Short-term rental permit rules in Cumberland County, NC — also called Airbnb permits, vacation rental licenses, or STR registration — list the application steps, fees, and operating requirements for hosting.
Neither Fayetteville nor Cumberland County issues a short-term-rental operating permit, and state law bars local permit-to-rent rules. Zoning decides where transient rentals are allowed: whole-house rentals fall under the UDO's 'Tourist Home' use, and bed-and-breakfast inns need a Special Use Permit in single-family districts.
North Carolina does not preempt local STR zoning, but G.S. 160D-1207(c) forbids requiring a permit or permission simply to rent residential property. So there is no citywide Airbnb license. What matters is the Fayetteville Unified Development Ordinance (Chapter 30) use table: a 'Tourist Home' (transient lodging in a dwelling) is prohibited in the SF-15, SF-10 and SF-6 single-family districts and permitted in MR-5 plus most business, mixed-use and downtown districts. A 'Bed and breakfast inn' requires a Special Use Permit (S) in single-family and MR-5 residential districts. Unincorporated county land is zoned under the separate Cumberland County Zoning Ordinance; confirm your district before advertising.
Running a Tourist Home in a district where it is prohibited, or a B&B without the required Special Use Permit, is a zoning violation enforceable through Chapter 30 civil penalties and injunctive relief.
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