Newport News, VA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum required
- 1 off-street space dedicated to rental
- Additive
- on top of the district's normal requirement
- Applies to
- single-family, multi-family, whole-unit rentals
- Documentation
- shown on certificate application floor plan
- Revocation ground
- failing to provide the required space
- Reapplication bar
- 2 years after revocation
Summary
Every Newport News short-term rental must provide at least one off-street parking space dedicated to the rental, on top of whatever parking the underlying zoning district already requires for the property. City Code § 45-517.1(b)(2) sets the standard, and it applies regardless of how many lodgers or vehicles the rental is licensed to host on a given night.
Not less than one (1) off-street parking space shall be provided for such dwelling unit in addition to the number of spaces required for the property in accordance with applicable zoning district regulations;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 81).
Full Breakdown
' The parking space is additive: it stacks on top of, rather than substitutes for, the baseline parking a single-family home, duplex or multi-family unit must already provide under the zoning district's own parking standards elsewhere in chapter 45. 1(a)(2). It works together with the occupancy cap in (b)(1), no more than two lodgers per bedroom and six lodgers total, and the parking-demand nuisance standard that governs ordinary home occupations under § 45-517(5)a, both of which the zoning administrator can use to evaluate whether a specific rental is overwhelming on-street parking in the neighborhood.
1(c), an applicant's floor plan and site information submitted to the department of planning should identify where the dedicated off-street space sits, and a certificate can be denied or later revoked if the space required by (b)(2) is not actually available on the property.
Violations & Fines
Operating a short-term rental without the additional off-street parking space required by § 45-517.1(b)(2) is a failure to comply with the section's operating standards, which is an independent ground for the zoning administrator to revoke the certificate of zoning compliance under § 45-517.1(c)(6)b. A revoked owner cannot reapply for a new certificate on that property for two years, and unpermitted operation carries the general zoning civil penalty of $200 to $500 per summons.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Newport News short-term rental need its own parking space?
Does the extra parking space replace my normal zoning parking requirement?
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Sources & Official References
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