Residential Rental

Renting a Home for a Year

Long term rental

Incidental Room Rental

Rental or leasing of rooms within a single-family residence, provided all of the following are met:

• All rooms offered for rent are within, and share a main building entrance with, the landowner’s primary residence.
• No more than two (2) bedrooms are offered for rent.
• One off-street parking space is provided for each rental room.

Transient or Tourist Lodging

Transient or tourist lodging houses may include, but are not limited to: bed and breakfasts, hostels, and recreational cabins.

A residence that rents more than two (2), but not more than eight (8), bedrooms to transient guests or tourists, where all of the following apply:

• Rooms are rented to no more than twenty (20) individuals who are not members of the landowner’s family.
• Length of stay does not exceed twenty-nine (29) consecutive days for each registered guest.

Generally requires a CUP in most zoning districts.

Conditions on the CUP may contain things like: 

• Parking Requirements
• Septic Requirements
• Occupancy Limitations
• Pet limitations
• Lighting Requirements
• Noise Limitations

Commercial Lodging

Indoor commercial lodging may include, but is not limited to: hotels, motels, inns or resorts.

A building or premises that provides lodging to transient or tourist guests, that meets at least one of the following criteria:

• Provides more than eight (8) rooms available for transient guests.
• Provides accommodations for more than twenty (20) transient or tourist guests at a time.  

Generally Requires a Zoning Change (rezone) and possibly a CUP.

Room Rental Factsheet (PDF) Public Health Requirements for Room Rentals Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Zoning Change (Rezone)