Nashville revokes STR permits after three substantiated violations within a rolling twelve-month window, imposing a mandatory three-year reapplication ban on the owner and the property under Metro Code 17.16.250.M.
Substantiated violations include exceeding occupancy, failure to display the permit number, unpaid hotel-occupancy taxes, noise-ordinance citations during a rental, advertising without a permit, and operating after suspension. Metro Codes issues written notice for each strike with a fifteen-day appeal window to the STR Appeals Board. Three sustained strikes mandate revocation; the three-year bar applies to both the owner-of-record and the parcel, preventing immediate re-permitting under a different name. The strike system was tightened in 2019 after Type 1 hosts argued enforcement was inconsistent.
Cumulative civil penalties up to one hundred fifty dollars across three offenses, permit revocation, three-year ban on owner and parcel, and possible referral to platform delisting under 17.16.250.M.
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