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Short-term rental rules in Waynesville, NC
How Waynesville 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 of absentee whole-home STR via UDO lodging use classification
- owner/manager must reside on premises for every permitted lodging use (B&B, boarding house, inn)
- unlisted uses presumed prohibited in each zoning district
- no by-right use category for non-owner-occupied whole-home short-term rental
Based on: Appendix A — Land Development Standards, Supp. No. 15 (Created 2024-12-20); §2.5.1 Use Categories; §2.5.2
Summary of the rule
The owners or managers of a bed and breakfast home shall reside on the premises. ... The owners or manager of the boarding house shall reside on the premises. ... An owner/manager of an inn shall reside on the property.
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