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Can you BnB it in Dublin?
RestrictedDublin has no short-term rental chapter of its own. The city treats a short-term rental as a Bed and Breakfast Inn, which needs a Conditional Use Permit approved by the Planning Commission plus a city business license, and accessory dwelling units may not be rented for under 30 days.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseA permit or license is required before operating.L18.12.050 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. DMC Chapter 8.100, the Conditional Use Permit chapter, was read in full and contains no language about the permit running with the land, applying to successors in interest, being transferable, or being revoked on change of ownership. There is no short-term rental chapter and therefore no family, heir, trust, entity or LLC exception, no transfer-application window and no grace period in the code. A buyer should assume the Conditional Use Permit and the separate business license must be confirmed or re-obtained and should ask the Planning Division in writing.L18.100 (Conditional Use Permits; no transfer provision found) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
8.08.020“a transient lodging establishment (other than a hotel or motel) primarily engaged in providing overnight or otherwise temporary lodging for the general public” source
8.08.020“guest rooms or suites...rented to the general public for overnight or other temporary lodging for 30 days or less” source
8.12.050“Bed and Breakfast Inn | C/PC | C/PC | C/PC | C/PC | - | - | C/PC | C/PC | C/PC | C/PC | C/PC” source
Citation: Dublin Municipal Code 8.08.020 (definitions), 8.12.050 (residential use table, history note Rev. Ord. 11-25, December 2025), 8.80.030.O and 8.80.040.I, 8.100 (conditional use permits)
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