Tucson regulates only stays under 30 consecutive days as short-term rentals. Extended home-share arrangements of 30 days or more fall outside Chapter 7 Article X-A and are treated as standard residential rentals under Arizona's URLTA.
ARS 9-500.39 defines a short-term rental as transient lodging under 30 days, mirroring the Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax cutoff. Tucson Chapter 7 Article X-A adopts the same threshold. A monthly home-share, corporate housing arrangement, or seasonal snowbird rental of 30 days or longer is not an STR; it is governed by the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ARS 33-1301 et seq.) and the city's standard residential rental registration. Operators who shift between weekly and monthly stays must track each booking individually because the classification turns on actual stay length, not the listing's nominal terms.
Misclassifying short stays as long-term to evade the STR permit fee or hotel/motel TPT can trigger back-taxes, interest, and a $1,000 first-offense civil penalty.
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