Fort Worth's 2023 short-term rental ordinance restricts STRs to multifamily and mixed-use zoning districts, effectively pushing whole-home rentals toward owner-occupied primary residences. Single-family STRs face zoning limits as the city tightens enforcement against unregistered operators.
Fort Worth's STR ordinance adopted in 2023 restricts new short-term rentals in single-family residential districts, limiting them to multifamily and mixed-use zones similar to Dallas's Chapter 42B framework. The rules functionally push whole-home rentals toward owner-occupied primary residences and apartment uses. Existing operators with valid prior registrations may receive limited grandfathering, but new applicants in single-family zones generally cannot register. Operators must collect Texas state and Fort Worth hotel occupancy taxes, designate a 24-hour local contact, meet life-safety standards, and obey occupancy caps. Like Dallas, Fort Worth faces litigation challenging the residential-zone ban; operators should monitor court rulings before assuming enforcement is paused, as outcomes may differ between cities.
Operating an unregistered STR in a single-family zone, exceeding occupancy caps, failing to remit hotel occupancy taxes, or omitting required postings draws civil citations, per-day fines, and possible permit revocation under Fort Worth's STR ordinance and zoning code.
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