6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Licking County, Ohio.
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Rules vary by town. Granville requires a short-term rental permit before you advertise or host, valid two years, with a primary-residence rule in residential zones. Newark allows STRs under its zoning code with lodging-tax registration. Townships generally don't permit STRs.
Granville Codified Ordinances 1182.04(a)
No short-term rental host shall engage in, conduct, or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises in the Village of Granville, a short-term rental operation without obtaining a valid permit in accordance with this chapter.
Short-term rental guests follow the same local noise codes as everyone else. Granville goes further, requiring a 24-hour local manager who must answer disorderly-conduct and disturbance complaints. Newark's 50 dBA overnight limit applies to rentals too.
Granville Codified Ordinances 1182.07(b)(2)
Responding to incidents of disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, littering, vandalism or other occurrences that affect the health, safety and welfare of nearby residents.
Ohio charges no state lodging tax. Licking County levies a county lodging excise tax on stays under 30 days under ORC 5739.09 (up to 3%), and cities like Newark add their own bed tax. Airbnb and Vrbo collect many of these automatically.
Ohio Revised Code 5739.09(A)(1)
levy an excise tax not to exceed three per cent on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests
Granville requires every short-term rental's off-street parking to sit on the same lot - garage or driveway - in its residential districts. Occupancy is even capped at three guests per off-street space. Newark and townships apply general parking rules.
Granville Codified Ordinances 1182.06
In the Village Residential District, Suburban Residential District and Planned Unit District, all off-street parking required for a short-term rental shall be located on the same lot (e.g., in the garage or driveway) as the short-term rental.
Granville caps short-term rental occupancy at the lesser of three people per off-street parking space, or two people plus two per bedroom. The permit states each rental's maximum, and the 24-hour manager must keep guests within it.
Granville Codified Ordinances 1182.05
The maximum number of occupants in a short-term rental shall not exceed the lesser of: (a) Three (3) persons per off-street parking space; or (b) Two (2) persons, plus two (2) persons per sleeping room.
No Licking County jurisdiction mandates a specific liability policy for short-term rentals - Granville's permit code doesn't set a coverage minimum. Still, standard homeowner policies often exclude rental activity, so most hosts add a commercial or STR rider voluntarily.
1 cities in Licking County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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