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Short-term rental rules in Surfside Beach, TX
How Surfside Beach regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- Mandatory STR-specific registration with Village-issued placard
- $200 annual registration fee
- 11% hotel occupancy tax (5% Village + 6% State), monthly reporting even for $0 activity
- Local 24/7 contact required to respond within one hour
- Registration number must appear in advertisements
- No cap, no owner-occupancy requirement, no residential-zone exclusion
Based on: Code of Ordinances Ch. 44, Art. III (Hotel Occupancy Tax) §§ 44-44, 44-45, 44-49, 44-54; STR registration ordinance
Summary of the rule
The owner/operator shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the use and occupancy of the subject short-term rental unit and shall submit a monthly report to the village, on the appropriate hotel occupancy tax collection report form, even if the short-term rental unit was not rented during any such month.
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