Norman, OK Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

NCC 20-2701 defines a 'short-term rental' as the rental of an existing or otherwise permitted dwelling, or any portion of it, for 30 days or fewer, and authorizes the City Clerk to issue an annual short-term rental license to eligible applicants, expressly calling the license 'a privilege, not a right' that 'may be denied, suspended, revoked or not renewed.' NCC 20-2702 then makes the license mandatory: 'No person shall manage or operate a short-term rental without a license and appropriate fees paid,' and caps an applicant at four STR licenses unless the applicant satisfies the separate density standard in NCC 36-554.

To obtain the license, NCC 20-2703 requires the owner to attest to a long list of items, including current property insurance, payment of the transient guest room tax, proof of working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, an annual inspection, and written notice to all adjacent and across-the-street property owners of the pending application. NCC 20-2704 conditions issuance on the structure holding a certificate of occupancy or compliance issued within the prior ten years, or a City finding that it poses no life-safety hazard, and on the property being free of outstanding Code or state-law violations. NCC 20-2706 sets the annual issuance and renewal fee according to the City's fee schedule, and NCC 20-2708 requires annual renewal, conditioned on continued payment of the transient guest room tax and a clean violation record.