4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Brazos County, Texas.
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Brazos County does NOT require a county-level permit, license, or registration to operate a short-term rental in unincorporated areas. Texas counties have no general STR-licensing authority, and HB 2127 (2023, Texas Regulatory Consistency Act) further preempts much local STR regulation. STR operators must, however, collect and remit the 6% Texas State Hotel Occupancy Tax. Inside Bryan and College Station, separate municipal STR registration and HOT collection rules apply.
Brazos County does NOT impose a county hotel occupancy tax on short-term rentals in unincorporated areas. STR operators must collect the 6% Texas State Hotel Occupancy Tax under Tex. Tax Code Chapter 156 for stays under 30 days. Inside Bryan and College Station, an additional 7% city HOT applies.
Tex. Tax Code §§ 156.001, 156.052
Sec. 156.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter, "hotel" means a building in which members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for consideration. [...] (b) For purposes of the imposition of a hotel occupancy tax under this chapter, Chapter 351 or 352, or other law, "hotel" includes a short-term rental. In this subsection, "short-term rental" means the rental of all or part of a resident...
Brazos County does NOT impose parking requirements for short-term rentals in unincorporated areas. Tex. Loc. Gov. Code §233.153 bars county zoning, and there is no county STR ordinance. Parking is limited only by the Brazos County Subdivision Regulations on private/public road frontage and by city STR overlays inside Bryan and College Station.
Tex. Transp. Code Sec. 545.302 (Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Certain Places)
Sec. 545.302. STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN PLACES. (a) An operator may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle:(1) on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;(2) on a sidewalk;(3) in an intersection;(4) on a crosswalk;(5) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite th...
Brazos County does NOT set occupancy caps for short-term rentals in unincorporated areas. Tex. Loc. Gov. Code §233.153 prohibits county zoning over single-family residential, and there is no county STR ordinance. Effective occupancy is limited only by septic (OSSF) capacity under 30 TAC Ch. 285 and the International Property Maintenance Code minimums where adopted by city.
Tex. Prop. Code Sec. 92.010 (Occupancy Limits)
Sec. 92.010. OCCUPANCY LIMITS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the maximum number of adults that a landlord may allow to occupy a dwelling is three times the number of bedrooms in the dwelling.(b) A landlord may allow an occupancy rate of more than three adult tenants per bedroom:(1) to the extent that the landlord is required by a state or federal fair housing law to allow a hig...
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