Rockingham County, VA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Base requirement
- 2 spaces per single-family unit
- Per guest room
- 1 additional space each
- Max guest rooms (Sec. 17-607)
- 5 bedrooms
- Spaces at full capacity
- At least 7 spaces
- Location
- Off-street, on the same lot
Summary
Rockingham County's bed and breakfast inns, the county's regulated short-term lodging use, must provide two parking spaces for the resident single-family unit plus one more space for every guest room, a fixed formula from the zoning parking table.
Table 17-702.05. Parking Requirements by Use. ... Residential Uses Bed and breakfast inn Two (2) spaces per single family unit plus one (1) space per guest room.
Full Breakdown
05 (Parking Requirements by Use), lists "Bed and breakfast inn" under Residential Uses with the requirement: two spaces per single family unit plus one space per guest room. Because a Rockingham bed and breakfast inn is capped at five guest bedrooms under the § 17-607 supplemental standard for that use, the parking table's formula means an inn at full capacity must provide at least seven off-street spaces: two for the owner's dwelling unit and one for each of the five guest rooms. 05 that apply to every use in the table also govern a bed and breakfast: spaces must be provided off-street on the same lot as the dwelling unless on-street parking already serves it, and any similar use not separately listed defaults to the closest analogous entry as determined by the zoning administrator.
Because the bed and breakfast inn is required under § 17-607 to have its owner or manager live on-site and provide full-time management whenever guests are present, the two spaces tied to the single-family unit specifically cover that resident operator, separate from the guest-room count.
Violations & Fines
Operating a bed and breakfast inn without the parking required by Table 17-702.05, or reducing existing off-street parking below the minimum, is a zoning violation subject to enforcement by the zoning administrator. Rockingham County Code § 17-702.05(f) bars reducing or repurposing required parking area unless the use it serves is discontinued or modified. Absent a specific fine, County Code § 1-6 sets the general penalty at up to $2,500, up to twelve months in jail, or both, with continuing violations charged daily.
Frequently Asked Questions
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