Executive Summary
Anchorage's short-term rental registration deadline holds at July 30, but the Assembly voted July 21 to give owners who get a violation notice through September 30 an extra 30 days to register before fines start, and every listing must show a municipal registration number as of July 31. A Killeen, Texas audit found the city's rental program brought in $72,283 last fiscal year against a $700,000 projection, with compliance at 8% and more than $500,000 in unpaid taxes, so collection there is about to get tougher. Clark County, Nevada commissioners hear a proposal August 4 that would stop platforms from taking payment for stays at unlicensed properties, in a county with only 229 licensed rentals. Riverside County, California supervisors voted 5-0 to suspend permits after three citations in a year and revoke after five, cut the 60-minute self-correction window, and lift a 16-month moratorium in B-Bar H Ranch and Thousand Palms, with final adoption August 25. Richardson, Texas is moving to a 500-foot buffer between rentals and a $300 registration fee, with no grandfathering for the 59 unregistered homes its new tracking software found. Hernando County, Florida went the other way and killed its proposed rental ordinance 3-1, leaving the county with no local registration rules at all.
New Regulations
Anchorage, Alaska
Registration / Enforcement · Published July 27, 2026
Anchorage's short-term rental registration deadline holds at July 30, but an Assembly resolution passed July 21 gives owners who receive a violation notice through September 30 up to 30 extra days to register before fines apply. Starting July 31 every listing must display a municipal registration number, and more than 1,100 owners have registered over 2,100 units through the free portal since it opened May 1.
→ Source: Anchorage short-term rental owners receive extended grace period to register properties
Killeen, Texas
Tax / Compliance & Enforcement · Published July 28, 2026
A city audit found Killeen's outsourced short-term rental program collected $72,283 in fiscal 2025 against a projection of roughly $700,000, with compliance at 8% and more than $500,000 in potentially lost tax revenue. City Auditor Matthew Grady reported that the contractor mailed 2,600 compliance letters with little effect and recommended dropping mandatory inspections while tightening enforcement, which points to harder occupancy tax collection ahead for hosts.
→ Source: City audit shows short-term rental program having issues with compliance
Hernando County, Florida
Registration / Ordinance Rejected · Published July 28, 2026
Hernando County commissioners voted 3-1 against a countywide short-term rental ordinance on first reading with no second reading scheduled, leaving the county without local registration rules. The measure would have required owners to file state registration paperwork and proof of fire and building inspections; commissioners called it a "mini-DBPR" and noted Florida Statute 509 already caps what counties can do, while neighboring Citrus County advances a similar proposal.
→ Source: Hernando County rejects short-term rental ordinance as Citrus County moves ahead
Gibsons, British Columbia
Licensing / Permit Caps · Published August 2, 2026
Gibsons caps short-term rental licences for properties that are not the operator's principal residence at 35 outside the Lower Gibsons commercial zone, and now queues new applicants on a first-come waitlist ordered by email timestamp. All 35 licences are currently allocated with two applications waiting, existing holders get renewal priority, the annual fee is $2,000, and the licences do not transfer to a new owner at sale.
→ Source: Gibsons Adopts New Waitlist System for Non-Resident Short-Term Rentals
Developing Regulations
Riverside County, California
Enforcement / Permit Revocation · Published July 28, 2026
Riverside County supervisors voted 5-0 to tighten Ordinance 927 across unincorporated areas including Idyllwild and the Temecula wine country, lowering the thresholds to three citations in 12 months to start suspension and five to start revocation, stricter than the five and seven staff had proposed. The board also eliminated the 60-minute owner self-correction window, extended code enforcement coverage to 7 a.m. through midnight Thursday to Sunday, and lifted the 16-month moratorium on new certificates in B-Bar H Ranch and Thousand Palms, with final adoption set for August 25.
→ Source: Will new rules fix short-term rental issues in Idyllwild, wine country?
Clark County, Nevada
Licensing / Platform Enforcement · Published July 29, 2026
Clark County commissioners hear an amendment on August 4 that would bar short-term rental platforms from processing payments for stays at unlicensed properties, backed by daily fines and possible revocation of a platform's license to operate in the county. Only 229 short-term rentals are licensed in unincorporated Clark County against thousands of listings across the Las Vegas Valley, and a December federal injunction currently blocks the county from fining owners and platforms.
→ Source: Clark County proposal would ban platforms from taking payments for unlicensed short-term rentals
Richardson, Texas
Zoning / Spacing & Fees · Published July 31, 2026
Richardson's council reached consensus on July 27 on a 500-foot spacing buffer between short-term rentals, up from the 300 feet staff recommended, and on raising the annual registration fee from $100 to $300, with no grandfathering for operators who are currently unregistered. New monitoring software counted 111 registered and 59 unregistered single-family short-term rentals plus 86 multifamily units, and the ordinance goes to the August 10 agenda while a 90-day pause on new registrations runs through August 25.
→ Source: Council Reviews Short-Term Rental Regulations
Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado
Occupancy Limits · Published July 29, 2026
Mt. Crested Butte's council continued its public hearing on a draft ordinance that would cap short-term rental occupancy at two guests per bedroom plus two, or eight in a three-bedroom home, and limit bookings to no more than two unrelated parties. Officials pointed to fire, building code and egress problems including lofts without adequate escape routes, while owners and realtors argued a flat cap ignores square footage and fire-suppression systems, and council will hold a work session on possible exemptions before setting a new hearing date.
