Johns Creek has no host-presence STR rule because it does not allow residential short-term rentals. The analogous requirement is for a bed and breakfast, which the code defines around the owner's on-site private residence and which Section 19.4.8 requires to be owner-occupied.
The city does not impose an on-site host or local-contact requirement for short-term rentals, simply because no STR use is permitted in residential districts to attach such a condition to. The nearest equivalent is the bed and breakfast use, which is built around the operator's presence. The zoning definition states a Bed and Breakfast Inn is 'a residence in which the frequency and volume of visitors are incidental to the primary use as a private residence,' and the related Country Inn definition requires 'the owner or innkeepers residing on the premises.' Section 19.4.8 makes the host-presence expectation explicit: 'the bed and breakfast shall be owner occupied.' In effect, the only lawful transient lodging that resembles a hosted short-term rental in Johns Creek requires the host to live there, and it is confined to AG-1, R-6, and TR districts with a Use Permit. For ordinary residential properties, there is no 'unhosted vs. hosted' distinction the way some cities draw it, because both are unpermitted as under-30-day rentals. Operators should not assume a local-contact or 24/7-responsible-party rule applies in lieu of a use approval; the threshold question remains whether the use is allowed at all. Confirm any B&B owner-occupancy and operating conditions with Community Development before relying on them.
A bed and breakfast operated without the required owner occupancy violates Section 19.4.8; an unhosted short-term rental in a residential zone is an unpermitted use subject to zoning enforcement.
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