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Short-term rental rules in Blowing Rock, NC
How Blowing Rock 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.
- residential-zone exclusion — STRs allowed only in Central Business, Town Center, General Business, and Office/Institutional districts
- STR zoning permit required with safety inspection
- no citywide numeric cap
- town levies a 6% municipal occupancy tax reaching STR stays
Based on: Town of Blowing Rock Land Use Code, Chapter 16 (short-term rental provisions; STR = rental period < 28 consecutive
Summary of the rule
Short-term rentals are permitted only in the Central Business, Town Center, General Business, and Office/Institutional zoning districts (plus parcels with prior vested rights); STRs are prohibited in residential zoning districts.
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