Glendale Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps Rules (2026)

Arizona is one of the most permissive STR markets in the United States because of state preemption. ARS 9-500.39(A) bars any city or town from prohibiting vacation rentals or short-term rentals, and ARS 9-500.39(B) bars regulating them based on their classification, use, or occupancy as a vacation rental or STR (in other words, no minimum-night requirements, no annual night caps, and no zoning bans targeted at the rental term). What cities can do, under ARS 9-500.39(B)(1)-(7), is require an annual permit/registration with a fee of up to $250, require liability insurance of at least $500,000 (or proof of equivalent platform coverage), require a 24-hour emergency contact, restrict non-residential events such as weddings or retail sales, and impose adjacent-neighbor notification. Glendale's Section 29.1-41 implements those allowances through its registration program but does not impose any limit on the number of nights a property may be rented in a year, the minimum length of any individual stay, or seasonal blackout periods. Note that homeowner-association CC&Rs are not preempted - if your property is in an HOA-governed subdivision (common in Arrowhead Ranch, Sierra Verde, and other master-planned Glendale communities), the HOA may impose its own minimum-stay rules independent of city or state law.