Hall County, GA Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

070(B)(1) limits occupancy at a short-term rental to two guests per bedroom plus three guests for the property as a whole, and requires the county building inspections department to inspect the bedrooms before a certificate of occupancy issues. If the whole house is used as the rental, the bedroom count must match the county's tax property card. Properties with more than six bedrooms are capped at 15 guests unless the applicant instead meets all life safety codes, including installing a sprinkler system and fire alarm and passing an annual fire inspection.

070(B)(5) reinforces the occupancy scheme by limiting each license to one reservation at a time; renting to multiple parties for the same dates is treated as a tourist accommodation, a commercial use not allowed in a residential district, and a rental cannot be leased as less than the whole house unless the owner occupies it. 070(B)(6) separately bars advertising the rental as an event venue or letting guests use it for weddings, corporate events, or similar functions, which functions as a further check on crowd-sized gatherings beyond the numeric occupancy cap.