Walworth County, WI Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Section 26-340 sits in Article VII of Chapter 26, the article that licenses short-term rentals of a residential dwelling for under 29 consecutive days in unincorporated Walworth County (§ 26-334). It requires a minimum of two parking spaces for every licensed rental and flatly bars on-street parking by renters, a rule enforced alongside the article's other posted property-rule requirement: § 26-343(c) makes "where to park" one of the minimum items an operator must spell out in writing for guests. The ordinance does allow the two spaces to be located off the rental site itself, but it builds in a safeguard: using an off-site lot for the rental cannot cause that other property to fall short of its own required parking.

Any parking space counted toward the two-space minimum, on-site or off, must still meet the dimensional and surfacing standards set in the Walworth County Zoning Code (chapter 74), so a gravel pull-off or an undersized pad does not satisfy the requirement. The Land Use and Resource Management Department reviews the site plan submitted with the license application under § 26-344(a)(7), which must show lot lines and parking locations, before issuing or renewing the license. Because parking compliance is baked into the license file, a rental that later loses its two spaces, or whose renters routinely park on the street, is out of compliance with the article and can be referred through the § 26-345/26-346 revocation process the same as any other violation of the short-term rental rules.