Coon Rapids, MN Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Coon Rapids City Code § 12-904 states flatly that short-term rental of any dwelling or dwelling unit for less than 30 consecutive days in a residential zoning district is prohibited. The City Council's findings in § 12-901 explain why: short-term rentals in residential districts are commercial uses that conflict with the residential character of the zoning district, and the Council cites resident complaints about noise, overcrowding, and illegal parking as its basis for limiting short stays to hotels, motels, and similar lodging that carries a State license and sits outside residential and residential planned unit development districts.

Because the rule is a zoning-based prohibition rather than a licensing gate, there is no permit, conditional use, or variance track under Chapter 12-900 that authorizes a stay of less than 30 days on residential-zoned property; the only overnight-rental license the City issues under § 12-903 covers standard, 30-day-or-longer rental dwellings. One narrow carve-out exists for a Snowbird owner under § 12-903(2)(c): a property may be rented to another person for fewer than 120 consecutive days without triggering the rental-licensing requirements, but only while the owner is residing outside Minnesota and returns to occupy the property the rest of the year, which is materially different from marketing nightly or weekly stays.

Because § 12-915(1) folds Chapter 12-900 violations into the City's nuisance and administrative-penalty framework, and § 12-922 makes any violation of the Chapter a misdemeanor with each day of continued violation a separate offense, an owner advertising a residential unit for stays under 30 days risks both a nuisance abatement action and cumulative daily misdemeanor exposure until the listing stops.