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Short-term rental rules in Bardstown, KY
How Bardstown 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.
- discretionary conditional-use permit required from Board of Adjustment
- non-owner whole-home STR not permitted by right (Type 3 CUP only)
- 400-foot separation between non-owner-occupied STRs in residential zones
- detached single-family dwellings only (no condos, townhouses, or multi-family)
Based on: Zoning Regulations for Bardstown, Bloomfield, Fairfield, New Haven, and Nelson County, KY — Art. 6 conditional uses
Summary of the rule
Bed & Breakfast Establishments or Short-Term Rentals (only in effect in City of Bardstown). Prior to the approval of a conditional use permit hereunder, the BOA must consider the impact of the proposed use upon surrounding properties and ensure that the character of the area is protected. This conditional use shall meet the mandatory requirements set forth in KRS 100.237, Section 4.3(C) of these Regulations and in Sections (1) and 2 below.
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