Ada County cannot require a host to be present or to hire professional property management for a short-term rental. Idaho Code 67-6539 bars both owner-occupancy and professional-management mandates.
Idaho Code 67-6539(2)(a)(i)-(ii) prohibits 'requiring owner occupation for any amount of time' and 'requiring professional property management' as STR-specific rules. Ada County and its cities therefore cannot require the host to live on-site, be present during stays, or engage a licensed manager. Remote and out-of-area hosts are allowed. Operators may voluntarily provide a local contact and often do for guest service, but no ordinance may mandate host presence or professional management. Generally applicable safety, nuisance and tax rules still apply to the property.
No host-presence or management requirement may be enforced; the property is subject only to the generally applicable safety, nuisance and tax rules that apply to all residences.
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Ada County has no ordinance banning backyard composting. Home compost piles are allowed, but they must not become a nuisance, attract rodents or vermin, or c...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating residential artificial turf. Installation on private property is generally allowed; check drai...
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Ada County does not require any particular landscape plants and does not ban native or xeric plantings. As long as growth is not an overgrown-weed nuisance o...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning rooftop rainwater collection. Under Idaho water law, capturing rain and snowmelt from your own roof for use on your prope...
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Ada County itself sets no residential watering schedule. In the Treasure Valley, outdoor irrigation typically comes from irrigation districts (Nampa-Meridian...
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Ada County declares overgrown weeds and grasses a public nuisance when they create a fire, safety or health hazard, or interfere with neighbors' use of their...
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