Permitted, with conditions
| Application fee one-time | $200.00 |
| STR permit / registration same charge as application fee | included |
| Business licence | not verified |
| Inspection | not verified |
| First-year total | $200.00 |
| Permit renewal annual | $200.00 |
| Business licence | not verified |
| Recurring annual | $200.00 |
Combined lodging tax: not verified for this city yet.
2 figures are not yet verified against the city (Business licence, Inspection). They are left out of the total rather than counted as zero, so the real first-year cost is higher than shown.
Conditions attached
- Residential Zone Cap is 400 licenses a year, and it has been met: the city's STR page says 'NEW LICENSES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES ARE NOT AVAILABLE' (marked updated 7/1/2025) and that no waitlist exists. Applications in non-residential zones (C-TR, CN, CMU, CG, CBD, IL, IH, IMU) are being accepted, and condos recorded before January 18, 2022 are exempt from the cap.
- A Special Use Permit is required for STRs within residential zones (RR, RS, RN-1, RN-2, RN-3, RN-4, RN-5, and RN-6). Maximum occupancy is two per bedroom, plus two. Off-street parking is required. The licence fee is $50 per person of the maximum overnight occupancy the licence authorizes, with a minimum of $200, so a whole home pays at least $200. Hot Springs Code section 16-10-2(I) sets 'the initial and subsequent annual fee/occupation tax' as one fee, so there is no separate application fee on top: the first year's licence, the application and each renewal are the same charge, due January 1 each year.
Source: https://www.hotspringsar.gov/1265/Short-term-Rental-Information
Checked 2026-10-07 · Ordinance No. 6405