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Short-term rental rules in Stamford, CT
How Stamford 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.
- Operator must reside on-site whenever guests occupy in the seven low-density residential zones (RA-3, RA-2, RA-1, R-20, R-10, R-7.5, R-6) — forecloses whole-home/absentee STR across the general single-family residential stock
- Citywide hard cap: no more than 90 rental days per calendar year, and no single booking beyond 27 consecutive days
- Whole-home unhosted STR permitted only in denser multi-family / mixed-use districts, not in the bulk of residential zones
Based on: City of Stamford Zoning Regulations, Art. 4 (Definitions), 'Short-Term Rental' / 'Short-Term Rental Transaction'
Summary of the rule
Short-Term Rentals shall be permitted in all Zoning Districts where residential uses are permitted; provided, however, that no Short-Term Rentals shall be permitted in the RA-3, RA-2, RA-1, R-20, R-10, R-7½ or R-6 Zoning Districts, unless the Short-Term Rental Operator resides in such Short-Term Rental Property at all times when guests occupy such property.
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