City Comparisons: STR Regulations
Residency
requirement
• Yes
• Residents can STR
50% or less of single
or double if they live
on the property

Hosted
stays
• Required

Charleston

• Yes, mostly
• Homestead
exemption required

• Required

Austin

• Yes, partly
• Permits for nonowner occupied
singles and doubles
being phased out

• Not
required

Orlando

Commercial vs.
Residential
• In some
commercial
zones, in 3-5 unit
bldgs, whole
home rentals are
permitted only
for 7-30 days
• 20 sq. block
commercial zone
allows nonowner occupied
STRs as
conditional use,
9 permits/bldg
• Non-owner
occupied STRs
allowed in multifam bldgs

Neighborhood
limit
• No

Day limit Occupancy limit
• No

• 2 ppl per
bedroom; no
more than 4
unrelated ppl

• No

• No

• No more than 4
adults

• 3% cap per bldg
in multi-fam
bldgs in
residential zones
• 25% cap per
bldg. in multifam bldgs. in
commercial
zones

• No

• Twice the
number of
sleeping rooms +
2
• No more than 10
adults or 6
unrelated adults

  

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City Comparisons: STR Regulations
Residency
requirement
• Yes, partly
• Residency required
in residential zones
• One permit per
property
• Non-owner
occupied STRs
being phased out of
residential zones
• Yes
• STR must be
operator's primary
residence
• Yes
• No whole home
rentals
• Yes
• 270 days of
residency required
• Yes, mostly
• Resident can rent
whole home in 1- or
2-fam units

Hosted
stays
• Not
required

Commercial vs.
Residential
• Residency not
required in
multi-fam
housing zones

Neighborhood
limit
• 3% cap per
census tract on
non-owner
occupied singles
and doubles

Day limit Occupancy limit
• No

• Twice the
number of
sleeping rooms +
4

• Not
required

• N/A

• No

• No

• Same as
residential limits

• Required

• N/A

• No

• No

• Same as
residential limits

• Not
required

• N/A

• No

• 90

• Same as
residential limits

• Required
in bldgs
with 3
units or
more

• N/A

• No

• No

• Same as
residential limits