Corpus Christi, TX Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Sec. 5-47 (Revocation procedures) gives the director of development services authority to suspend or revoke a short-term rental permit 'if the permit was issued in error, or was issued on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or where said director has determined that three (3) or more violations of an ordinance related to the operation of a short-term rental on the subject property occurred within any six-month period.' The three-strike count runs against the property, not just the current owner or operator, and covers any ordinance violation connected to the rental's operation, including the noise, occupancy, advertising, and complaint-response rules in Sec. 5-42.

Before revoking, the director must give the owner/operator written notice of the revocation under Sec. 5-47(1). Once a permit is revoked, the owner or operator 'may not reapply for the same property for a period of twelve (12) months,' per Sec. 5-47(2). A denial, suspension, or revocation is final unless the owner/operator files a written appeal to the director within ten business days under Sec. 5-48(a); the city manager or designee then holds a public hearing, with notice mailed to owners within two hundred feet, and the applicant pays a $650 appeal fee under Sec. 5-48(c).

Because Sec. 5-45 treats every violation as a strict-liability offense, punishable by up to $500 per day, an operator does not need a criminal conviction to accumulate a strike; a documented ordinance violation on the property is enough to count toward the three-in-six-months threshold.