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Short-term rental rules in Amarillo, TX
How Amarillo 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.
- City levies a 7% hotel occupancy tax that expressly reaches houses used for short-term rentals
- No STR-specific permit or license ordinance in the municipal code
- No cap or residency requirement; the zoning use schedule has no STR use and no residential-zone exclusion
Based on: Amarillo Municipal Code ch. 14-2, art. III, §§ 14-2-51, 14-2-52 (Hotel Room Occupancy Tax); Ord. No. 7785 (10-22-2019)
Summary of the rule
Hotel: Any Building, trailer or other facility in which a member or members of the public may, for a consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations. The term shall include ... apartments or houses used for short term rentals, and all other facilities where rooms or sleeping facilities or space are furnished for a consideration for up to thirty (30) consecutive days.
Last reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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