Fayetteville does not require a host to be present during a whole-house short-term rental. The UDO's 'Tourist Home' use allows unhosted transient rentals where the zoning permits. Only a 'Bed and breakfast inn,' the traditionally owner-occupied lodging type, needs a Special Use Permit in residential districts.
Local ordinances distinguish between an unhosted whole-house rental and an owner-occupied inn. A 'Tourist Home' in the Fayetteville UDO is transient lodging in a dwelling and carries no requirement that the owner or a manager stay on site during guest stays; it is simply allowed or prohibited by district. A 'Bed and breakfast inn' is the owner-run model where the operator typically lives on the premises and rents rooms; the UDO requires a Special Use Permit (S) for a B&B in the single-family and MR-5 districts. Neither the city nor the county mandates a live-in host or a local contact response time, though platforms and HOAs may.
There is no host-presence penalty. A bed-and-breakfast inn operating in a residential district without its required Special Use Permit is subject to zoning enforcement.
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