Johns Creek has no short-term rental registration program. There is no city STR registry, no annual renewal, and no host application for residential vacation rentals. The only registration that touches transient lodging is the city hotel/motel occupancy excise tax account for permitted lodging businesses.
Because Johns Creek does not recognize short-term rentals as a permitted use in residential districts, the city operates no STR registration or licensing system. Hosts will not find an online STR registry, a registration number requirement, or an annual renewal process for vacation rentals on the city website. The zoning ordinance defines transient lodging uses (Hotel/Motel and Bed and Breakfast Inn) by a stay of fewer than 30 days, and these are commercial uses confined to non-residential districts or, for a B&B, to AG-1, R-6, and TR with a Use Permit. A bed and breakfast pursued through that Use Permit process would be 'reviewed' through zoning, not a simple registration. Separately, any lawfully operating lodging facility that furnishes guest rooms for value must register with the city's Revenue Division to collect and remit the 7% hotel/motel occupancy excise tax, filing a monthly return. That tax registration is an accommodations-tax obligation, not an STR permit, and it does not legalize an otherwise-prohibited residential rental. There is no registration that converts a residential property into a permitted short-term rental. Verify the current status directly with the city before relying on any third-party listing-site claims about Johns Creek registration.
Running an unregistered transient lodging operation in a residential zone is a zoning violation; collecting room rent without remitting the hotel/motel tax (where applicable) can trigger penalty (10%) and interest (1% per month) on amounts due.
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