Glynn County, GA Building Safety: Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2026)

Section 2-31-5, the Short-Term Rental Standards, requires every short-term rental to meet all applicable building, health, fire, and related safety codes at all times, and specifically to have working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in every bedroom and on all habitable floors, and a properly maintained and charged fire extinguisher in each dwelling unit used as a short-term rental. These are general requirements layered on top of whatever zoning district regulations apply to the property, and they sit alongside a weekly trash-collection requirement in the same section.

Section 2-31-8(a)(xii) requires the property owner or Managing Agency to affirm, as part of the certificate application to the Finance Department, that the short-term rental has an operable fire extinguisher and working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors as required, and Section 2-31-8(e) requires that affirmation to remain true throughout the life of the certificate, with any material change reported to the Finance Department within three business days. A false affirmation on the application is grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of the Accommodation Excise Tax Certificate under Sections 2-31-8(d) and 2-31-12.