Noblesville does not require the host or owner to be present during a short-term rental stay. Indiana Code 36-1-24-8 expressly makes a short-term rental of an owner's primary residence a permitted residential use without any host-presence condition, and Section 36-1-24-9 permits non-owner-occupied STRs subject only to a constitutionally limited special-exception process. UDO Section 159.125 does require owner occupancy for true Bed and Breakfast Establishments, but that rule does not apply to typical Airbnb or Vrbo rentals.
Noblesville's Unified Development Ordinance and Code of Ordinances contain no rule requiring a short-term rental host to remain on site during guest stays, and no rule requiring a local responsible-party contact. Indiana Code 36-1-24-8 frames the absence of such a rule positively: a short-term rental of an owner's primary residence is a permitted residential use, full stop, with no host-presence condition. Indiana Code 36-1-24-9 then allows local units to require a special exception, special use, or zoning variance for non-owner-occupied STRs, but Section 36-1-24-4 bars any process intended or having the practical effect of prohibiting them. UDO Section 159.125 does require owner occupancy for a Bed and Breakfast Establishment, but that requirement is part of the B&B conditional-use process under the city's land-use rules and applies only when an operator is running a B&B-scale lodging operation (up to eight guest rooms, BZA approval, fire-safety sign-off, Hamilton County Health Department inspection), not a typical primary-residence Airbnb. Compare Las Vegas (LVMC Chapter 6.75), which requires the owner to occupy the dwelling during each rental stay; Noblesville has no analogous rule.
Because Noblesville has no STR host-presence requirement, there is no host-presence violation to enforce. A non-owner-occupied STR remains lawful subject to any future special-exception process the city activates under IC 36-1-24-9. An operator running a de facto Bed and Breakfast Establishment without satisfying the UDO Section 159.125 owner-occupancy condition is a UDO violation, enforceable through the Department of Planning and Development.
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