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Can you BnB it in Fairfax?
RestrictedFairfax regulates short-term rentals through Chapter 5.57, a short program chapter that points to short-term rental policies and procedures adopted by the Town Council and makes violations a public nuisance. The operating rules, including any permit, cap or transfer rule, are not in the code itself, so they must be read from the Town Council program documents.
The rules, with their sources
Caps and limitsNo cap appears in the two sections of Chapter 5.57. Any cap, if one exists, would sit in the Town Council policies and procedures that the chapter incorporates, which are not part of the code and have not been read yet.L1Fairfax Town Code Title 5, Chapter 5.57 Short-Term Rental Program, sections 5.57.010 and 5.57.020; Ord. 866, passed 7-6-2022 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsThe code is silent on transfer. Chapter 5.57 has only two sections, a purpose and intent section and a violations and nuisance abatement section, and it delegates the operating terms of the program to Town Council policies and procedures adopted outside the code. Whether an authorization transfers on sale therefore cannot be determined from the code.L1Fairfax Town Code Title 5, Chapter 5.57 Short-Term Rental Program, sections 5.57.010 and 5.57.020; Ord. 866, passed 7-6-2022 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
5.57.010“all short-term rentals as defined in [section] 17.008.020 of this Code, and also known as 'tourist home' [...]” source
Citation: Fairfax Town Code Title 5, Chapter 5.57 Short-Term Rental Program, sections 5.57.010 and 5.57.020; Ord. 866, passed 7-6-2022
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