Hoover, AL Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

" That allowance is bounded on both sides. Section 6-52 makes it unlawful to rent a short-term rental unit to a transient without complying with Article III, and clarifies the article does not override a homeowners association's or other covenant's prohibition on short-term rentals. Section 6-54 makes it unlawful to rent a unit that sits outside a zoning district where short-term rentals are permitted under the Zoning Ordinance, or that isn't compliant with the special-event provisions of Section 6-56. The city council's findings in Section 6-50 explain why: the rental of single-family homes for temporary occupancy in residential districts was identified as a community concern for increased traffic, noise, high occupant turnover, and density, with the potential to endanger the health and safety of residential neighborhoods, so the article exists "to safeguard the peace, safety and general welfare of the residents" by curbing noise, vandalism, overcrowding, and diminished neighborhood character.

Section 6-51 defines a short-term rental as an overnight rental to a transient for less than thirty consecutive calendar days, and excludes hotels, motels, boarding houses, rooming houses, and any structure in a zoning district where short-term rentals aren't permitted. Occupancy is separately capped at two persons per bedroom, and overnight street parking by transient guests is strictly prohibited under Section 6-57.