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Short-term rental rules in Brookings, OR
How Brookings 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.
- STR is a conditional use (discretionary CUP) in the R-1 single-family residential district, not permitted by-right
- CUP is owner-specific and does not run with the land — new owner must re-apply within 6 months of sale
- annual city inspection + business license + transient room tax + local-representative requirement
- whole-home STR remains obtainable via CUP (no numeric citywide cap found), but only through a deniable quasi-judicial approval
Based on: BMC 17.20 (R-1 Single-Family Residential district — conditional uses) + BMC 17.124.170 (Short-term rentals, specific
Summary of the rule
Short-term rentals are allowed as a conditional use in the R-1 single-family residential district pursuant to BMC 17.124.170 — an owner renting all or a portion of a home must obtain a Conditional Use Permit (CUP); STR is not a permitted (by-right) use in R-1.
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Active litigation / open question
Bergmann v. City of Brookings, LUBA No. 2020-096 (Aug 2021) — land-use appeal touching Brookings hearing procedures / STR CUP context; does not alter the in-force conditional-use regime. Source ↗
Reported as fact only, reflecting the code as currently in effect — not legal advice, and not a prediction of the outcome. Verify current status before relying on it.
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