Lee's Summit, MO Short-Term Rentals: Host Presence Rule (2026)

505(B) of the Unified Development Ordinance requires that the owner or a local representative occupy a dwelling unit on the same parcel as the short-term rental, or on an adjacent parcel. 505 conditions: rentals are confined to parcels larger than one acre or property in the Old Town Master Development Plan area, limited to single-family or two-family (duplex) dwellings, and barred from ADUs and accessory structures (Subsection A); capped at two rented rooms and four unrelated guests or a family (Subsections C-D); and the owner or local representative must also provide contact information to the City (Subsection G), so the City can reach a responsible person quickly if a neighbor complains about noise, parking, or trash.

C makes it a violation to operate without continuously satisfying all the applicable conditions. The rule effectively rules out fully absentee, investor-owned short-term rental operations in Lee's Summit: whoever owns the property must either live there themselves or designate a local representative who lives on that parcel or the one next door, and that person's presence is verifiable through the contact information filed with the City under Subsection G.