Virginia Beach allows owner-occupied home-sharing through the same CZO Section 209 permitting pathway used for whole-house rentals. Hosts who rent rooms while present generally face the same registration steps.
Section 209 of the CZO does not draw a sharp line between rooms-only home-sharing and whole-house rentals. Both pathways require zoning compliance, transient occupancy tax registration with the Commissioner of the Revenue, and a 24-hour responsible-agent contact. Rooms-only operators who live onsite often have an easier conditional-use permit path because density and parking impacts are smaller. Hampton Roads platforms like Airbnb collect Virginia Beach transient occupancy tax automatically, but operators must still hold local registration regardless of platform collection.
Operating a home-share without zoning approval or transient occupancy tax registration can result in CUP denial, back taxes, interest, and zoning fines.
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