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Short-term rental rules in Stillwater, MN
How Stillwater 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 50 STR licenses outside the Central Business District
- Non-owner-occupied whole-home STR (Type C) allowed in residential zoning districts only by discretionary Conditional Use Permit
- Three substantiated complaints in 12 months triggers license revocation
Based on: City Code Ch. 6, Art. XIV (Short-Term Home Rentals), §6-421 et seq.; orig. Ord. 1093 (2017), updated 2022
Summary of the rule
The City of Stillwater has a cap of 50 licenses outside of the Central Business District.
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