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Short-term rental rules in Two Harbors, MN
How Two Harbors 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.
- new STR permits prohibited in residential zoning districts (B1/B2 commercial only)
- existing residential permits grandfathered but non-renewable-expansion foreclosed — no new whole-home STR by-right in residential
- annual permit + $125 fee + 30-mile registered agent + 3% lodging tax
Based on: City Code Sec. 4.42 Short Term Rentals (revised ordinance in force per city Planning/Zoning page; residential-exclusion
Summary of the rule
Short-term rental permits are only allowed in B1 and B2 commercial zoning districts, except for existing short-term rental permit holders in residential districts; the owners of existing STR permits in residential zoning districts are allowed to renew those permits pursuant to this Section, but no new permits are issued for residential zones.
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