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Short-term rental rules in Pullman, WA
How Pullman 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.
- STR-specific business license endorsement required prior to operation, tied to the owner and non-transferable on sale
- Mandatory Building Official inspection, IRC/IPSC safety compliance, and annual renewal with Affidavit of Conformance
- Whole-home STR permitted by-right in single-family, duplex, ADU, tiny-home, townhouse, and manufactured-home dwellings; no owner-occupancy/host-present requirement
- Only buildings with 3+ dwelling units are excluded (change-of-use trigger), not a residential-zone or supply-side foreclosure
- Occupancy cap of 10 people and off-street parking requirement are operational, not supply-foreclosing
Based on: PCC Chapter 17.109 (Short-Term Rentals), enacted by Ord. 25-08 §1 (2025), effective June 1, 2025
Summary of the rule
Business License Endorsement. A business license must be applied for prior to using the property as a STR. Endorsements are specific to the owner of the dwelling unit. When the holder of an endorsement sells or transfers the property, the new owner must obtain an endorsement before using the dwelling unit as a STR.
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