Philadelphia Code section 9-3905 lets Licenses and Inspections suspend or revoke a Limited Lodging or Hotel rental license after repeat violations of zoning, noise, occupancy, fire, or tax rules. Three violations within 12 months typically trigger administrative revocation hearings.
Section 9-3905 grants L&I authority to suspend, revoke, or refuse renewal of a Hotels and Limited Lodging license for any violation of Philadelphia Code, Zoning Code, Fire Code, Hotel Tax obligations under Title 19, or for harboring nuisance activity. The Department's Nuisance Property program separately tracks complaint-driven cases. Repeat violations within 12 months, especially noise, occupancy overcrowding, or unlicensed parties, can prompt administrative hearings under the Code Enforcement Bureau procedures. Operators receive notice and right to appeal to the Board of License and Inspection Review. Listing platforms operating under Philadelphia booking-agent agreements remove revoked listings within a set takedown window after L&I notification.
Each violation can carry 2,000-dollar daily fines under section 14-2007; revocation bars the operator from holding a Philadelphia rental license for two years and triggers platform delisting, with Hotel Tax interest accruing on unpaid liabilities.
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