Johns Creek sets no STR-specific guest cap because residential short-term rentals are not a permitted use. Residential occupancy is instead governed by the zoning 'family' definition, which limits a single-family dwelling to a family or up to four unrelated persons. A permitted bed and breakfast is capped at 2 to 5 guest rooms.
There is no short-term rental ordinance in Johns Creek and therefore no nightly guest-count limit written for vacation rentals. Residential occupancy is controlled by the zoning ordinance's definition of 'Family,' which means 'one or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship or other duly authorized custodial relationship, or up to 4 unrelated persons, occupying a dwelling unit and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from persons occupying a rooming, boarding or lodging house, or a hotel.' A 'Dwelling, Single-Family' is 'one dwelling unit in a single principal structure.' This single-housekeeping-unit standard is the legal line that distinguishes a household from transient lodging, and it is one reason whole-home short-term rentals do not fit a residential district. For the one lawful transient-lodging path, the bed and breakfast Use Permit standards (Section 19.4.8) require 'a minimum of 2 guest rooms and a maximum of 5 guest rooms.' Building and fire codes also impose general life-safety occupant limits, but those are separate from any STR rule. Because the city has not adopted STR regulations, do not rely on listing-platform 'maximum guests' fields as a legal occupancy figure; the binding constraint is the zoning use and the family/dwelling definitions.
Using a residential dwelling as transient lodging beyond the single-housekeeping-unit standard can be cited as operating an unpermitted hotel/boarding use; B&B operations exceeding 5 guest rooms violate Section 19.4.8 standards.
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