Little Rock, AR Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

The obligation is documentary and it comes first. Section 36-603(b)(5) says the parking plan "must be provided with permit application," so parking is part of what Little Rock reviews before a short-term rental is permitted rather than something an operator resolves after guests start arriving. An application without the plan is incomplete on its face.

The number of off-street spaces is not stated in the STR ordinance. Section 36-603(b)(5) provides that the off-street standard for STRs "shall be provided in accordance with Little Rock Arkansas Code, Chapter 36 36-54 (e) (1)." That cross-reference means the requirement for any given property comes out of the city's general off-street parking section, so an operator has to work the count from § 36-54(e)(1) for that property rather than reading a fixed figure off the short-term rental rules.

On-street parking is available as an alternative, but only on conditions. The ordinance allows it "if on-street parking is proposed as an alternative to meet the above requirements," and then requires that parking be available for guest use within 330 feet of the short-term rental, and that the parking plan address neighborhood impact. The 330 feet is measured from the rental, so open curb space several blocks away does not satisfy it, and the neighborhood impact discussion is a separate requirement that a bare map of available spaces does not answer.

Properties inside a Design Overlay District follow a different track. Section 36-603(b)(5) provides that where a short-term rental is proposed within a Design Overlay District, any alternate parking requirements provided in Chapter 36, Article V, District Regulations, are applicable. An operator in one of those districts checks the district's own standard before assuming the base requirement controls.

These standards sit in Chapter 36, Article XIV of the Little Rock Revised Code, adopted as the Short-Term Rental Ordinance on June 20, 2023.