Dakota County has no rule, but some cities restrict short-term rentals to owner-occupied primary residences. Mendota Heights allows STRs only in a primary residence, defined as a homesteaded home the owner lives in over six months a year.
Whether a short-term rental must be your primary residence is a city decision, not a county one. Mendota Heights City Code 3-5A-3 authorizes short-term rental of all or part of a primary residence only, defined in 3-5A-2 as a homestead-classified dwelling the owner-occupant lives in for more than six months a year, as determined by the Dakota County Assessor under Minn. Stat. 273.124. Applicants must submit an affidavit of residency; later discovery of non-residency is grounds for immediate license revocation. Non-owner-occupied investment STRs are not permitted in such cities.
Renting a non-primary residence, or a later finding of non-residency, is grounds for immediate revocation of the short-term rental license.
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