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Short-term rental rules in Marietta, GA
How Marietta regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- No STR-specific ordinance, permit or registration anywhere in the codified code
- City levies its own 8% hotel/motel occupancy tax reaching any place where lodgings are regularly furnished for value (no room-count floor)
- General non-owner-occupied rental license with inspection applies to all rental dwellings (not STR-specific)
- No cap, no residency requirement, no residential-zone exclusion of STRs
- ADU-only bar on paying guests (accessory units)
Based on: Marietta Code Ch. 8-32 Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax (Ord. No. 5390, 12/20/94; Ord. No. 5575, 6/12/96); Ch. 8-40 Rental
Summary of the rule
There shall be paid a tax of eight percent of the rent for every occupancy of a guest room in a hotel in the city.
Last reviewed Oct 22, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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