Franklin County, KY Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

The Franklin County Fiscal Court places the rule in the noted special conditions of the zoning chapter, Chapter 155. Subsection (27) lists the requirements every short-term rental must fulfill, and item (h) hands parking to Article 10. Article 10 is the off-street parking subchapter, printed as §§ 155.330 and 155.331. Section 155.330 requires that parking for any residential structure be provided on the same site as the residential structure, and that required parking for a business sit on the same site as the principal use or within 200 feet of it. It also bars industrial or commercial parking in any residential district.

Section 155.331 holds the Table of Required Parking. Its residential lines are stated per dwelling unit: 2 spaces for a single unit, 2 for a duplex and 2 for a townhouse. The code defines a non-owner occupied short-term rental as a residential dwelling unit rented for a tenancy of less than 30 consecutive days, but the table prints no short-term rental line of its own. A host should read item (h) together with the dwelling-unit lines and ask the Planning and Building Codes Department how it applies to a specific house.

Parking is one of the eleven conditions in subsection (27). The others sit beside it: a maximum stay of 29 consecutive days, a single short-term rental contract at a time, and an occupancy cap of two times the number of bedrooms plus four individuals. A short-term rental is a conditional use, so the Board of Zoning Adjustments reviews it, and § 155.105(A) requires the Board to find that street or road capacity and condition is adequate to serve anticipated additional traffic.