Toledo, OH Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Chapter 702 of the Toledo Municipal Code, added by Ordinance 267-21 and passed December 7, 2021, built Toledo's short-term rental permit system from the ground up. § 702.01 defines a short-term rental unit broadly, a dwelling unit, part of a dwelling unit, or other structure offered for consideration for up to 30 consecutive calendar days and advertised through a hosting platform, while carving out state-licensed health care facilities, hotels, motels, approved bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, and units rented on a written month-to-month lease. § 702.02 makes the permit mandatory: 'No person shall operate or advertise any short-term rental unit within the City of Toledo without first having procured an operating permit pursuant to this chapter.' The permit is issued per unit, an operator with several short-term rentals needs a separate permit for each one, and § 702.03(c) requires the permit to be physically displayed inside the unit.

Permits run for one year from issuance and may be renewed annually under § 702.03(d). Advertising is also gated to the permit: § 702.04(a) makes it unlawful to advertise a short-term rental unit unless the operating permit number is clearly displayed on the ad itself, whether the ad runs on a listing site, in print, or anywhere else. The requirement took effect 60 days after the ordinance's December 2021 adoption, per § 702.06, and enforcement runs through the Department of Finance, Division of Taxation rather than the zoning or building department.