Neither Brazoria County nor Pearland limits short-term rentals to a host's primary residence. Whole-home, non-owner-occupied STRs are allowed in Pearland's residential zones with a permit; unincorporated county areas impose no such restriction at all.
Some cities nationally require an STR to be the owner's primary or homesteaded residence — Brazoria County jurisdictions generally do not. Unincorporated Brazoria County cannot zone, so it imposes no primary-residence rule. Pearland's Ordinance 1611 permits short-term rentals in residential zones and does not restrict them to owner-occupied or primary residences; an investor can operate a whole-home STR provided they hold the permit, pass the fire inspection, remit hotel occupancy tax, and meet the occupancy and parking limits. Always re-check the specific city, since individual Brazoria County municipalities could adopt owner-occupancy conditions in the future.
Because no primary-residence rule exists, there is no violation for non-owner-occupied operation; standard permit, tax, and occupancy violations still apply in Pearland.
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