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Short-term rental rules in Osage Beach, MO
How Osage Beach regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- No STR-specific permit or registration required citywide, per the city's own FAQ
- No city business or occupational license required to rent residential property
- Whole-home STR permitted by-right in residential zones and in commercial zones where residential condominiums are a permitted use
- Single-zone thin rule only: R-3 multi-family district requires a 30-day minimum stay (rentals under one month not a permitted use)
Based on: Osage Beach Code (eCode360, City of Osage Beach MO), Title IV Land Use, Ch. 405 Zoning Regulations, Art. III, Section
Summary of the rule
In District R-3 permitted uses include: 'Rooming and boardinghouses but not hotels, motels and condominiums that are rented for less than one (1) month at a time.' (permitted-use list; rentals of less than one month in R-3 are not a permitted use = the 30-day minimum stay for the R-3 multi-family district)
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