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Short-term rental rules in Taos, NM
How Taos 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 town-wide permit cap of 120 STR permits (supply-foreclosing)
- STR prohibited in Historic District(s), Historic/Hotel Overlay Zones, and Central Business District
- Conditional-use permit required in some zoning districts
- Annual permit expiry (Sep 30) with renewal window
- Permit number required in all advertising
Based on: Town of Taos Ordinance No. 22-12, codified at Taos Town Code §5.04.060 et seq.
Summary of the rule
Hard town-wide cap of 120 STR permits; no new permits issued while 120 are outstanding ('Should the number of permits exceed one hundred twenty (120), the Town shall not issue any new permits until the number of permits is one hundred twenty (120) or less.')
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