The Covington Board of Commissioners voted in an ordinance on Tuesday that removes the requirement for a conditional zoning permit for non-host occupied short term rentals in the city. The move is the latest in a raft of reforms aimed at regulating short-term rentals over the past year.
Specifically, the ordinance now allows city staff to grant non-host occupied (i.e. properties where the landlord does not live) short-term rentals limited-use status in six zoning district types: suburban residential, semi-urban, downtown core,
traditional urban mixed-use, traditional urban residential and auto-urban commercial zones.
The city began seriously regulating short-term rentals in 2021 and established new regulations, including caps on the number of rental licenses allowed in specific neighborhoods, in June of 2023.
Click here to view an interactive zoning map of Covington, and read the full text of the ordinance here.
