Douglas County sets no maximum number of nights a licensed short-term rental may operate each year. However, a home rented 14 days or fewer per calendar year, and not regularly advertised as a short-term rental, is exempt from the licensing requirement altogether.
The ordinance places no ceiling on how many nights a fully licensed STR can host guests; once licensed, an owner may rent year-round. The 14-day figure is an exemption threshold, not a cap: lodging units 'that are not leased more than 14 days in a calendar year and not advertised as a short-term rental on a regular basis' do not need a license. Other exemptions include hotels, motels, campgrounds, bed-and-breakfasts, leases longer than 30 consecutive days, and country-club member dwellings. Cross the 14-day line, or advertise regularly, and the full county Short-Term Rental License is required with all its conditions.
Renting more than 14 days a year, or advertising regularly, without a license is a zoning violation subject to notice-of-violation enforcement and mandatory platform listing removal within seven days.
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