Rock Hill, SC Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)

The City of Rock Hill's fee schedule, Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances, states plainly that 'various applicable fees referred to in the Code are set out in the following schedule.' Within the Chapter 31 zoning section of that schedule, alongside charges for rezoning requests and residential and commercial plan reviews, the city lists two flat charges tied to the short-term rental permit: $300.00 to file a new short-term rental permit application, and $200.00 to file a renewal application. These figures are the dollar amount a host pays the city to obtain or keep the underlying short-term rental permit; they are separate from the three percent local accommodations tax the city imposes under § 27-81 on gross guest charges from transient accommodations, which is grounded independently and covered on this site's hotel occupancy tax page.

Appendix A's own cross-reference note ties this fee schedule back to Chapter 2 (Administration), Chapter 9 (Bonds), Chapter 11 (Businesses), and Chapter 27 (Taxation), confirming that these permit fees are a codified City Code charge rather than a discretionary amount staff can waive. Because the fee sits with the zoning permit process rather than the accommodations-tax article, a host pays it when filing for or renewing the short-term rental permit itself, not on a monthly or per-stay basis the way lodging taxes are collected.