El Paso County imposes no cap on the number of nights a short-term rental may operate. Lacking zoning authority in unincorporated areas, the county cannot limit annual rental nights; rentals may run year-round subject only to the hotel occupancy tax.
El Paso County does not cap the number of nights a short-term rental may be booked per year. Annual night caps (such as San Francisco's 90-night unhosted limit) come from municipal zoning power, which Texas counties lack in unincorporated areas under Local Government Code Chapter 231. A rental outside city limits may operate year-round with no maximum-nights restriction. The only durational threshold at the county level is the tax line: stays under 30 days are subject to the county hotel occupancy tax, while a guest with the right to use a room 'for at least 30 consecutive days' is exempt under Tex. Tax Code §156.101. Cities may adopt night caps inside their own limits.
No county nights-per-year penalty exists in unincorporated areas. Operators must still collect and remit the 2.5% county hotel occupancy tax on taxable sub-30-day stays; failing to do so exposes them to the tax plus penalties under Chapter 352.
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