Tacoma works with booking platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo to surface registration numbers, collect lodging taxes, and remove unregistered listings, sharing compliance duties between hosts and platforms.
Tacoma Municipal Code 6B.130 requires hosts to display a city-issued registration number on each listing, and the city coordinates with major platforms to validate those numbers. Platforms generally collect Tacoma lodging tax on bookings and remit it to the state Department of Revenue and the city. State law, including RCW 82.08 hosting platform tax provisions, supports this collection arrangement. Listings without valid registration may be removed by platforms after city notice, shifting some enforcement burden away from individual hosts.
Listings missing valid registration numbers can be removed and hosts face civil penalties under TMC 6B.130, while platforms cooperating with city compliance avoid contributing-to-violation exposure.
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Tacoma allows residential lawn ornaments and yard art without permits provided they do not exceed the 15-foot accessory-structure height limit in TMC 13.06 a...
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Tacoma does not regulate residential inflatable holiday decorations by size or type. The Noise Code (TMC 8.122) applies to continuously running blower motors...
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Tacoma has no ordinance restricting when residents may put up or take down holiday lights. The general Noise Ordinance at TMC 8.122 applies to any amplified ...
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Backyard wood and pellet smokers in Tacoma single-family yards are permitted but subject to Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) Regulation I, Section 9.11, ...
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Tacoma adopts the International Fire Code through TMC Title 3 (Fire Prevention) as Tacoma Fire Code. IFC Section 308.1.4 prohibits open-flame cooking devices...
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