Neither Indiana nor St. Joseph County sets a short-term-rental parking ratio; South Bend regulates rental parking through general residential parking and property-maintenance rules rather than an STR-specific mandate.
Indiana's STR preemption law lets a unit impose reasonable parking standards, but St. Joseph County and South Bend have not adopted an STR-specific parking ratio. Guests park under the same rules as residents: off-street parking on approved surfaces, no blocking sidewalks, and posted on-street restrictions, including South Bend's snow-route and winter parking bans during lake-effect storms. Occupancy inspections check that a rental meets property-maintenance standards, which include adequate off-street parking. Hosts should disclose driveway capacity in their listings, since neighborhood parking spillover on Notre Dame football weekends is a frequent complaint that can prompt code review.
There is no STR parking fine. Guest vehicles blocking sidewalks or violating South Bend snow-route and winter parking bans draw standard parking citations and towing under the city traffic code.
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