Whole-home short-term rentals are not restricted to a primary residence in unincorporated Clark County. However, a bed-and-breakfast under CCC 40.260.050 must be the operator's owned, primary-residence home that has been used as a residence for at least five years before applying.
The county does not impose a primary-residence or owner-occupancy requirement on ordinary short-term/vacation rentals, so a non-owner-occupied whole-home rental is not prohibited by county STR rules. Owner-occupancy does govern the bed-and-breakfast use: a B&B must be accessory to a household living on the site, meaning the operator must own and occupy the house as their primary residence, and the house must have been used as a residence for at least a total of five years prior to filing the B&B application. Separately, the County Council removed the owner-occupancy requirement for accessory dwelling units, so an ADU is no longer tied to owner-occupancy of the main home.
Operating a B&B in a home that is not the operator's owned primary residence, or that fails the five-year residence history, is grounds for permit denial and code-enforcement action.
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