Burleson, TX Short-Term Rentals: Host Presence Rule (2026)

Article XII of Chapter 14 requires a permit for every short-term rental in the City of Burleson, Texas, defined in § 14-572 as a residential premises used for lodging accommodations for a period of not less than one or more than thirty (30) consecutive days. The host-presence question is answered through the local contact person. Under § 14-572 that person is designated by the owner or operator and must be available twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week to respond in person within one (1) hour to complaints about the condition, operation, or conduct of occupants, and to take remedial action to resolve them.

The owner or operator can fill the role. The application under § 14-576(b)(7) must list the contact's name, address, e-mail address and 24 hour telephone number, and § 14-576(b) also requires the number of bedrooms and the occupancy limits. Each rentable unit must be permitted (§ 14-574(a)), the permit must be posted inside the front entrance, and a permit expires on the last day of the month one year after issuance (§ 14-577(a)). The director can place reasonable conditions on permits. Section 14-581(a) holds the owner, operator, local contact person and occupants to all ordinances, including those on trash, noise and parking, and says the owner is not relieved of civil or criminal liability even when the occupant or contact person commits the violation.

Under § 14-582(a)(3), a permit can be denied or revoked after a guilty finding in municipal court on two or more violations within the preceding twelve months, after a written warning under § 14-582(b).