Idaho Short-Term Rental Preemption Limits Local Bans

67-6539. LIMITATIONS ON REGULATION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS. (1) Neither a county nor a city shall enact or enforce any ordinance that has the express or practical effect of prohibiting any type of short-term rentals in the county or city. A county or city may enact or enforce such reasonable regulations as are necessary to safeguard the public health and safety as long as the reasonable regulations do not impose different restrictions or obligations on short-term rentals than are imposed on single-family dwellings or similar structures not used as short-term rentals, or unless the regulations are permitted by this section. A short-term rental shall be classified as a non-transient residential use for zoning and building code purposes and be subject to all zoning requirements applicable thereto and only to building codes adopted by the Idaho building code board. (2)(a) For purposes of this section, "different restrictions or obligations" means any requirement or regulation that would not be imposed but for a property’s use as a short-term rental and specifically includes but is not limited to the following: (i) Requiring owner occupation for any amount of time; (ii) Requiring professional property management; (iii) Requiring additional insurance; (iv) Requiring reporting of use or other statistics; (v) Requiring additional fire protection or fire sprinklers; (vi) Requiring additional or improved means of ingress and egress; (vii) Requiring additional parking;