Wichita can revoke a short-term rental license after repeated verified nuisance complaints, code violations, or police calls. The City Treasurer follows progressive discipline before pulling the permit.
Wichita Code Chapter 11 grants the City Treasurer authority to suspend or revoke an STR business license when an operator accumulates repeated verified violations. Triggers include noise citations, occupancy-limit breaches, parking complaints, fire-code failures, and Wichita Police Department disturbance calls. A first violation typically draws a written warning, a second a fine, and a third within twelve months can launch revocation proceedings. The operator may appeal a revocation to the city through an administrative hearing process, but pending appeal the listing must come down from Airbnb, Vrbo, and similar platforms.
After license revocation any continued advertising or hosting can lead to additional 500-dollar daily fines, court-ordered shutdown, and a multi-year ban on reapplying for an STR business license at the same address.
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