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Short-term rental rules in Jonesborough, TN
How Jonesborough regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here are subject to registration, a lodging tax, or a small number of operating rules.
- Town levies a municipal hotel/occupancy privilege tax up to 5% reaching whole-home STR stays (Muni Code Title 6, Ch. 5)
- No STR-specific ordinance, permit, or registration process anywhere in the codified municipal code
- No residential-zone exclusion or supply device targeting short-term rentals in the zoning title
Based on: Jonesborough Municipal Code Title 6, Chapter 5 (Hotel/Motel Privilege Tax), §§6-501–6-512, added by Ord. #92-11 (Aug.
Summary of the rule
The legislative body of Jonesborough is authorized to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in any hotel of each transient in an amount not to exceed five percent (5%) of the consideration charged by the operator.
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