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Title 20 : Miscellaneous
Chapter 2 : Short-Term Rental Units

20-204 : Minimun standards for short-term rental units.

  1. Short-term rental unit shall meet the following minimum standards:
    1. A short-term rental unit may include a primary dwelling unit and/or a secondary dwelling unit, but cannot include uninhabitable structures such as garages, barns or sheds.
    2. A short-term rental unit must meet all applicable laws related to zoning, housing, building, health, electrical, gas, plumbing and life safety.
    3. There shall be no more than five (5) sleeping rooms made available for rental.
    4. Maximum occupancy: the maximum occupancy shall be determined by the total of:
      1. Two (2) persons per bedroom up to 140 square feet.
      2. For bedrooms over one hundred forty (140) square feet the occupant load will be determined by the area of the room divided by seventy (70) square feet.
      3. The occupancy maximum shall be conspicuously posted within the short-term residential rental unit.
      4. The short-term rental unit owner shall not receive any compensation or remuneration to permit occupancy and shall not permit occupancy of a short-term rental property for any agreed or contracted period of less than twenty-four (24) hours.
    5. The short-term rental permit holder shall be responsible for collecting and remitting all applicable hotel and motel and sales taxes and any other taxes required by state law and/or by the Town Code of the Town of Mountain City.
    6. Adequate on-site parking shall be provided, as determined by the town after considering proposed/maximum permitted number of guests, frequency of operations, and availability of on-street parking (if any). As a general rule, parking shall not be allowed in any vegetated area of the premises on which the short-term residential rental is located.
    7. All occupants shall abide by all generally applicable codes, ordinances and regulations, including without limitation, applicable noise restrictions and all applicable waste management provisions of the Town Code of the Town of Mountain City.
    8. The name and telephone number of the owner of the short-term rental unit or the short-term rental agent shall be conspicuously posted within the short-term rental unit.
    9. As per the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 13-7-601, certain limited provisions of this subsection may not be applicable or wholly applicable to "grandfathered short-term rental units." (Ord. #2006, July 2024)