Beaufort County, SC Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Section 4.1.360(C)(1)(b) does not set a separate parking count for short-term rentals; instead it requires that parking for Short-Term Rental Tenants comply with Division 5.5 of the Community Development Code, the county's general off-street parking division. Division 5.5.20 makes those standards applicable to new development, and Table 5.5.40.B, Number of Motor Vehicle Parking Spaces Required, assigns the count by dwelling type rather than by rental status. A single-family detached dwelling, the type most STRPs occupy, requires 3.0 parking spaces per unit; a two-family duplex also requires 3.0 per unit; multi-family units are scaled by bedroom count from 1.25 spaces per studio up to 2.5 spaces per unit plus a 0.25 guest space for four-or-more-bedroom units; and an accessory/secondary dwelling unit used as an STRP requires 1.0 space per unit.

Section 5.5.40(A)(2) lets the Director allow up to a 20-percent increase or reduction in the required spaces if a parking demand study, approved by the County Traffic and Transportation Engineer, supports the change. Because the STRP-specific rule is a cross-reference rather than an independent standard, an STRP's actual space count depends entirely on which Division 5.5 dwelling-type row applies to the unit being rented.