 460.180.
    2. An owner who complies with 105 CMR 460.100(D)(1)(a) through (g) may rent a dwelling unit under the Short Term Vacation or Recreation Rental Exemption for as many periods of 31 days or less as he or she may choose, provided that the same tenant with a child under six years of age does not occupy the same dwelling unit for a period of more than 31 days in any twelve-month period.
  31. Certification of the Commonwealth's Lead Law Exemption

    By signing below, I, being the property owner or property manager of the address indicated above, am aware of and will comply with the Commonwealth's Lead Law exemption for short term vacation or recreational rentals.

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