York County sets no occupancy cap for short-term rentals. Maximum guest counts come from your borough or township zoning code and from the statewide building/property-maintenance code, not from the county.
There is no county-wide occupancy limit for STRs in York County. Occupancy caps, where they exist, are set by your municipality's zoning or short-term-rental ordinance under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Baseline habitability and occupant-load standards come from Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code (34 Pa Code Ch. 401, which adopts the International codes) and any local property-maintenance code your municipality has enacted. Because land use is municipal, an STR in York City may face a per-bedroom guest cap while one in a rural township faces none. Confirm limits with your local zoning officer or code-enforcement office.
Exceeding a municipal occupancy limit or building-code occupant load is enforced locally through code-enforcement citations, fines, and possible permit revocation.
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York County has no rule on artificial turf. Whether synthetic grass is allowed, and any permit or stormwater requirement, is decided by your borough, city, o...
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York County does not require or ban native-plant landscaping. Native meadows and pollinator gardens are legal and encouraged, but any 'natural landscaping' e...
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Pennsylvania places no restriction on collecting rainwater, and York County does not ban it. Rain barrels and cisterns for garden use are legal statewide; la...
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York County imposes no countywide lawn-watering restriction. Limits, if any, are set by your water supplier (such as the York Water Company) or your municipa...
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