Allen County does not require a host to be present or on-call during a stay. State law protects unhosted, non-owner-occupied short-term rentals, so an on-site or nearby-host mandate cannot be imposed.
There is no host-presence ordinance in unincorporated Allen County, and Indiana's STR statute would preempt one. Because IC 36-1-24-9 protects non-owner-occupied STRs and HEA 1210 forbids rules that ban rentals not occupied by the owner, the county cannot require the host to sleep on-site or remain within a set distance. A unit may still require a local contact for emergencies as a reasonable, evenly-applied health-and-safety measure, but not a rule effectively demanding the host be present. Many hosts voluntarily provide a 24-hour contact; Fort Wayne treats STRs as lodging without a robust host-presence permit scheme.
Not applicable; no host-presence requirement exists. A reasonable emergency-contact requirement, if adopted, would be enforced like other safety rules, not as an STR ban.
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