Lancaster County imposes no annual night cap on short-term rentals. Any limit on how many nights or how long a stay can be is municipal. The City of Lancaster caps the maximum length of a single stay at 30 consecutive days per registered party but sets no annual-nights ceiling.
Lancaster County does not limit how many nights per year a short-term rental may operate; the county's only lodging rule is the hotel room rental tax. Any night cap or stay-length limit comes from the municipality. The City of Lancaster is a representative example: it does not cap the number of nights a year an STR may operate, but it does cap the maximum length of a single stay at 30 consecutive days per registered party - beyond which the use is no longer a short-term rental. Other municipalities in the county may adopt annual-night caps or minimum-stay rules in their own ordinances, and those vary widely. Because there is no countywide standard, hosts must check the specific city, borough,
There is no county night cap to violate. Where a municipality sets a stay-length or nights limit, that municipality enforces it. In the City of Lancaster, renting to one party beyond 30 consecutive days exceeds the transient dwelling definition and
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