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NSW Short-Term Rental Accommodation (STRA) framework, effective 2021-11-01. Non-hosted STRA limited to 180 days/year in Greater Sydney region (Eastern Harbour City, Central River City, Western Parkland City). Hosted STRA (operator on premises) not subject to the 180-day cap. Mandatory NSW STRA Register, annual renewal required. Mandatory Code of Conduct compliance. Fire and safety requirements must be met before listing.

Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 547 (Licensing and Registration of Short-Term Rentals), adopted by By-law 613-2018 (in force 2019-11-18) and amended by By-law 503-2024 (2024-05-23). A short-term rental is the rental of all or part of a dwelling unit for less than 28 consecutive days. Operators must register with Municipal Licensing and Standards (MLS) and may only operate a short-term rental in their principal residence (§547-4.2). Short-term rental companies (platforms) must additionally obtain a company licence (§547-1.2). Maximum 180 nights per calendar year for entire-unit rentals (§547-4.1.1.D); no nightly cap for partial-unit rentals where the operator remains onsite.

Dual-layer framework: (1) BC Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (STRAA, SBC 2023) restricts STR to the host's principal residence — effective May 1, 2024 in communities of 10,000+ including Vancouver — and mandates provincial registration since May 1, 2025; hosts may also rent one secondary suite or accessory dwelling unit on the same principal-residence property. (2) City of Vancouver business license required by municipal bylaw; license number must be displayed on all listings. No maximum nights per year at the provincial level.

Short-term rental (Alojamento Local, AL) regime under Decreto-Lei 128/2014 (consolidated), as amended by Decreto-Lei 76/2024 of 23 October, which revoked the most restrictive AL measures introduced by Lei 56/2023 (Mais Habitacao) including the national suspension of new registrations and the automatic expiry (caducidade) of existing registrations. Operation requires a prior electronic notification (comunicacao previa com prazo) via the Balcao Unico Eletronico (ePortugal), which assigns an RNAL/RNT registration number. Standard processing period: 60 business days; in municipally designated containment areas (areas de contencao), 90 business days with possible municipal opposition. AL modalities: moradia (autonomous single-family house), apartamento (independent fraction), estabelecimentos de hospedagem/hostels, and quartos (up to 3 rooms in the operator's own dwelling). Capacity cap of 9 rooms and 27 users per establishment (except hostels). Porto's historic central parishes are subject to municipal containment provisions adopted by Camara Municipal do Porto.

Short-Term Let (STL) licensing scheme mandatory : operating without licence is a criminal offence with maximum fine of GBP 2,500. Four licence types : (1) Secondary letting - property not your normal residence ; (2) Home letting - your own home while absent ; (3) Home sharing - your own home while present ; (4) Home letting and home sharing combined. Whole-dwelling secondary letting may also require planning permission. Visitor Levy : 5% of accommodation cost, applied to first 5 consecutive nights per stay, effective 24 July 2026.

Primary residences in Greater London may be used for short-term rental up to 90 nights per calendar year without planning permission, provided the host remains liable for council tax on the property (Deregulation Act 2015, s.44, inserting s.25A into the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973). Exceeding 90 nights constitutes a material change of use requiring planning permission from the relevant local borough council. Local planning authorities may by direction disapply the 90-night exemption for specific properties or areas. No national licensing scheme is currently in force; the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, s.228, grants the Secretary of State power to create a registration scheme by regulation, but no regulations implementing an operational scheme had been made as of 2025.

Short-Term Rental (STR) license required from the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses for any residential dwelling unit available for rent for one to 29 days. The STR must be the licensee's primary residence, defined per the Denver ordinance as 'the place where a person's habitation is fixed for the term of the license and is the person's usual place of return.' A person may have only one primary residence. Rentals of 30 or more consecutive days fall outside the STR regime and require a residential rental property license instead. The primary-residence requirement effectively excludes investor-only / non-owner-occupied STR operations in Denver.

Short-term rentals are defined as lodging accommodations for less than 30 consecutive days. Two STR types are permitted: Bed & Breakfast (B&B) and Transient Vacation Unit (TVU). STRs are restricted to resort-zoned areas and specific apartment-zoned areas designated by City Council, per the Land Use Ordinance as amended by Ordinance 22-7 (and subsequent ordinances 24-14, 25-2 / Bill 64, and 25-52, which updated permitted-zone maps and definitions).

Metro Nashville Short-Term Rental Property (STRP) permit system under Metropolitan Code of Laws Title 6 Chapter 6.28, as comprehensively amended by BL2020-187 (effective July 10, 2020). Tennessee Short-Term Rental Unit Act (TCA §§13-7-601 through 13-7-606, PC 972, effective May 17, 2018) provides the state-level framework. STR defined as a residential unit of ≤4 sleeping rooms rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days. Two permit types: Owner-Occupied (OO) — property must be the natural-person host's primary residence, available in all residential and commercial zones; Not Owner-Occupied (NOO) — new permits restricted to commercial and mixed-use zones only (MUN, MUL, MUG, MUI, OG, OR20/OR40-A, ORI, CN, CL, CS, CA, CF, DTC, SCN, SCC, SCR); new NOO permits are not available in residential zones (AR2A, R, RS, RM), though existing NOO permits in residential zones may renew.

Short-term rentals are regulated by the City of New Orleans under two license categories administered by the Department of Safety and Permits / Short Term Rental Administration: Non-Commercial Short Term Rental (NSTR) for residential / owner-operated properties, and Commercial Short Term Rental (CSTR) for commercial operations, which require zoning approval via a conditional use permit. STR licenses are non-transferrable.

City of San Diego Short-Term Residential Occupancy (STRO) Ordinance, administered by the Office of the City Treasurer. An STRO license is required to operate any dwelling rental of less than one month within the City of San Diego; the licensing requirement became enforceable on 2023-05-01. The ordinance establishes four tiers: Tier 1 (Part-Time, maximum 20 days per calendar year, host need not be present); Tier 2 (Home Sharing, more than 20 days per year, host resides onsite, host absences capped at 90 days per calendar year); Tier 3 (Whole Home, citywide except Mission Beach, more than 20 days per year without host onsite, minimum 90-day annual utilization to maintain the license); Tier 4 (Mission Beach Whole Home, more than 20 days per year, minimum 90-day annual utilization, application period currently closed).

Regulated: two licenses required for all STR operators under Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 6.600 (Ordinance 125490, effective January 1, 2019) — a Seattle Business License Tax Certificate and an STR Regulatory Operator License. Most operators are limited to up to two dwelling units (one primary residence and one secondary property); limited exceptions apply for units lawfully operated as STRs before September 30, 2017. Renters are prohibited from obtaining STR operator licenses except for legacy units in the Downtown Urban Core pre-dating September 30, 2017. Prohibited property types include RVs, tents, garages, boats, live-work units, houseboats, and waterfront residences. No annual night cap under Seattle law. Washington State lodging excise tax (retail sales tax plus lodging and convention/trade center taxes) applies per HB 2015; Seattle's city-specific STR tax was repealed in 2018.

Regulated: two license types under the Short-Term Rental Regulation Act of 2018 (Title 14 DCMR Chapter 99, Notice of Final Rulemaking December 2021). (1) Short-Term Rental (STR): operator remains present on premises during guest stay; limited to 30 consecutive nights per rental period; no annual night cap. (2) Vacation Rental (VR): operator is absent, guests have exclusive property access; capped at 90 nights per calendar year (30 consecutive nights maximum per stay). Both types require the property to be the operator's primary residence qualifying for the DC Homestead Tax Deduction; only individual owners are eligible — LLCs, corporations, and investment properties are not permitted. Guest occupancy capped at 8 persons or 2 per bedroom, whichever is greater. Applicable transient lodging taxes are collected and remitted directly to the District by booking services on behalf of hosts.