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Amelia County adopts short-term rental ordinance, directs staff to prepare transient-occupancy tax and registry
Summary
The Board adopted a zoning ordinance that defines 'short-term rental' as dwelling occupancy for fewer than 30 consecutive days, and asked staff to draft a transient-occupancy tax and a short-term rental registry. The motion to accept the ordinance carried without a roll-call tally.
The Amelia County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a revised zoning definition for short-term rentals and directed staff to prepare companion rules for a transient-occupancy tax (TOT) and a short-term rental registry.
Planner staff said the draft replaces the older 'tourist home' term with a state-code-derived definition: a short-term rental is "the provision of a dwelling unit or a portion of a dwelling unit ... for a period of fewer than 30 consecutive days in exchange for a charge for the occupancy." The board discussed grandfathering existing facilities while adding screening requirements and confirmed the change was intended to align county code with state law and current usage.
Board members also asked staff to prepare a separate ordinance for a transient-occupancy tax and a registry for short-term rentals so the county can track and, if desired, tax those uses. Board member East moved to approve the ordinance as updated that day; the chair called for hands and the "motion carries," with no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.
The ordinance as adopted changes zoning language to permit short-term rentals in specified districts (with a special exception in parts of the sanitary district) and leaves TOT and registry creation to future ordinance work and review by the planning commission.
