Breezy Point, MN short-term rental limits

What Breezy Point asks of you

• A Crow Wing County short-term rental license must be obtained before the city issues its own, and a copy goes with the city application.^[4]

• The city issues no more than 60 short-term rental unit licenses at any given time, first come, first served.^[5]

• The licensing period runs January 1 to December 31. Renewals for the next year must be approved before any rental activity.^[4]

• Occupancy follows the bedroom count. A bedroom needs at least 70 square feet for one occupant, 90 for two, then 50 more for each extra occupant.^[5]

• Recreational vehicles and tents cannot be used to add occupancy. Neither can accessory structures or fish houses.^[5]

• A listing may not advertise more bedrooms, or more guests, than the license allows.^[5]

• The owner or an authorized agent must be reachable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, during every rental. Each renter receives that contact in writing.^[5]

• A new owner cannot take over the license.^[5]

• Four substantiated complaints or violations within 18 months may lead the City Council to revoke the license. After a revocation, two within 18 months can end eligibility for good.^[5]

• Crow Wing County charges $100 per advertised bedroom for its license, renewed every January whatever the issue date.^[6]

What Minnesota asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• On top of whatever the city requires, the Minnesota Department of Health files a vacation home rental under the hotel or motel license. The address decides whether MDH or a local health agency issues it.^[1]

• Rent for a residential short-term rental is taxable lodging in Minnesota. Whoever facilitates the booking collects the tax: the owner, the platform, or each on its own share.^[2]

• Section 297A.66 makes an accommodations intermediary collect the sales tax on lodging located in Minnesota and remit it to the Department of Revenue.^[3]