Glendale does not impose a minimum-stay or annual night cap on short-term rentals. Arizona Revised Statutes Section 9-500.39 (created by SB 1350 in 2016, amended by HB 2672 in 2019 and HB 2546 in 2022) preempts cities and towns from prohibiting vacation rentals or restricting their use solely on the basis of duration or classification, and Glendale City Code Section 29.1-41 follows that framework with registration requirements only.
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.
Because no city night cap exists, there is no city penalty tied to the number of nights rented. Operators must still comply with Section 29.1-41 registration, insurance, and emergency-contact requirements, with state-preemption penalties capped at $500 (first offense) up to $3,500 (third within 12 months) per verified violation under ARS 9-500.39(F).
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