St. Louis County, MN Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

2 covers conforming-lot standards for short-term rentals permitted as Residential Use-Class II. Subsection d gives the Planning and Zoning Director discretion to impose additional standards or conditions that will reduce the impacts of a short-term rental on neighboring properties, and it lists fences, vegetative screening along property lines or the shoreline, and quiet hours as examples of what the Director may require. This means noise control for a specific rental is handled case by case at permitting rather than through a countywide curfew: a Director reviewing a rental's location, its proximity to neighbors, or complaint history can attach a quiet-hours condition directly to that property's permit.

Because the standard sits inside the conforming-lot subsection, it commonly accompanies other neighbor-facing conditions on the same permit, such as screening required near a shoreline. The condition becomes part of the performance standard or conditional use permit itself, so it is enforceable the same way as any other permit term, and it can vary from one short-term rental to the next depending on what the Director determines is necessary for that site.