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Short-term rental rules in Provo, UT
How Provo 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.
- Short-term rentals prohibited in all residential zones
- Also prohibited in all agricultural zones
- STRs allowed only in a short list of commercial/mixed/downtown zones (DT1, DT2, SC3, GW, WG, FC1, FC2, PIC)
- Renting more than once per 30-day period is prima facie evidence of a prohibited STR use in residential zones
- Residential-zone exclusion forecloses whole-home STR across the general housing stock
Based on: Provo City Code Ch. 6.33 (Short-Term Rental Dwellings), added by Ordinance 2024-19, adopted April 16, 2024
Summary of the rule
If your property is located in a residential zone, short-term rentals are not permitted.
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