Gun Barrel City, TX short-term rental permit

What Gun Barrel City asks of you

• Section 119.05 makes it unlawful to rent, lease or advertise a residential property as a short-term rental without a permit.^[3]

• Permit applications and tax payments now go through Avenu, the city's one-stop service for owners.^[6]

• The application and inspection fee is $500 for each unit. Every unit receives a permit number of its own.^[4]

• The fee schedule names no separate amount for a renewal.^[4]

• A permit expires on the last day of the month, one year after issuance. Renewal applications can be filed 30 days ahead. One filed after expiry is treated as new.^[3]

• The owner names a local responsible party. That person answers by phone or in person whenever guests occupy the house. When the city calls, they must reach the property within one hour.^[3]

• The policy, host protection or other liability coverage, must reach $1,000,000 per occurrence. A certificate of that insurance must be on file with the city.^[3]

• The city inspects the premises before any permit or renewal is approved.^[3]

• Occupancy stops at two people per bedroom plus two. No rental may hold more than 16 people, including children.^[3]

• Vehicles at the rental are limited to its off-street spaces. Guests may not park on a nearby residential street. Motor homes and commercial vehicles are banned on site.^[3]

• Stays shorter than 24 hours are unlawful.^[3]

• No garage conversion or remodel may add bedrooms for rental use.^[3]

• Amplified sound audible past the property line is banned starting at 10:00 p.m. The ban holds until 9:00 a.m.^[3]

• Guests may not gather outdoors during that same stretch of the night.^[3]

• Trash goes out no earlier than 7:00 p.m. on the evening before pickup.^[3]

• The rental may not host a wedding, a reception or a similar large event. Advertising one is banned as well.^[3]

• Guests receive written host rules on occupancy, parking and curfew times. A copy of the permit is posted inside the front entrance.^[3]

• Every advertisement, in any medium, must carry the current permit number.^[3]

• Hosting platforms must warn owners, before a listing goes up, that the city bans short-term rentals without an active permit.^[3]

• More than two citations within twelve months can cost the permit. After a revocation, the premises wait one year for a new one.^[3]

• Each breach of the chapter is a misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $500. When it concerns fire safety, zoning or sanitation, the maximum is $2,000. A violation that persists is charged again each day.^[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]