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Short-term rental rules in Louisville, KY
How Louisville 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.
- Conditional Use Permit required for non-owner-occupied/whole-home STRs in residential zones
- 600-ft separation between non-owner-occupied STRs
- Residential-zone gate on whole-home (not by-right)
- Annual registration + transient occupancy tax
Based on: Louisville Metro Land Development Code (LDC) 4.3.23 Short Term Rentals; LMCO 115.515-115.999 (registration/tax); 2023
Summary of the rule
Non-owner-occupied (whole-home) STRs in residential zoning districts require a Conditional Use Permit; not permitted by-right (R-R/R-E/R-1..R-8A/U-N and any unit in TNZD).
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Last reviewed Sep 14, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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Monitoring Louisville · system last checked Oct 25, 2026
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