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Application

Click this link to find the short-term rental license application for your type.

$687.00 (non-refundable) Fee

Cash, Check or Money Order Payable to the City of Austin. The application fee is non-refundable.

Proof of Property Insurance

Declarations, Information or Summary Pages from your Policy

Proof of Payment of City of Austin Hotel Occupancy Taxes (if applicable; IF you have been using your property as a Short Term Rental then proof of hotel occupancy taxes is required)

Copy of cancelled check, AND
Copy of the Most Recent Quarter Tax Report submitted to the City Controller’s Office, OR
If you have not had any renters in this quarter, a copy of the zero report filed

Certificate of Occupancy OR Certified Inspection

To obtain your Certificate of Occupancy please call the Development Services Department at 978-4000, or contact by e-mail at DSDHelp@austintexas.gov. If one is not available for your property we ask for a third party STR inspection. Here is a link to inspectors in your area.

Mail to: City of Austin – Austin Code Department, Attn: Finance – STR, PO Box 1088, Austin, TX 78767. OR you may visit our office at 5202 East Ben White Blvd Unit 5, Ste 550, Austin, TX 78741 between 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

To Renew A License

$412.00 (non-refundable) Fee

Cash, Check or Money Order Payable to the City of Austin. The application fee is non-refundable.

Proof of Current Property Insurance

Declarations, Information or Summary Pages from your Policy

Proof of Payment of City of Austin Hotel Occupancy Taxes

Copy of cancelled check, AND
Copy of the Most Recent Quarter Tax report submitted to the City Controller’s Office, OR
If you have not had any renters in this quarter, a copy of the zero report filed

The license must be renewed before it expires. If the owner and/or street address of the STR have changed, you MUST submit a new application with signatures from all owners and the owner’s agent, if applicable. If other application information has changed, the information must be sent in a letter signed by the owner, without having to submit a new application.

To renew the Operating License of your Short Term Rental (STR), the required documents and licensing fee can be mailed or brought in to our office. Mail to: City of Austin – Austin Code Department, Attn: Finance – STR, PO Box 1088, Austin, TX 78767. OR you may visit our office at 5202 East Ben White Blvd Unit 5, Ste 550, Austin, TX 78741 between 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Operating License Types

NON_STR
Bed and Breakfast	The use of an owner-occupied single-family residential structure to provide limited meal service and rooms for temporary lodging for overnight guests in return for compensation.
Boarding House Commercial	A building, other than a hotel, where lodging and meals are provided for more than six (6) unrelated persons in return for compensation.
Boarding House Residential	A building, other than a hotel, where lodging and meals are provided for more than siz (6) unrelated persons in return for compensation.
Hotel	A building or a part of a building, in which there are guest rooms, rooming units or apartments which may be rented on a daily basis and are used primarily for transient occupancy and for which desk service is provided. In addition, one or more of the following services may be provided: maid, telephone, bellboy, or furnishing of linen.
Motel	A building or a part of a building, in which there are guest rooms, rooming units or apartments which may be rented on a daily basis and are used primarily for transient occupancy and for which desk service is provided. In addition, one or more of the following services may be provided: maid, telephone, bellboy, or furnishing of linen.
Rooming House Commercial	A building, other than a hotel, where lodging for more than six (6) unrelated persons is provided without meals in return for compensation.
Rooming House Residential	A building, other than a hotel, where lodging for more than six (6) unrelated persons is provided without meals in return for compensation.

STR
Short Term Rental Type 1	(Owner-Occupied) Short-term rental primary structures are: (1) rented for periods of less than 30 consecutive days, (2) not part of a multifamily use, (3) an entire dwelling unit, and (4) recorded with Travis County Appraisal District (TCAD) as a homestead.
Short Term Rental Type 1-A	(Owner-Occupied) Short-term rental partial units: (1) must include the exclusive use of a sleeping room and shared use of a full bathroom, (2) the owner is generally present at the licensed short-term rental property for the duration of any short-term rental of a partial unit, (3) not more than one partial unit at the property is simultaneously rented for any period less than 30 consecutive days, and (4) limited to a single party of individuals, and (5) recorded with Travis County Appraisal District (TCAD) as a homestead.
Short Term Rental Type 1-Secondary	(Owner-Occupied) Short-term rental secondary structures are: (1) rented for periods of less than 30 consecutive days, (2) not part of a multifamily use, (3) associated with an owner-occupied principal residential unit, (4) an entire dwelling unit, and (5) recorded with Travis County Appraisal District (TCAD) as a homestead.
Short Term Rental Type 2 Commercial	(Non Owner-Occupied) Short-term rental structures: (1) may not be located on a lot that is within 1000 feet of a lot on which another short-term rental (Type 2) use is located and (2) are a permitted use in the following base districts: Central Business District (CBD); Downtown Mixed Use (DMU); Planned Unit Development (PUD); General-Retail Mixed Use (GR-MU); Commercial Services Mixed Use (CS-MU); Commercial Services Vertical Mixed Use (CS-V); and General Retail Vertical Mixed Use (GR-V).
Short Term Rental Type 3	Short-term rental multifamily use structures are: (1) rented for periods of less than 30 consecutive days, (2) part of a multifamily residential use, and (3) an entire dwellling unit.

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