Lenexa, KS Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)

In the City of Lenexa, Chapter 2-16 of the Lenexa City Code governs residential rental licensing, and Section 2-16-A-7 adds extra rules for any rental dwelling licensed and offered as a short term rental. Section 2-16-B-1 defines a short term rental as a dwelling or dwelling unit, or a portion of one, offered for rent in whole or in part for a period less than 30 days. Section 2-16-A-4 bars anyone from allowing occupancy, offering for rent or renting a rental dwelling until the owner holds a rental license, and Section 2-16-A-6(A) requires the application to be approved before occupancy.

Section 2-16-A-6(F) is the tax hook. To keep the license, the rental dwelling must comply with all applicable State requirements, including any state, transient guest and local tax collection requirements. Chapter 2-16 itself names no percentage. The City's transient guest tax in Section 1-9-D-1 is written for gross rental receipts from lodging in a hotel or motel, at a rate not to exceed ten percent, with the exact percentage set by Council resolution. Hotels and motels licensed by the State of Kansas are exempt from the rental licensing article under Section 2-16-A-3.

Fees follow strict rules. Section 2-16-A-5(A) refuses any application without full payment of the required license fees, demands the full amount regardless of the time of year, and allows no refund or waiver when the dwelling stops being offered for rent before year end or the license is revoked. The dollar amounts come from a fee schedule adopted by ordinance, resolution or as otherwise permitted, not from the chapter text. Under Section 2-16-A-8 every rental license expires December 31, renewal requires full payment of the license fee, and renewals for less than a full calendar year are not prorated. Section 2-16-A-9 makes the license non-transferable, so a new owner must apply within thirty days of taking title.

Section 2-16-A-7 also bars using a short term rental as reception space, party space or meeting space, and requires occupants to use off-street parking when the property has it.