Stamford, CT Short-Term Rentals: Registration Rules (2026)

Stamford has not enacted an STR-specific registration ordinance, so short-term rental hosts are subject to the city's existing rental and zoning framework rather than to a separate Airbnb permit. Chapter 146 of the Stamford Code of Ordinances (Housing Standards) governs rental dwellings. Section 146-33 requires a Certificate of Apartment Occupancy each time an apartment becomes vacant in any structure that is at least fifteen years old and contains four or more apartments; Section 146-33B makes it unlawful to rent such an apartment without a CAO, and the inspection fee is seventy-five dollars. Section 146-34 requires owners and operators of multiple family dwellings to apply annually to the Stamford Department of Health for a Multiple Family Dwelling License, which expires each December 31 and must be renewed by January 1. Operators are also subject to the Stamford Zoning Regulations under Chapter 248, administered by the Land Use Bureau, which restrict short-term rentals in the lower-density residential districts to owner-occupied use. The Connecticut Room Occupancy Tax under CGS Sec. 12-407 imposes a fifteen-percent tax on rooms rented for thirty days or fewer and is collected and remitted to the Department of Revenue Services.