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Short-term rental rules in Charlotte, NC
How Charlotte 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.
- Mecklenburg County levies a 6% room occupancy tax on accommodation rentals in the city
- An added 2% county room occupancy tax applies to the same rentals
- No STR permit, registration or use rule in the Unified Development Ordinance
- Whole-home rental is a residential dwelling use
Based on: Charlotte Unified Development Ordinance (Code ch. 24), effective June 1, 2023, as amended through petition #2025-118
Summary of the rule
Mecklenburg County hereby levies a room occupancy tax of six percent (6%) of the receipts, net of any taxes or discounts, derived from the rental of any room, lodging, or accommodation furnished by a hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, or similar place within Mecklenburg County that is subject to sales tax imposed by the State of North Carolina under Section 105-164.4(a)(3) of the North Carolina General Statutes.
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