Florissant prohibits short-term rentals and vacation rentals in all residential zoning districts under Section 605.462 of the Code, leaving only B-3 lodging establishments, bed and breakfasts, and private clubs as legal overnight-lodging uses. Whichever lodging form applies, guests are bound by the citywide peace-disturbance ordinance at Section 210.750, which makes any loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise that disturbs neighbors a municipal offense.
Florissant Code Section 605.462 (Article XVII, Residential Rental Real Estate, Chapter 605 Business Regulations) declares that short-term rentals and vacation rentals are prohibited in all residential zoning districts, with the only carve-outs being a bed and breakfast establishment, a lodging establishment, or a private club where lodging is furnished to members, all of which require a special-use permit under the B-3 zoning provisions of Chapter 405 (Zoning Code). Because typical Airbnb or Vrbo whole-house rentals fall outside those three permitted uses, hosts cannot rely on the kind of nightly-rental noise schedules common in other cities. Where lodging is lawfully permitted, the operative noise rule is Florissant's general peace-disturbance ordinance at Section 210.750 of Chapter 210 (Offenses Concerning Public Peace), which makes it unlawful to willfully make or continue any loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise that disturbs the peace, comfort, or repose of persons in the neighborhood. Companion sections (210.670 Peace Disturbance and 210.680 Private Peace Disturbance) track the language of RSMo Section 574.010, the state peace-disturbance statute, and are typically enforced by the Florissant Police Department on a complaint basis. Florissant has no published numeric decibel limit for residential noise; officers rely on the reasonable-person standard codified in Section 210.750 and on RSMo 574.010, with St. Louis County's separate noise ordinance applying only to unincorporated areas, not to incorporated Florissant.
Operating a short-term rental in any Florissant residential zoning district directly violates Section 605.462 and is enforceable under Article XVII (Residential Rental Real Estate) license suspension and revocation provisions and the city's general penalty schedule. Noise disturbances at a permitted B-3 lodging establishment are charged under Section 210.750 (peace disturbance) and prosecuted in Florissant Municipal Court; repeated nuisance complaints can support revocation of the lodging-establishment special permit by the Building Department.
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