Lawrenceville caps each licensed short-term rental at 120 reservations per calendar year, and no individual reservation may exceed 29 days. The 120-booking ceiling is unusual among Georgia cities and is enforced through the guest log STR operators must keep available for the Planning and Development Department.
Lawrenceville's short-term rental ordinance imposes a 120-reservations-per-calendar-year cap on each licensed STR property, with the rental year resetting January 1. Each individual stay must be 29 days or less; a stay of 30 days or longer falls outside the STR definition and into long-term residential rental rules. Operators are required to maintain guest records (guest name, address, phone number, and stay dates) and produce them on request, which the city uses to verify reservation counts. Georgia's hotel-motel excise statutes (O.C.G.A. 48-13-50 et seq.) treat stays of 30 consecutive days or more as exempt from the per-night state hotel fee, aligning with the city's 29-day individual-stay cap. Recent Georgia legislation, including HB 555 (the Residential Property Protection Act, addressing institutional single-family investors) and the pending HB 1166 (an ADU proposal), does not preempt local STR night caps, so Lawrenceville's 120-reservation limit and 29-day per-stay cap remain enforceable. Confirm current numeric caps with the Planning and Development Department at 770-963-2414 before booking.
Booking a 121st reservation in a calendar year, accepting a single reservation longer than 29 days while still operating as an STR, or refusing to produce guest records for inspection violates the ordinance. The city may impose fines up to $1,000 per violation and revoke the STR license issued by the Planning and Development Department.
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