Snellville's short-term rental ordinance (Ord. 2019-15) does not impose an annual cap on the total nights a property may be rented, and Georgia has no statewide STR night cap. The only nightly limit is the per-stay definition: an STR is a dwelling rented for 30 consecutive nights or less.
Snellville Ordinance 2019-15 (adopted September 2019) regulates short-term rentals through a business-license, occupancy, parking, security-camera, and tax framework rather than through an annual night cap. The ordinance defines a short-term rental as a dwelling unit rented for thirty (30) consecutive nights or less, which functions as a per-booking ceiling — a single guest stay longer than 30 consecutive nights is treated as a residential lease, not an STR. There is no provision capping how many separate STR bookings or total rented nights a licensed property may accumulate per calendar year. Georgia state law also does not impose a statewide STR night cap; HB 555 (the Residential Property Protection Act) addresses institutional ownership of single-family homes and does not preempt or set local STR night limits. Operators should still confirm that any HOA covenants, condo declarations, or master-planned community rules do not impose private night caps that go beyond the city ordinance, since those restrictions are enforced privately and not by the City of Snellville.
Because no annual night cap exists in Snellville's STR ordinance, there is no city citation for exceeding a yearly nights total. Renting the same guest for more than 30 consecutive nights converts the arrangement to a residential lease outside the STR ordinance.
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