Rock Hill, SC Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

19(C)(4)(a) applies to every short-term rental in the city, regardless of when its permit was issued, and states flatly that short-term rentals cannot be marketed or used as an event location or a party house. ' Because the prohibition is written into the use-specific standards for short-term rentals rather than into a general noise chapter, it applies on top of, not instead of, the property's normal residential noise expectations and its permit conditions. A host who books out a rental specifically as an event space, or who allows a booking platform listing to advertise the unit for parties, is out of compliance the moment that marketing or use occurs, independent of whether neighbors ever call in a complaint.

The rule sits inside the same subsection as the requirement that hosts supply guests with a rental packet covering applicable city rules, so a guest who receives that packet is on notice that party or event use is off-limits before check-in. Because this standard governs every short-term rental use permit citywide, from units grandfathered in before November 28, 2023 to permits issued after, hosts cannot rely on an older permit to exempt an event-house business model.