South Fulton's ordinance sets NO annual cap on the number of nights a short-term rental may operate. The only durational limit is on each stay: a 'short-term rental' is lodging for 30 consecutive days or less. There is no city-wide STR quota and no per-property nightly limit in Chapter 3.
South Fulton does not impose an annual night cap or a limit on the total number of bookings a permitted STR may host. The only time limit in the ordinance is the per-stay definition: under Sec. 12-3002, a 'short-term rental' is an accommodation for transient guests where a residential dwelling is provided for lodging 'for a period of time not to exceed 30 consecutive days.' A stay that runs 31 or more consecutive days falls outside the STR definition (and also outside the local hotel-motel tax and the $5 state fee, which stop at day 31). Unlike resort jurisdictions that cap un-hosted rentals at a set number of nights per year, South Fulton's Chapter 3 contains no such ceiling; a permit is valid for the calendar year and may be used for unlimited qualifying stays until it expires on December 30/31 and is renewed. The ordinance also does not set a city-wide quota on the total number of STR permits, nor a density/spacing rule between STRs. Instead of capping nights, the city controls intensity through per-unit occupancy and vehicle limits (Sec. 12-3008), the nuisance-party rules (Sec. 12-3010), and the escalating-fines/three-strikes revocation mechanism (Sec. 12-3009).
There is no night-cap violation because none exists. However, renting a single guest more than 30 consecutive days converts the use to a longer-term tenancy outside Chapter 3, and operating an unpermitted or repeatedly non-compliant STR remains subject to the Sec. 12-3009 fines and revocation.
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