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Short-term rental rules in Oklahoma City, OK
How Oklahoma City 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.
- Whole-home / non-primary-residence STR is NOT allowed by-right; requires discretionary Board of Adjustment special exception
- Hard 10% per-block cap on special-exception home shares constrains general residential housing stock
- Board may weigh anti-STR restrictive covenants and traffic impacts, so non-primary approval is not automatic
- By-right primary-residence home sharing capped at 10 nights/month absent a special exception
- Annual home-sharing license required (~$100.80); special exception filing fee $300
Based on: OKC Municipal Code Ch. 59 (Zoning & Planning) §§59-4250.1 & 59-9350.38.1 and Ch. 13, amended Dec. 2024; effective Feb.
Summary of the rule
Hosts whose property is not their primary residence must get a special exception permit from the Board of Adjustment.
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Last reviewed Sep 14, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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