Booking service provider means any person or entity who facilitates a transaction between a prospective guest and a person or entity offering a short-term rental.

Lodging means the transaction for periods of less than 30 consecutive days of furnishing a room or rooms, or other accommodations, by any person to another person or persons who, for consideration, use, possess, or have the right to use or possess any room or rooms in a hotel, apartment hotel, lodging house, motor hotel, guest house, bed and breakfast residence, short-term rental, guest ranch, mobile home, auto camp, trailer court, or trailer park in the city, under any agreement, concession, permit, right of access, license, or otherwise. This definition shall not apply to the transaction of furnishing rooms or accommodations for meetings or exhibitions.

Primary residence means the place in which a person's habitation is fixed for the term of the license and is the person's usual place of return. A person can have only one primary residence.

Short-term rental means any residential dwelling unit offered, provided, or operated as lodging accommodations to guests in exchange for remuneration for a period of less than 30 consecutive days. "Dwelling unit" has the meaning set forth in the Aurora Zoning Code. (Ord. No. 2021-63, § 1, 11-22-2021)