Airbnb has an unusual request for its St. Paul hosts: If you were a one-hit wonder, take down your listing.

Over the past year, 750 St. Paul property owners have listed their homes for short-term rental through the home-sharing service, many of them for Super Bowl LII, played in Minneapolis in February.

Under new city ordinances, St. Paul hosts must be inspected and licensed by the city.

Property owners who have listed their homes through Airbnb but have no intention of renting them out again may soon find themselves in hot water with city inspectors if they don’t remove their listing entirely — violating St. Paul’s licensing rules is a criminal misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor.

The situation could describe several hundred property owners.

To date, St. Paul has issued 153 Airbnb licenses, according to a spokeswoman for the St. Paul Department of Safety and Inspections. Another four property licenses are pending.

City officials say no Airbnb-related arrests are imminent. “Right now we’re more in an education mode trying to get the word out so more people can be in compliance,” said Laurie Brickley, a spokeswoman for St. Paul Department of Safety and Inspections. “Since this is relatively new, our efforts have been more geared to outreach.”

For hosts, simply going online and blocking out future dates doesn’t cut it, said Airbnb spokesman Benjamin Breit.

“A city like St. Paul is obviously unique because there was a big event recently,” said Breit, referring to the Super Bowl. “You’re going to have folks taking advantage of what they see as a one-time opportunity who never intended to be hosting long-term. Just locking your calendar isn’t enough. You need to take that listing down. It’s not in compliance.” Related Articles Man reports he had to stab his dog after attack in St. Paul; police investigating

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He added: “There’s just no telling how many people that we technically have in our system as active, who really only hosted that one time.”

As part of new rules approved by the St. Paul City Council last year, hosts must show on their online listing pages that they’ve obtained a hosting license from the city.

Airbnb officials said in a statement that they will update their listing pages to make the licensing numbers more easily identifiable. The company will also share anonymous data with the city on a quarterly basis to give policymakers a general sense of usage trends. Related Articles Man reports he had to stab his dog after attack in St. Paul; police investigating

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As part of a St. Paul-specific awareness campaign, Airbnb’s “Home Share Twin Cities” host club will launch meet-ups this month to educate hosts about the new city regulations.

A “responsible hosting” page on the company’s website will also spell out St. Paul-specific regulations.

The city has set up links to the new rules and a matrix cheat-sheet at tinyurl.com/StPShortTerm.

“Everyone has the same goal, which is to reach super-high compliance,” Breit said.