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Short-Term Rentals

This is a high-level reference only. Always verify the property's municipality, zoning district, HOA/deed restrictions, business-license requirements, and applicable state/local accommodation taxes before advising that a property may legally operate as a short-term rental.

City of Myrtle Beach 

• Planning & Zoning Department STR definition 
• STR Zone Map 
• COMB Zoning Map  
• A business license is required. 
• Zoning Code
• STR Conversion Overlay Zone

City of North Myrtle Beach 

• STR Overview
• Quick Reference Guide
• A business license is required.
• STR Rules for Visitors
• There is currently no special zoning or permit process required beyond standard licensing.

City of Conway

• Business License & Fee Requirements
• Citizen Problem Reporter
• Unified Development Ordinance
  • Commercial Short-Term Rental (CSTR) A conditional use whereby a structure is converted and/or created into a fully functioning, private accommodations use, which may include cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping facility within one dwelling unit, to be rented to one (1) family for a period of not more than ninety (90) consecutive days. Hotels, motels, Inns, bed and breakfast establishments, and other land uses explicitly defined and regulated in the UDO separately from Commercial Short-Term Rentals (CSTR’s) are not considered Commercial Short-Term Rentals. [ZA2021-06-21(B)] 
• Zoning Map

City of Georgetown

• STR Basics
• Unified Development Ordinance (Page 78)
• STR Application
• Business License Application
• Zoning Map
• A Short-Term Vacation Rental Permit will not be issued or renewed until a City of Georgetown Business License has been obtained for both the property owner and rental agent, if applicable. 
• Note: Georgetown has a cap of 250 STR units.
• City of Georgetown Planning Department (843.545.4010)

Town of Surfside Beach

• Zoning Map
• A business license is required.

• Sec. 17-396.10. - Transient rental and long term rental. Transient rentals, also known as a short term rentals are permitted in the R3 and C3 zoning districts and are defined as a dwelling or other accommodation used as a dwelling or other place of human habitation with sleeping accommodations which is rented, lease, or subleased for periods less than a calendar month or thirty (30) days. Long term rentals are permitted in all zoning districts allowing residential uses. Long term rentals defined as three hundred sixty five days (365) or longer. (Ord. No. 20-0913, 2-23-21)

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