Pasadena, TX does not impose any annual night cap, minimum-stay, or maximum-stay limit on short-term rentals. The city has no dedicated STR ordinance. The only stay-length distinction in city code is the 30-day threshold in Chapter 34, Article III that triggers the 7% hotel occupancy tax for stays under 30 consecutive days.
Pasadena, Texas has not enacted a short-term rental ordinance, so there is no rented-night cap (such as the 90-day or 120-day caps used by some Texas peer cities) and no minimum-night requirement. Sec. 34-31 of the Code of Ordinances defines 'occupancy' as use of a sleeping room for 'a period of less than thirty (30) days' — bookings of 30 or more consecutive days fall outside the hotel occupancy tax but are not otherwise restricted. Texas has no statewide STR preemption that would impose a night cap. Hosts should review private deed restrictions or HOA covenants, which can independently limit short-term use. Unlike Pasadena, California's Ordinance 7317 (which caps unhosted Type 2 STRs at 90 days/year), the Texas city imposes no such ceiling.
Because no city night cap exists, there is no city violation for total nights rented. Failing to collect or remit the 7% hotel occupancy tax on stays under 30 days, however, exposes operators to the 15% penalty and city-attorney enforcement under Sec. 34-37.
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