Saint Paul DSI tracks complaints and code violations against short-term rental licenses, and repeated substantiated complaints — typically noise, occupancy, or trash — can lead to license suspension or non-renewal under the city's nuisance framework.
Saint Paul applies its general nuisance and chronic-violator framework (Chapter 274.05 and rental licensing rules) to short-term rentals. DSI logs substantiated complaints from SPPD calls, neighbor reports, and inspections. A pattern of three or more substantiated complaints within a license year typically triggers a hearing before the Legislative Hearing Officer. Sanctions escalate from corrective action plans to license suspension, non-renewal, and eventual revocation. The framework aligns STR enforcement with chronic-nuisance rental rules already used for long-term properties.
Three substantiated complaints can trigger an adverse-action hearing leading to suspension; revoked licensees often face a multi-year cooling-off period before re-applying.
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