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Short-term rental rules in Blue Ridge, GA
How Blue Ridge 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.
- Residential-zone exclusion: STRs permitted only on CBD-zoned property; all non-CBD zones excluded (§10-193)
- Grandfathering sunsets on sale except C-1/C-2 (and C-1/C-2 with a building permit applied for pre-2023-01-01) (§10-199(b))
- STR certificate required (ministerial review) + $100 annual permit fee; 24-hour agent; 911-address sign (§§10-194–10-196)
- Monthly hotel/motel (HOT) tax remittance
- Incorporated City of Blue Ridge only — NOT unincorporated Fannin County
Based on: City of Blue Ridge Code §§10-191–10-199 (Ch. 10 Art. V, Short-Term Vacation Rentals), as replaced by Ord. No. BR2023-04
Summary of the rule
Ordinance No. BR2023-04, adopted Feb 21, 2023 (First Reading Jan 17 2023); amends Code of Ordinances Ch. 10 (Business Regulations), Art. V (Short-Term Vacation Rentals)
Last reviewed Sep 14, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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