Running a Short-Term Rental in Kerrville

Plenty of people buy a place near the Guadalupe in Kerrville picturing weekend rental income, then learn the zoning doesn't allow it. Short-term rentals are only permitted in certain districts, and the city's Land Use Table is what actually decides whether your specific lot qualifies. Check that before you buy the furniture, not after.

Where it is allowed, you still need a city permit to operate legally, and the rules have teeth. A licensed short-term rental owes the local Hotel Occupancy Tax, the same lodging tax a motel pays, and has to meet a parking standard: roughly one off-street space per bedroom, plus an extra if no manager lives on site. A four-bedroom house with a two-car driveway can fall short on that math alone.

Applications go through MyGovernmentOnline, and the person to call with a real question is the Code Enforcement Manager at 830-258-1172. A house that's a fine long-term home isn't automatically a legal nightly rental, since the city treats those as two different things.