Where short-term rentals are allowed in New Braunfels, TX

What New Braunfels asks of you

• Short-term rentals are not allowed in any residential zoning district. A special use permit is required in non-residential zones, except C-4, C-4A and C-4B.^[3]

• A residential property can only be used this way by having a special use permit added to it: roughly three months, before the Planning Commission once and the City Council twice.^[3]

• The permit application goes through the online portal with proof of ownership, emergency contact information, site and floor plans, and commercial general liability insurance of at least $500,000 per occurrence.^[3]

• The initial permit and fire inspection fee is $206.^[3]

• Annual life safety inspections by the Fire Marshal's Office are mandatory for every short-term rental unit in the city limits. Renewal requires updated insurance, a passed fire inspection and a $128 fee.^[3]

• The regulations are codified at section 144-5.17 of the city code.^[3]

What Texas asks wherever you host

These rules apply at this address whatever the city decides.

• Texas issues no state short-term rental licence. The statewide obligation is the hotel occupancy tax, and the Comptroller applies it to houses, condominiums and apartments as well as hotels.^[1]

• The state rate is 6 percent on a room costing $15 or more each day. Local hotel taxes reach further down, to sleeping rooms costing $2 or more each day, and the local taxing authority collects them itself.^[1]

• A guest who stays thirty or more consecutive days without interruption becomes a permanent resident and is exempt. Written notice of that intention makes the exemption run from the notice date; any interruption voids it.^[2]