A flow chart/check list is to serve as documentation to validate that a house is a short-term rental before issuing a notice of violation.

Resident Steve Meining asked at Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting how many active short-term rentals are in the township.

As of the beginning of the year, there were 18, said Brent Green, township code enforcement officer.

Green said they are currently working on ways for everyone who is trying to operate to have their chart and their checklist.

“The main thing is making it clear that when people are coming in for a short-term-rental permit, this is what (is needed),” said Green, who added they are also trying to figure out what should be part of the checklist.

Meining, who regularly checks on the status of the enforcement of the township’s short-term rental ordinance, said it’s important to keep after the property owners to hold them accountable.

“I think we got to do everything we can to get these people in line legally,” Meining said.

Green said now isn’t the time, as he isn’t quite ready to issue a notice until he has evidence to back it up.

“If we are going to get tough, we need to get people in compliance,” Green said. “It makes no sense to be tough right now until we get things (straightened out).”

Green told the board in April that he was going through the township’s files to see what has been sent to those property owners and what has been returned.

Since the majority of the property owners aren’t local, Green said issuing a notice of violation and sending them to the magistrate will be difficult.