Hoover Municipal Code Chapter 6, Article III, Section 6-57 caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per bedroom, or such other number as set by the fire marshal. The Article was added by Ordinance 23-2592 (adopted February 6, 2023) and applies to any rental of less than thirty consecutive calendar days. Section 6-57 also requires one parking space per bedroom on the property and prohibits overnight street parking by transient guests.
Ordinance 23-2592, adopted by the Hoover City Council on February 6, 2023 and signed by Mayor Frank V. Brocato, created a new Chapter 6, Article III (Short-Term Rental Regulations) in the Hoover Municipal Code. Section 6-57 (Limited Occupancy; Parking Restrictions) states that no short-term rental unit shall exceed the maximum guest occupancy of two persons per bedroom or such other occupancy number as determined by the fire marshal, and requires one parking space per bedroom for use by transients, with overnight street parking by transients strictly prohibited. The bedroom count and a floor plan showing rooms used for short-term rental occupants must be submitted with the annual short-term rental permit application under Section 6-55(a)(3) and (a)(4)(v) to the Hoover Department of Planning and Community Development. The annual permit fee is $150 (Sec. 6-55(a)(2)) and a separate business license under Chapter 8 is also required. In single-family residential districts the use is generally not permitted; Section 6-56 only allows a one-time, seven-consecutive-day special-event rental in a single-family district per calendar year, with a $300 special-event permit fee. Hoover is jointly located in Jefferson and Shelby Counties, and operators are responsible for the State of Alabama 4 percent lodging tax and applicable city/county lodging taxes (Sec. 6-62).
Under Section 6-58, three valid and substantiated complaints to Hoover police within twelve months trigger a minimum six-month suspension of the short-term rental permit; a second suspension within two consecutive years is at least twelve months; a third suspension within three consecutive years results in permanent revocation. Section 6-59 makes each day of violation a separate offense punishable under Sections 1-5 and 1-6 of the Code, and Section 6-60 declares any violation a public nuisance per se subject to injunctive proceedings.
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