Charleston County's STR permit fixes each property's maximum sleeping capacity: the application requires the maximum number of bedrooms rented, maximum guests overall, and maximum guests per bedroom. Using five or more bedrooms for STR use may trigger additional building-code requirements.
Article 6.8 ties occupancy to the approved sleeping capacity on the Zoning Permit application. Applicants must declare the maximum number of bedrooms to be rented short-term, the maximum number of guests, the maximum guests per designated bedroom, and any non-bedroom sleeping areas (sleeper sofas, daybeds, lofts, dens) with their guest counts. The application warns that using five or more bedrooms for short-term rental purposes may trigger additional building-code requirements, so operators should contact the Building Inspections Department. These declared limits become the enforceable cap for the permitted rental.
Exceeding the approved sleeping capacity violates the permit; the County enforces under Article 6.8 and can revoke or decline to renew the permit.
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