Wichita, KS Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Wichita Municipal Code Sec. 120(a) fixes overnight occupancy using a bedroom-based formula: two adults per bedroom, plus an additional two adults for the unit as a whole, excluding studios or efficiencies. The code gives worked examples directly in the text: a two-bedroom house tops out at six adults overnight, and a three-bedroom house tops out at eight. For this subsection, an 'adult' is defined as any person over 12 years of age, so children 12 and under are not counted against the cap. Subsection (b) governs daytime and evening gatherings separately from overnight sleeping occupancy: a gathering may not exceed twice the maximum overnight occupancy or 20 persons, whichever is less, meaning even a large house cannot host an unlimited party just because it has many bedrooms.

, which lines up with the outdoor sound-amplification curfew in the neighboring renter-responsibilities section. The owner's general duties in Sec. 050(k) separately require the owner or responsible party not to allow occupancy to exceed the Sec. 120 limits, and Sec. 055(1)(b) imposes the identical duty directly on the renter, so both sides of the rental transaction can be cited. Enforcement runs through the Zoning Administrator or any law enforcement officer under Sec. 120(d)-(e), and Sec. 170(c)(3) exempts Sec. 120 violations from the standard 30-day compliance notice, allowing an officer to cite an overcrowded gathering on the spot rather than issuing a warning first.