Where short-term rentals are allowed in Wimberley, TX

What Wimberley asks of you

• The code's STR1, once called a bed-and-breakfast, is owner-occupied with the owner present. Stays last 30 consecutive days at most.^[4]

• An STR2, formerly a vacation rental, is a property the owner neither occupies nor lives in. The same 30-day limit applies.^[4]

• Owning or operating an STR2 without a valid city permit is an offense. The property also needs a CUP, unless it qualifies as a nonconforming use.^[5]

• Section 5.04.004 makes that permit valid for two years from issuance. It cannot be transferred, and a copy is posted in plain view on the premises.^[5]

• Section 9.05.001 of the code lists the CUP at $650 and an STR annual permit at $125.^[7]

• The Master Fee Schedule effective October 1, 2026 puts a Conditional Use Permit at $750. Amending one costs $750 too.^[8]

• The city's page describes the CUP application fee as non-refundable.^[3]

• For an STR2, a local contact must be able to respond to any incident within 30 minutes of a call. Owners within 200 feet receive that contact's details.^[5]

• An STR2 also displays an address sign within ten feet of the pavement edge, with numbers at least four inches high.^[5]

• Two valid unresolved complaints during a permit period send the owner before City Council as a condition of renewal.^[5]

• No agency may advertise an STR2 for more guests than the septic capacity the city has set for the property.^[5]

• In an STR1, the owner or a designated representative occupies the property whenever it is rented.^[6]

• Street parking is banned for rentals in the residential districts. An STR1 needs two off-street spaces, an STR2 needs one.^[6]

• A CUP is treated as abandoned after nine consecutive months without rental activity, judged partly from state occupancy tax reports.^[6]

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]