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Short-term rental rules in Eureka Springs, AR
How Eureka Springs regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- Tourist lodging and bed & breakfast are never a by-right residential use
- All residential zones (R-1, R-2, R-3) list tourist lodging only as a discretionary conditional use (CUP)
- 200-foot separation rule between like conditional uses further forecloses new permits
- Ord. 2311 (Oct 2021) permanently barred new residential tourist lodging; existing CUPs grandfathered
- Operating residential tourist lodging without a valid CUP is a misdemeanor, up to $250 per day
- Tourist economy where lodging demand is high, so the residential-zone foreclosure is a binding supply device
Based on: Eureka Springs Municipal Code Title 14 (Zoning), ch. 14.08 zoning districts — tourist lodging & bed and breakfast
Summary of the rule
Conditional uses: The following is a list of conditional uses in the R-1 Victorian residential district: These uses require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). Bed and breakfast ... Tourist lodging ...
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