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Short-term rental rules in Savannah, GA
How Savannah 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.
- Ward cap of 20% non-owner STRs in historic districts
- All wards at cap de facto moratorium
- Zoning excluded outside STVR overlay
- Owner occupied exempt from cap
- Waitlist no guarantee
Based on: Savannah Zoning Ord. Part 8 Ch.3 (STVR Overlay, Sec 7.5) + City Code 8-11012; per-ward 20% cap added 2017-09-28
Summary of the rule
20% of residential parcels per ward (non-owner-occupied STVR), Downtown+Victorian Historic, eff 2017-09-28
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Last reviewed Sep 8, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
Pending legislation
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