Coeur d'Alene, ID Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)

The only day count in Coeur d'Alene's short-term rental article is an exemption from the permit, found in section 17.08.1030(G). Any residential dwelling in the City can be rented without a permit for no more than fourteen (14) days per calendar year, where those fourteen (14) days are divided into no more than two (2) stays. The exemption is expressly subject to section 17.08.1010(B), which says the article does not nullify or override any lease agreements or covenants, conditions, and restrictions that prohibit or restrict short-term rental use. A homeowner whose HOA or lease bars rentals gains nothing from the exemption.

The definitions section of Article X, 17.08.1020, prints no definition of a "stay," so the Code text itself supplies only the two-stay limit and the fourteen-day total. Article X also prints no separate annual cap on nights for a rental that holds a permit. Once an owner passes either limit, the dwelling is a short-term rental (a residential dwelling rented for thirty (30) days or fewer) that must hold a permit. Section 17.08.1030(E) says short-term rentals are not a grandfathered use and all of them in the City must have a permit to operate.

The permit itself is annual. It expires on March 31 of each year, renewal applications are due to the City Clerk by March 1, and a sale of the dwelling ends the permit automatically. The application fee is established by resolution of the City Council. Each permit covers one dwelling, and an owner of several units in a duplex or multiple-family building can use only one unit as a short-term rental, so the exemption does not open the door to rotating stays across units under the permit rules.

The City Clerk or a designee handles applications. Because the permit is the trigger, an owner planning a third stay in a calendar year, or a stay pushing the total past fourteen days, needs to apply before the rental is offered.