§514E-5 Geographic limitations. (a) Except as provided in this section, time share units, time share plans, and transient vacation rentals are prohibited. (b) Existing time share units, time share plans, and transient vacation rentals are not impaired by the provisions of this section. (c) Time share units, time share plans, and transient vacation rentals are allowed: (1) In areas designated for hotel use, resort use, or transient vacation rentals, pursuant to county authority under section 46-4, or where the county, by its legislative process, designates hotel, transient vacation rental, or resort use; (2) In a hotel where the county explicitly approves such use, in advance, as a nonconforming use; or (3) In a county with a population in excess of five hundred thousand, in an existing hotel that is a valid nonconforming use under county ordinance. [L 1980, c 186, pt of §1; am L 1982, c 191, §1; am L 2002, c 204, §7; am L 2009, c 12, §1; am L 2019, c 111, §35] Attorney General Opinions Declaration calling for future 'annexation' of units within a project or building is not sufficient to establish those units as 'pre-existing'. Att. Gen. Op. 81-14. 11, §35] Attorney General Opinions Declaration calling for future 'annexation' of units within a project or building is not sufficient to establish those units as 'pre-existing'. Att. Gen. Op. 81-14. Geographic limitations of section apply to certain registration filings made prior to effective date of limitations. Att. Gen. Op. 83-1.
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