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Can you BnB it in Exeter?
No STR ordinanceExeter has no short-term rental ordinance: its business regulation title and its zoning ordinance contain no short-term rental, vacation rental or home sharing rules, and bed and breakfast is the only visitor lodging use in residential zones, allowed only by conditional use permit. Stays of thirty days or less are taxed at eight percent under the transient occupancy tax chapter.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 3.24 Transient Occupancy Tax (Ord. 241, 1964; Ord. 392, 1978; Ord. No. 662, 2012). Zoning ordinance sections 17.16.05(E), 17.18.05(F) and 17.20.04(F) list bed and breakfast as a conditional use. · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 3.24 Transient Occupancy Tax (Ord. 241, 1964; Ord. 392, 1978; Ord. No. 662, 2012). Zoning ordinance sections 17.16.05(E), 17.18.05(F) and 17.20.04(F) list bed and breakfast as a conditional use. · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. Exeter creates no short-term rental permit, so nothing specific to short-term rentals would lapse on a sale. A bed and breakfast operating under a conditional use permit is a different use and was not researched.L1No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 3.24 Transient Occupancy Tax (Ord. 241, 1964; Ord. 392, 1978; Ord. No. 662, 2012). Zoning ordinance sections 17.16.05(E), 17.18.05(F) and 17.20.04(F) list bed and breakfast as a conditional use. · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
17.16.05(E)“Bed and breakfast” source
3.24.020(G)“Transient means any person exercising occupancy for a period of thirty consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days.” source
Citation: No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 3.24 Transient Occupancy Tax (Ord. 241, 1964; Ord. 392, 1978; Ord. No. 662, 2012). Zoning ordinance sections 17.16.05(E), 17.18.05(F) and 17.20.04(F) list bed and breakfast as a conditional use.
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