Arizona bars Pinal County from restricting short-term rentals based on occupancy. There is no state or county cap on the number of guests, though building, fire and health codes and septic capacity still apply to every dwelling.
A.R.S. 11-269.17 provides that a county 'may not restrict the use of or regulate vacation rentals or short-term rentals based on their classification, use or occupancy except as provided in this section.' The statute contains no guest-count cap, so Pinal County cannot impose a per-bedroom or per-property occupancy limit specific to STRs. General safety limits still apply: on-site wastewater/septic system design capacity (A.A.C. R18-9), and fire and building codes that govern maximum safe occupant loads for any residence. Incorporated cities within the county remain bound by the same preemption.
There is no STR-specific occupancy penalty. Overloading a septic system or violating fire/building occupant-load limits is enforced under county health and building codes and state wastewater rules.
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