Ada County cannot limit short-term rentals to owners' primary residences. Idaho Code 67-6539 expressly bars requiring owner occupation for any amount of time, so non-owner-occupied and investment STRs are allowed.
Idaho Code 67-6539(2)(a)(i) forbids 'requiring owner occupation for any amount of time' as an STR-specific restriction. That means neither Ada County nor any Idaho city may require an STR to be the host's primary residence or otherwise be owner-occupied. Investment properties and second homes may be rented short-term the same as any dwelling, subject only to generally applicable residential, zoning, safety and tax rules. This preemption applies statewide, so cities inside Ada County cannot add a primary-residence rule either.
No primary-residence rule exists to enforce; STRs remain subject only to the generally applicable zoning, safety, nuisance and tax rules that apply to all dwellings.
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Ada County has no ordinance banning backyard composting. Home compost piles are allowed, but they must not become a nuisance, attract rodents or vermin, or c...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating residential artificial turf. Installation on private property is generally allowed; check drai...
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Ada County does not require any particular landscape plants and does not ban native or xeric plantings. As long as growth is not an overgrown-weed nuisance o...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning rooftop rainwater collection. Under Idaho water law, capturing rain and snowmelt from your own roof for use on your prope...
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Ada County itself sets no residential watering schedule. In the Treasure Valley, outdoor irrigation typically comes from irrigation districts (Nampa-Meridian...
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Ada County declares overgrown weeds and grasses a public nuisance when they create a fire, safety or health hazard, or interfere with neighbors' use of their...
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