Does Cleveland, OH have its own extended home share ordinance?

No. Cleveland, OH does not appear to have a local extended home share ordinance, Ohio state law applies instead. The rules summarized on this page come from Ohio Revised Code.

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Cleveland, OH Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

Some Restrictions

Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

STR cutoff: 30 consecutive days per guest
Beyond 30 days: Requires Chapter 365 rental registration
Governing definition: § 686B.02(j) 'short-term rental'
First-offense fine for over-length stay: $1,000 civil penalty

Summary

A Cleveland short-term rental license only covers stays of 30 consecutive days or less. Rent the same guest a unit for longer than that and the property stops being a short-term rental under city law and instead needs a Chapter 365 rental registration certificate, not an STR license.

(d) Notwithstanding Chapter 365, short-term rentals are not required to have a certificate of rental registration provided the dwelling unit remains a short-term rental. A dwelling unit rented for more than thirty (30) consecutive days is not a short-term rental as defined in this chapter and requires a certificate of rental registration pursuant to Chapter 365.

Source: Ohio Revised CodeView official code

Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-28: Current through legislation passed September 1, 2026).

Full Breakdown

05(d) draws a hard line between Cleveland's short-term rental chapter and its ordinary landlord-tenant rental registration system in Chapter 365. 02(j) definition of 'short-term rental' altogether and instead requires a certificate of rental registration under Chapter 365. 06(a) separately bars an owner from renting or leasing a short-term rental for a period of more than thirty consecutive days. 251 for at least a year before the chapter's effective date from the STR density cap, provided that operation stayed under 91 days per calendar year and no stay exceeded 30 consecutive days. 03 short-term rental license.

Violations & Fines

Offering a stay longer than 30 consecutive days under the short-term rental license, rather than switching to Chapter 365 rental registration, is a violation of § 686B.06(a)'s standards and carries a $1,000 civil fine for a first offense and $3,000 for each later offense under § 686B.991(e), on top of whatever penalty applies for operating an unregistered rental dwelling under Chapter 365.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a Cleveland short-term rental host offer a 45-day stay?

No, not under the short-term rental license. Section 686B.06(a) caps any short-term rental stay at 30 consecutive days, and § 686B.05(d) says a unit rented longer than that isn't a short-term rental anymore: it needs a certificate of rental registration under Chapter 365 instead. A host who wants to offer month-plus stays has to register under the ordinary landlord-tenant rules, not the STR chapter.

Does a Cleveland STR license replace normal rental registration?

Only for stays of 30 days or less. Section 686B.05(d) exempts a short-term rental from the Chapter 365 rental registration certificate as long as it stays a genuine short-term rental, but that exemption disappears the moment any stay exceeds 30 consecutive days, at which point Chapter 365 registration is required in place of, not alongside, the § 686B.03 STR license.

What counts as a 'short-term rental' under Cleveland's definition?

Section 686B.02(j) defines it as a dwelling unit rented for compensation to a transient guest for accommodation of not more than thirty consecutive days. Anything longer falls outside the chapter entirely and is governed instead by Cleveland's standard rental registration and lead-safe certification rules in Chapter 365.

Sources & Official References

[1]Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 686B.05(d)

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