Short-term rental permit rules in Tigard, OR β also called Airbnb permits, vacation rental licenses, or STR registration β list the application steps, fees, and operating requirements for hosting.
As of May 2026, the Tigard Municipal Code (TMC) does not contain a dedicated short-term rental (STR) licensing or permit chapter. Operators are subject only to the general business license requirement under TMC Title 5, Chapter 5.04, and to Washington County Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) registration with Washington County Finance, plus the Tigard local TLT under TMC Title 3 (effective September 8, 2017). STRs must also comply with the underlying zoning use rules in the Tigard Community Development Code (Title 18) for the property's base zone; there is no STR-specific land use review, density cap, or owner-occupancy requirement codified by Tigard.
Unlike Portland (Title 33), Bend, Hood River, or Lincoln City, the City of Tigard has not adopted a dedicated short-term rental ordinance. The Tigard Municipal Code, hosted on the city's QCode/eCode360 portal, contains no Title 18 chapter establishing STR licensing tiers, no cap on the number of STR units citywide, and no owner-occupancy or hosted/unhosted distinction. The two codified obligations that attach to an STR operator inside Tigard are: (1) a City of Tigard business license under TMC Chapter 5.04, required of any person engaging in business within the city limits, and (2) registration with Washington County Finance for the Washington County Transient Lodging Tax under the county's Chapter 3 lodging-tax program plus registration for the City of Tigard local transient lodging tax codified in TMC Title 3 (effective September 8, 2017). Use of the dwelling for transient occupancy must also be permitted in the underlying base zone under the Tigard Community Development Code (Title 18); operators should confirm the use classification with the Tigard Permit Center because Title 18 zones residential dwellings for Household Living, and transient occupancy may be reviewed as a separate use depending on the zone. Statewide, ORS 90.100(47) defines short-term rental and ORS Chapter 320 sets the state Transient Lodging Tax framework; those state-level rules apply in Tigard but are not Tigard-specific. The absence of a Tigard STR-specific chapter means there is no codified application fee, no Tigard inspection requirement, no posting-of-license requirement, and no Tigard-issued STR permit number distinct from the standard business license.
Operating any business within Tigard without a current TMC Chapter 5.04 business license is a civil violation enforceable by the City of Tigard Code Compliance team, with administrative penalties and back-payment of license fees. Failure to register for and remit the Washington County Transient Lodging Tax is enforced by Washington County Finance under the county's TLT chapter, with interest and penalties on unpaid tax. Failure to remit the Tigard local TLT is enforced by the city under TMC Title 3. Operating a use not permitted in the underlying base zone is a Title 18 violation enforceable by Tigard Code Compliance, which classifies most code violations as civil infractions handled administratively per TMC 1.16.
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