Chapel Hill, NC Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

LUMO section 6.27.5(e) ties an STR's parking supply to its bedroom count: one off-street space for every bedroom plus one additional space, applied on top of whatever parking the underlying dwelling already needs. Appendix A defines a bedroom broadly as any separate room or space used or intended to be used for sleeping, so a converted den or sleeping loft counts toward the total the same as a conventional bedroom. The section cross-references LUMO section 5.9, Parking and Loading, which governs how those spaces must be provided: section 5.9.1 sets the baseline off-street parking and loading requirement for the property, sections 5.9.5 and 5.9.6 set design and landscaping standards for the parking area itself, and section 5.9.7 sets minimum and maximum space counts by use.

An STR permit under section 6.27.4 can be denied under section 6.27.4(d)(2) if the proposed rental fails to meet a standard set out in the STR section, including the parking requirement. Because the parking rule sits inside section 6.27.5's operational requirements rather than the permitting section alone, a shortfall discovered after a permit is issued is treated the same as any other operational violation, running through the enforcement path in section 6.27.6: penalties under LUMO section 4.13 and permit revocation under section 4.9.5 for conditions that are not maintained.