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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.