Deer Park has not adopted a dedicated short-term rental occupancy ordinance, so STR guest counts are governed by the city's adopted International Property Maintenance Code overcrowding rules and the zoning ordinance dwelling-unit definition rather than an STR-specific per-bedroom guest cap.
The Deer Park Code of Ordinances and the Appendix A zoning ordinance contain no stand-alone short-term rental chapter and no guests-per-bedroom formula tied to STR use. Occupancy is regulated indirectly: the IPMC adopted by the city sets minimum room area per occupant and bars overcrowding, and the zoning ordinance defines a single-family dwelling as one used as a residence by one family or household. High-occupancy party-house style use in an R-1 or R-2 district can therefore trigger zoning enforcement even without an STR cap. Texas Local Government Code Chapter 250 is the framework statute for any future municipal STR rules. Harris County does not impose its own STR occupancy cap inside Deer Park.
Exceeding IPMC minimum-area-per-occupant standards or using a single-family dwelling as group lodging in a residential zoning district can trigger code enforcement, written notices, and municipal court citations carrying fines up to $500 per offense per day under Chapter 1 general penalty.
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