Cleveland treats stays of thirty days or longer as residential tenancies under Ohio Landlord-Tenant Act ORC Chapter 5321 rather than transient lodging, exempting them from STR registration and lodging-tax obligations.
Cleveland Chapter 663 defines short-term rentals as guest stays under thirty consecutive nights. Once a single guest occupies a unit for thirty days or more, the relationship converts to a residential tenancy governed by Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5321, the state Landlord-Tenant Act. The host then owes habitability duties, must follow ORC 5321.17 termination notice rules, and cannot use lockouts or self-help eviction. Cleveland lodging tax also stops accruing past the thirtieth night of a continuous stay.
Treating a thirty-plus-day occupant as an STR guest can trigger wrongful eviction claims, ORC 5321 statutory damages, and Cuyahoga County Housing Court liability.
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