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B) The owner is delinauent in pavment of County taxes, fees fines, or penalties assessed in relation to the short-term vacation rental; (C) The owner or reachable person has not been reachable; or (D) Police reports or verified neighbor complaints of noise and other disturbances relating to the short-term vacation rental operations. (g) Emergency. In the event of an emergency, natural or manmade, where short- term vacation rentals are caused to cease operations for an extended time period the director may prorate an annual renewal fee for a nonconforming use certificate or may reissue a permit without additional fees or requiring additional documentation, or both, after the emergency event, for owners who are in good standing prior to the event. (h) The decision by the director to deny renewal of a nonconforming use certificate shall require written notice to the property owner. (i) Appeal. Within thirty days after the receipt of the notice, the owner may appeal to the board of appeals as provided by section 6-9.2, County Charter and sections 25-2-20 through 25-2-24. Section 25-4- .2. Prima facie evidence; short-term vacation rentals. Advertising of any sort that offers a property as a short-term vacation rental shall constitute prima facie evidence that a short-term vacation rental is operating on that property. The burden of proof shall be on the owner or operator to establish either that the property is not being used as a short-term vacation rental or that it is being used for such purpose legally. Section 25-4- .3. Enforcement. (a) If any short-term vacation rental is found to be operating unlawfully, or otherwise in violation of any provisions of this chapter, enforcement shall be pursuant to article 2 of chapter 25 b) In lieu of or in addition to enforcement pursuant to subsection (a), the director ma further impose additional civil fines as follows: (1) For an owner who has not been the subject of a final decision finding a violation relating to their operation of a short-term vacation rental without a permit, certificate, or registration within the last five years, no more than $1,000 per day or the offered rental rate, whichever is greater, for each daY that the rental property was advertised, offered, or operated as a short-term vacation rental without a required permit, certificate, or registration; (2) For an owner who has been the subject of a single final decision finding a violation relating to their operation of a short-term vacation rental without a 12