Lexington-Fayette treats extended home-share stays beyond 30 days as long-term tenancies under Kentucky URLTA-aligned rules rather than Chapter 17.4 short-term-rental regulations, removing transient-tax obligations and platform reporting after the threshold.
LFUCG Ch. 17.4 defines a short-term rental as a stay under 30 consecutive days. Once a guest crosses that threshold, the relationship converts to a residential tenancy governed by Kentucky's partial URLTA adoption (KRS Ch. 383) and the lease, not the STR registration. Hosts no longer owe the 8.5% transient-room tax for that occupancy, but they take on landlord duties: written lease for stays over a year, security-deposit accounting, and habitability obligations. Mixed-use properties that flip between short and long stays must track the 30-day line carefully to avoid double regulation.
Misclassifying a 35-day guest as transient and refusing tenant rights can lead to civil claims under KRS Ch. 383 plus LFUCG code citations of $100 to $500 if the unit is also held out as an unregistered STR.
Lexington, KY
LFUCG Code Chapter 17.4 governs short-term rentals across Lexington-Fayette but does not impose a host-presence requirement; both hosted and unhosted whole-h...
Lexington, KY
Lexington-Fayette is one of the Kentucky cities that adopted the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, so security-deposit rules under KRS §383.580 ap...
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