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Short-term rental rules in Corvallis, OR
How Corvallis 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/absentee STR ("Lodging Service" use type) is excluded from ALL residential zoning districts citywide — permitted only in commercial zones
- Residential-zone STR is limited to host-present room rental (Home Business / Bed & Breakfast, capped at 2 bedrooms, owner-occupied)
- No path to a whole-home non-owner-occupied STR by-right or by permit in any residential zone
Based on: Corvallis Land Development Code (LDC) Chapter 3.0, "Lodging Service" use type; Corvallis Municipal Code Title 8, Ch.
Summary of the rule
Renting out an entire home for a short-term stay of less than 30 days, with no owner present, is classified in Chapter 3.0 of the City's Land Development Code (LDC) as a Lodging Service use type.
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