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Short-term rental rules in Ocean Springs, MS
How Ocean Springs 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 cap of 115 residential STR permits (City-Wide + Density Zone)
- STR-specific permit required prior to operation; annual renewal
- $501 per-permit application fee
- Local property manager (24-hour responder) required
- Homeowner's liability insurance must not exclude STR use
- Permit must be displayed in unit; regulated since 2015
Based on: Code of Ordinances, Zoning & Subdivisions, Appendix D Zoning Ordinance Art. V §510 (Short-Term Rentals); city
Summary of the rule
There is a cap on residential short-term rental permits of 115 (City-Wide & Density Zone). There is no cap on commercial short-term rentals or Residential Downtown Overlay District.
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