Boerne, TX short-term rental limits

What Boerne asks of you

• Any short-term rental in the city limits or the extra-territorial jurisdiction must be registered with and permitted by the city. That goes through the registration and hotel occupancy tax portal that also takes the quarterly tax payments.^[3]

• The registration fee is $200 in the city limits and in the ETJ. Permits expire two years from the effective date, must be renewed within thirty days of expiration, and renewal is another $200.^[3]

• A short-term rental inside the city limits requires a safety inspection by city staff at $100, or by an outside licensed inspector at the owner's choice. One in the ETJ requires no inspection.^[3]

• The owner must provide proof of insurance with minimum liability coverage of $500,000 per occurrence and $1 million in the aggregate.^[3]

• Occupancy is limited to two people per bedroom plus two additional people, one parking space per bedroom is required, street parking is allowed, and occupants may not host events.^[3]

• In areas zoned for residential use, a short-term rental cannot operate within two hundred feet of another on the same block face. That includes the Historic, Downtown and River Road overlay districts.^[3]

What Texas asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• Texas issues no state short-term rental license. What the state does impose is its hotel occupancy tax. The Comptroller applies it to houses, condominiums and apartments, not only to hotels.^[1]

• A room priced at $15 or more a day owes the state 6 percent. Local hotel taxes start lower, at $2 a day for a sleeping room. The local taxing authority collects those itself.^[1]

• After thirty consecutive days without interruption, a guest becomes a permanent resident, exempt from the tax. A guest who announces that plan in writing is exempt from the date of the notice. Any interruption voids it.^[2]