Wichita, KS Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

Wichita Municipal Code Sec. 150 lists six independent grounds on which the City Council may revoke a Short-Term Rental License at the recommendation of the Zoning Administrator. The repeat-violator trigger sits at Sec. 40, or of other applicable city ordinances or state statutes, within a rolling 12-month period is grounds for revocation on its own, without regard to whether either individual violation was itself serious enough to justify revocation alone. The other grounds sit alongside it: fraudulently obtaining the license through false information on the application (a), failing to maintain required liability or short-term rental insurance (c), becoming otherwise ineligible for a license under the Chapter (d), failing to bring the premises into compliance within the initial six-month compliance window set by Sec.

190 (e), and nonpayment of license or inspection fees (f). Revocation is distinct from the lighter remedy in Sec. 140, which lets the Zoning Administrator alone suspend a license for up to 30 days for occupancy violations or code noncompliance, without needing City Council action. Before either step, Sec. 130 requires written notice by personal service or certified mail detailing the reason for the action and the licensee's appeal rights. A licensee or applicant aggrieved by a revocation can appeal to the City Council within 10 business days under Sec. A. 60-2101, though a district court appeal does not stay the revocation.