No Bell County or Killeen rule requires the host to be present during an STR stay, and the county cannot impose one. Killeen requires a local contact for enforcement but not on-site presence. Temple generally bars under-30-day residential rentals regardless of host presence.
Texas counties cannot regulate STR operations, so Bell County has no host-presence requirement. Killeen's program does not require the owner or a manager to stay on the property during a booking; it focuses on registration, inspection, insurance, and tax collection, and expects a responsible party reachable for enforcement rather than physical on-site presence. Temple does not use a host-presence model because its code effectively prohibits rentals of 30 days or less in residential districts. In unincorporated Bell County there is no host-presence rule at all. Owners should still name a local contact for guest and emergency issues even where not mandated.
There is no host-presence requirement to enforce at the county or Killeen level; failure to respond to nuisance complaints is handled under general city code enforcement.
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