Wyandotte County, KS Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- 1-unit building
- 1 STR allowed
- 2-11 unit building
- 2 STRs allowed
- 12+ unit building
- 25% of units allowed
- Street-block limit
- 1 special-use-permit STR per block
- Governing section
- UG Code § 27-623(c)(1)
- Pre-4/27/2023 permits
- grandfathered, legal non-conforming
Summary
A Wyandotte County short-term rental operating under a special use permit is capped by UG Code § 27-623(c)(1) at one rental unit per single-unit building, two units in a building of two to 11 units, and 25 percent of total units in buildings of 12 or more, plus one permit per street block.
(c)Short-term rentals subject to special use permits.(1)Special use permit densities.a.On-site densities. Short-term rentals allowed only under a special use permit are limited to the following on-site density maximums:1.For primary buildings, the maximum number of allowed short-term rentals per parcel are as follows:i.For a building with one dwelling unit, no more than one short-term rental unit is allowed.ii.For a building with two to 11 dwelling units, no more than two short-term rental units are allowed.iii.For a building with 12 dwelling units or greater, no more than 25 percent of all total units are allowed to be short-term rental units.b.Street block density.1.Within a street block, no more than one parcel shall be granted a special use permit for a short-term rental. No parcel operating a short-term rental under an administrative review shall be included in the count of short-term rentals that require a special use permit.
Full Breakdown
" An accessory dwelling unit can be added as a short-term rental on top of those per-parcel maximums, but a property cannot exceed the combined cap. Subsection (c)(1)b layers a neighborhood-wide limit on top of the per-building numbers: "Within a street block, no more than one parcel shall be granted a special use permit for a short-term rental," though a unit already operating under the lighter administrative-review process for an owner-occupied property does not count toward that one-per-block special use permit limit. Special use permits issued before April 27, 2023 keep legal non-conforming status and can be renewed at their existing density even if the block or building later exceeds the current caps.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the per-building unit maximum, operating a second special-use-permit short-term rental on the same street block, or running more units than the accessory-dwelling-unit allowance permits is grounds for the director of planning to withdraw administrative approval or for the special use permit to be revoked under the procedures in section 27-209.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many short-term rentals can operate in one building in Wyandotte County?
Can two houses on the same block both get short-term rental permits?
Do older short-term rentals have to meet the new density caps?
Sources & Official References
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