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Short-term rental rules in Havre de Grace, MD
How Havre de Grace 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.
- hard citywide cap of 60 short-term rentals
- STRs permitted ONLY within the Short-Term Rental District (STRD) overlay — residential-zone exclusion citywide
- STRs prohibited at marinas
- license + life-safety inspection required (Ch.147 Art. II, Ord. No. 1098, eff. 2023-07-01, replaced a prior STR moratorium)
Based on: Code Ch. 147 Art. II (Short-Term Rental); Ordinance No. 1098, effective 2023-07-01
Summary of the rule
Short-term rentals are only allowed within the Short-Term Rental District (STRD) as shown in Appendix 1, except as provided herein; short-term rentals are not allowed at marinas as defined in the City Code. STRD boundaries: Pulaski Highway to the north, North and South Juniata Street to the west, and the Susquehanna River to the south and east.
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