Where short-term rentals are allowed in Kill Devil Hills, NC

What Kill Devil Hills asks of you

• Short-term vacation occupancy is any residential dwelling used or advertised for guest stays no longer than 30 consecutive days. Advertising through online media counts.^[5]

• A guest house is a dwelling occupied by its owner or operator that rents no more than three rooms to paying guests.^[5]

• In the RL zone, accessory dwelling units are permitted for long-term occupancy only.^[6]

• Cluster homes in the RL zone need a long-term use agreement recorded before the building permit is issued. It stays with the property permanently.^[6]

• Any rental cottage needs a town-approved container sized to its waste. One to four bedrooms need one roll-out container, except a four-bedroom home east of US 158, which needs two.^[7]

• Five or six bedrooms call for three roll-out containers. From seven to 18 bedrooms a dumpster is required, with two dumpsters above 18.^[7]

• The town lists Ordinances 20-7, 20-18 and 20-19 as adopted. None of them is in the online code yet. Their titles cover civil penalties, the parking table and large single-family dwellings.^[8]

What North Carolina asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• Under G.S. 160D-1207(c), no North Carolina city can make registration a condition of renting your property. Demanding a housing-code permit before you rent is barred as well. The Court of Appeals applied that rule in Schroeder v. City of Wilmington.^[1]

• Zoning is what remains. In that case the court let a city keep whole-house lodging inside named districts. Parking rules survived too, as did limits on large events. So did insurance conditions and posted safety information.^[1]

• Renting out a private residence or cottage owes North Carolina's 4.75% sales tax. Local and transit rates come on top. So does any occupancy tax levied by the city or county. Sales tax stops once a single guest has stayed ninety days in a row.^[3]