Blue Hill, NE Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Article 7 of Chapter 5, added by Ordinance No. 746 on July 8, 2025, created Blue Hill's short-term rental licensing scheme. Section 5-701 defines a short-term rental unit as all or part of a dwelling made available to the public for a stay of no more than 30 consecutive days per guest, excluding rentals for meetings, luncheons, banquets, weddings, or similar gatherings. Section 5-702 makes it unlawful, beginning September 1, 2025, for anyone to make available or advertise a short-term rental unit within city limits without holding a valid license.

Section 5-703 requires an application to the city clerk giving the owner's name and address, the unit's address and layout, and emergency contact information able to reach the unit within 45 minutes; applicants must also certify compliance with safety standards covering operational smoke alarms in every sleeping area and level, carbon monoxide detectors where there are fuel-burning appliances or attached garages, two means of egress from sleeping areas, visible street address numbers, and a clean, safe, sanitary condition with code-compliant systems. 00 a year, runs for one year, is nontransferable, and renewal is the licensee's own responsibility.

Section 5-704 lets the city revoke a license for three or more verified noise or disturbance complaints in a calendar year, failure to meet health and safety standards, an uninhabitable unit, or nonpayment of the annual fee.