Durham has no short-term-rental-specific parking rule. Guests use the dwelling's existing driveway and off-street parking under the joint UDO's residential parking standards, and must obey the city's on-street parking restrictions. A home run as a bed-and-breakfast use must meet the off-street parking required for its UDO use classification.
The Durham joint UDO does not impose a parking requirement aimed at short-term rentals. A whole-house rental is treated for parking like the underlying dwelling: guests park in the driveway and any off-street spaces the property already provides, and street parking is subject to the City of Durham's ordinary on-street parking rules, including any residential permit-parking zones and no-parking restrictions. Where a home operates as a bed and breakfast use, the UDO's off-street parking standards for that use apply, and the special-use review can address parking adequacy. Homeowners' association covenants may impose additional guest-parking limits that the city does not enforce but that still bind the owner.
Illegally parked guest vehicles are ticketed and may be towed by City of Durham parking enforcement under the city code. Chronic parking or nuisance problems tied to a lodging use can be raised in UDO zoning enforcement or special-use conditions.
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