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Short-term rental rules in Shreveport, LA
How Shreveport regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- STR-specific permit required before operating or advertising (Type A / Type B-1 / Type B-2)
- Whole-home STR permitted: Type B-1 approved administratively by the Zoning Administrator
- No owner-occupancy or host-present requirement
- No hard citywide permit cap or quota
- 500-foot separation between STRs, but shortfall only triggers a special-exception review (Type B-2), not a bar
- Permitted only in allowable zoning districts per Article 5 Use Matrix (all residential districts except R-MHP, per MPC)
- 24/7 local representative required; permit expires every 2 years; permit does not run with the land
Based on: Shreveport Unified Development Code, Article 23 (Short-Term Rental Property); adopted by Ordinance No. 92 of 2021
Summary of the rule
No person or entity shall operate a short-term rental property, or advertise a residential property for use as a short-term rental, without the owner of the property first having obtained a short-term rental permit, either 'Type A,' 'Type B-1' or 'Type B-2,' as described in Section 23.5 of this Article, issued by the Zoning Administrator, or their designee.
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