Amarillo does not impose an annual night cap on short-term rentals. The City defines an STR as a stay under 30 consecutive days for tax purposes but does not limit how many nights per year a property may be rented. Texas has no statewide STR night cap.
Neither Amarillo's Code of Ordinances nor any state statute caps the total nights an STR may operate in a calendar year. The City's working definition of a short-term rental, drawn from its hotel occupancy tax framework, is a stay of less than 30 consecutive days, which determines whether a booking is taxable as a hotel stay rather than treated as a residential lease. Stays of 30 consecutive days or longer with the same occupant are exempt from HOT under Tex. Tax Code Ch. 156 and Ch. 351. Texas has no statewide statute imposing annual night caps, primary-residence requirements, or hosted/unhosted distinctions on STRs, leaving regulation to home-rule cities. Operators should still observe occupancy limits in the International Property Maintenance Code adopted by Amarillo and any private deed restrictions or HOA covenants, which can independently restrict STR use.
Because no city or state night cap exists, the City cannot cite a host for exceeding a per-year operating threshold. Enforcement focuses instead on tax non-remittance, zoning misuse, occupancy/overcrowding, and nuisance complaints. HOA covenants and deed restrictions remain privately enforceable.
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