Lima has no short-term-rental-specific occupancy cap (for example, no 'two guests per bedroom' STR rule). Occupancy is instead limited by the City's general property-maintenance and housing code and by Ohio building-code habitable-space standards, which cap how many people a dwelling's floor area and bedrooms can lawfully house.
Because Lima has not adopted an STR ordinance, there is no dedicated guest-count formula for short-term rentals. General occupancy is governed by Lima's building and housing provisions (Part Thirteen area of the Codified Ordinances) and by the Ohio Residential Code / adopted property-maintenance standards, which set minimum square footage per occupant and per sleeping room and prohibit overcrowding of habitable space. A short-term rental therefore may not lawfully house more people than the unit's bedrooms and floor area allow under those maintenance and building standards. Operators should also verify their zoning district permits the residential use at the intended intensity. Where guests exceed the dwelling's lawful capacity, the City's Code Enforcement Division can act under the overcrowding and nuisance provisions
Overcrowding beyond the code-permitted occupancy is a property-maintenance/housing-code violation enforceable by Lima Code Enforcement, which can order abatement and cite the owner. There is no separate STR occupancy fine because no STR ordinance exists.
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