Edinburg, TX Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Edinburg has not published a verified ordinance setting a numeric short-term-rental occupancy cap (such as two-per-bedroom). Without an STR-specific rule, occupancy defaults to the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) provisions adopted through the Edinburg building code, which set minimum bedroom-area and overall habitable-space requirements per occupant. Texas Tax Code Chapter 156 defines a stay of 30 consecutive days or longer as a permanent-resident exemption from state hotel occupancy tax (6 percent under Ch. 156) and from local municipal hotel occupancy tax authorized by Tax Code Chapter 351 (capped at 7 percent for most general-law and home-rule cities), so any rental over 30 days falls outside the STR/HOT regime entirely. Texas has no statewide STR occupancy preemption and no statewide STR insurance mandate; Texas cities retain home-rule authority under the Local Government Code to set occupancy caps if they choose. Third-party Airbnb-host sites have circulated claims of an Edinburg "Chapter 23" STR ordinance with $250/$500 permit fees, but no primary Edinburg source verifies this. Confirm with the Edinburg Development Center, 311 N. 15th Street, (956) 388-8203, developmentcenter@cityofedinburg.com.