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Short-term rental rules in Gardiner, MT
How Gardiner 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.
- Gardiner Resort Area District levies a 4% resort tax on hotels, motels and other lodging establishments (Ord. 2025-1)
- No Park County zoning district covers the Gardiner townsite (county zoning layer point query)
- No county STR permit, registration or STR-specific ordinance in force
Based on: gardiner_resort_tax_ordinance
Summary of the rule
All goods and services sold at the following establishments in the District ... are subject to the Resort Tax: (a) Hotels, motels, and other lodging establishments
Last reviewed Oct 18, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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