Burlington requires booking platforms to display valid STR registration numbers and cooperate with city takedown notices, holding hosts liable for noncompliant listings under CDO Sec. 5.4.5.
The 2022 CDO update obligates hosts to include their Burlington STR registration number in every public listing on Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and similar platforms. The city periodically scrapes listings to flag missing or invalid numbers, then issues notices of violation to the host and a takedown request to the platform. Repeat violators may be barred from registration for two years. Vermont has not enacted statewide STR preemption, leaving Burlington's local platform-coordination rule intact and enforceable in tandem with the registration regime.
Listings without a valid registration number face $500 per-listing fines, public posting on the city violations dashboard, and platform-level takedown.
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