Permit required.
San Antonio City Code § 16-1103
in effectSec. 16-1103. - Permit required.
(a) No short term rental shall operate within the City of San Antonio without a current valid short term rental permit.
(b) All individual units having cooking, sleeping, and bathing facilities, within common buildings, regardless of ownership, shall require a separate, individual permit for each unit intended to be used as a short term rental.
(1) On residential properties which are not multi-family buildings (e.g., duplex, four-plex), a single individual unit, which is not owner occupied, but which is located on the same land parcel as an owner-occupied unit of common ownership as the non-owner occupied units shall be considered a (Type 1) short term rental unit. Additional non-owner occupied units in excess of this allowance on the same land parcel shall be considered (Type 2) short term rental units.
(2) In a multi-family building, a single individual unit, which is not owner occupied, but which is located on the same land parcel as an owner-occupied unit of common ownership as the non-owner occupied units shall be considered a (Type 1) short term rental unit. Additional non-owner occupied units in excess of this allowance on the same land parcel shall be considered (Type 2) short term rental units.
(3) No property shall be eligible to obtain short term rental permits by utilizing multiple block faces (e.g. a corner lot). All units on a lot must be assessed as being solely on one (1) block face. The street for which the STR unit is addressed on will determine the appropriate block face.
(c) All platforms that display short term rental listings for properties in San Antonio shall require that all owners using the platform include a permit number in any listing for a short term rental on the platform. The city shall notify and request that a Short Term Rental Platform remove a listing from the platform if the short term rental listing lacks a permit number or the permit number is invalid, expired, or has been revoked. The notification must identify the listing(s) to be removed by its URL and state the reason for removal. The platform shall remove the listing within ten (10) business days.
(Ord. No. 2018-11-01-0858, § 2, 11-1-18; Ord. No. 2024-06-13-0433, § 2, 6-13-24)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH16LIBURE_ARTXXIISHTERE_DIV1GE_S16-1103PEREFetched: 10/27/2026