Peninsula, OH STR Rules: Chapter 741, 185, and the Ballot

Aug 18

12 min read

Updated: Aug 27

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Chapter 741 and Chapter 185 are live law in the Village of Peninsula, Ohio. Ordinance 18-2019 created the rental chapter on September 9, 2019, after the May 2019 Long-Range Plan asked for regulation. Ordinance 09-2023 added owner-occupied types, removed the R-1 600-foot spacing rule, and set caps, renewals, and fees. Ordinance 14-2024 overhauled both chapters on October 8, 2024, including the 3 percent village tax. Ordinance 21-2024 removed the Valley Fire home inspection on November 12, 2024. The clerk is this code.

Council held a public forum on June 23, 2026 and began considering an advisory ballot before tightening or phasing out. Cleveland.com covered that talk on July 1, 2026. That is political risk on top of a live clerk. It is not proof the chapter disappeared. Village Hall is 1582 Main Street. Boston Township Hall at 1775 Main Street is the meeting room. Call Village Hall before you underwrite a new card. AmLegal hosts a 2026-01 text and warns it may lag.

This guide walks the live rules: the tax, the two doors, the caps, November 15, the fire inspection that was removed, the June 23 ballot talk, the other-state mash that is not this desk, and the call you make before a closing. Fourteen certificates and three owner-occupied cards sit under this clerk today. A short-term rental here is a stay of fewer than 30 consecutive days. Thirty nights and up is not a Chapter 741 STR. Bed and breakfasts and country inns use a different desk. The village does not permit hotels.

Chapter 741 Is Live Law, Not a First Reading

Leftover packets still talk as if Peninsula were waiting on a vote. That file is stale. Chapter 741 has been the rental chapter since Ordinance 18-2019. Ordinance 14-2024 rewrote the chapter in October 2024. Ordinance 21-2024 edited the inspection line in November 2024. You do not underwrite a Main Street house as if the clerk were still a draft. You underwrite the certificate, the cap, the tax, and the November 15 clock. The village already counts fourteen registered cards against that text. A leftover draft story is not the 2026 village clerk.

A short-term rental is a dwelling rented for fewer than 30 consecutive days. Thirty nights and longer is a different object. Bed and breakfasts and country inns do not use this desk. The village does not permit hotels. Certificates are required. Ads must show the certificate number, occupancy, parking, quiet hours, and special-event rules. Enforcement now uses a ten-day cure, down from thirty. First-degree misdemeanor language arrived with 14-2024. Loss of the certificate is possible. A quiet complaint year is not a missing ordinance.

Start the packet at Village Hall, not at an Akron extract and not at a blog. The market report is the inventory. This page is the clerk. Do not mash those jobs. If a seller still says the village has not finished the chapter, ask for the ordinance numbers. 18-2019, 09-2023, 14-2024, and 21-2024 are the stack. June 23 is a forum and a ballot talk. It is not a repeal. Confirm the live text before you write a night count into an offer.

Chapter 185’s 3% Tax Is Village Money

Chapter 185 is the administrative tax chapter. Ordinance 14-2024 put a 3 percent village STR tax on the books. The Village Hall deck treats that 3 percent as village revenue. It is not a host T12. It is not ADR. It is not proof that fourteen houses printed a year. $30,516 is what the village collected in STR revenue and fees in 2025. That line sits next to the tax. It is still village money. Do not divide it by fourteen and call the result a house year. Keep the village tax on the village side of every Peninsula packet.

Fees after 14-2024 are not the old 09-2023 amounts. A Short-Term Home Rental pays $500 plus a $250 village inspection. An owner-occupied card pays $100 plus the same $250 inspection. Ordinance 09-2023 had been $150 and $50. Those older figures are stale. The startup file prices the desk. This page only needs you to stop treating the 3 percent as yield. It is a line item you remit. It is not occupancy.

Do not fold the tax into park visitor spend either. NPS put $139 million of visitor spending near the park in 2023. That is what guests spent in the area. It is not Chapter 185. The tourism file keeps those desks apart. Quote 3 percent as the village tax. Quote $30,516 as 2025 village collections. Quote your own remittance as your remittance. A broker memo that treats village tax as host income is writing a press release, not a Peninsula packet.

Owner-Occupied and Non-Owner Are Different Doors

Owner-occupied and non-owner Short-Term Home Rentals are different tracks. Owner-occupied means the owner lives on the property and is present when the unit is rented. The village issues one owner-occupied STR certificate per property. If an approved ADU exists, the owner chooses which unit is the STR. You cannot rent both. Owner-occupied has no cap. It still needs a certificate, detectors, parking, a 30-minute local contact, and the November 15 renewal. The cheaper fee does not erase the clerk.

Non-owner Short-Term Home Rentals sit under the caps. R-1 holds five. R-2 plus mixed use plus commercial hold ten combined, lowered from fifteen in 14-2024. The June 23 deck shows two cards in R-1, eleven in R-2, and one in commercial or mixed use. Three of the fourteen cards are owner-occupied. The cap file is how those seats sit today. Do not tell a buyer there is always room for one more non-owner card because a foliage weekend was busy.

The owner must occupy at least 60 days each year. Renewal occupancy is a 60-day minimum in the prior year. Ordinance 14-2024 reduced that occupancy test from 90 days. Those two 60-day tests are not the same sentence as a 30-night guest stay. The remote-stay file is the guest object. This page is the owner object. Do not confuse a long guest booking with the owner's occupancy duty. Ask Village Hall which test applies to the card you hold before you advertise a month.

Caps, November 15, and a Card That Does Not Transfer

Non-owner caps are five in R-1 and ten in R-2 plus mixed use plus commercial. Owner-occupied has no numerical cap. The certificate is not transferable. It is tied to the calendar year. It expires when the deed moves. A listing that says the card rides with the house is writing a different village. Price the real estate as real estate. Price the nights only after Village Hall says the buyer has a card, a path onto the wait list, or an owner-occupied door that actually fits.

Renewals are due November 15. A $200 late fee applies after that date. After December 31, late filings go to the wait list behind timely renewals. That wait list is the scarce cost, not the sofa. If the district is already at the non-owner cap, a January filing is a place in line, not a live card. The transfer file walks the closing. This page only needs you to stop treating November 15 as optional. Miss it and you are arguing with the clerk, not with a weekend guest.

Fourteen cards against those caps is the live supply picture. It is not a guarantee that a fifteenth non-owner seat will open because ski was busy. The purchase file is how to underwrite a bid while the card dies at closing. Do not write a Peninsula offer as if escrow included Chapter 741. Ask zoning for the district. Ask the clerk whether the seller's certificate is current. Ask whether a non-owner seat exists. Then decide whether the house still works as a house.

Safety, Parking, Septic, and the Fire Inspection That Was Removed

Occupancy is limited by bedrooms and by septic. The capacity formula is bedrooms times two, plus three. Children age 3 and under are excluded from that count. Off-street guest parking is required. Large events are not allowed. Overnight tents, campers, and outbuildings are not guest rooms. Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are required. A local contact must be reachable and able to be on site within 30 minutes. Those lines are the operational floor. A pretty tile does not replace them. Septic, not a photo, sets how many guests sleep in the house.

Ordinance 14-2024 added a Valley Fire home inspection. Ordinance 21-2024 removed it on November 12, 2024, because Valley Fire does not inspect residences. Do not tell a buyer they must book a Valley Fire house inspection. Do not tell a lender the village still requires one. The live text is 21-2024. AmLegal may lag. Call Village Hall before you write an inspection condition into an offer. The $250 village inspection on the fee line is the village inspection, not a fire-company house tour. Write Ordinance 21-2024 on the inspection line.

Ads still have to show certificate number, occupancy, parking, quiet hours, and special-event rules. Seven complaints and one documented violation in twelve months, for advertising before registration, sit on the June 23 deck. Enforcement is a ten-day cure. The marketing file can write the walk. It cannot hide a missing certificate. Put the number in the ad. Put the parking in the ad. Put the quiet hours in the ad. A missing line is how a small village writes a complaint. The ad is part of the certificate, not a separate marketing toy.

The June 23 Ballot Talk Sits On Top of the Clerk

On June 23, 2026, council held a special meeting and a public forum. It began considering an advisory ballot before tightening or phasing out short-term rentals. Cleveland.com reported that talk on July 1, 2026. That is political risk. It sits on top of a live clerk. It does not erase Chapter 741. It does not erase Chapter 185. It does not turn fourteen certificates into a draft. Do not tell a partner the village has no rules because a ballot was discussed. The rules are the rules until council changes them.

An advisory ballot is extra uncertainty on a cap that already exists. Patient money can wait for the question. Flip money that needs a guaranteed card should not. The purchase file is the underwriting walk. This page only needs the stack in the right order. First the live chapters. Then the November 15 clock. Then the June 23 talk. A packet that opens on the ballot and never names 14-2024 is writing the village backwards. Name the clerk first. Name the politics second. Protect November 15 even while council talks about a ballot.

Village Hall still counts fourteen registered STRs and three owner-occupied cards. Fees and tax still remit. Renewals still come due November 15. The 30-minute contact still has to be real. None of that paused for a forum. If you already hold a card, protect the renewal. If you do not, ask whether a seat exists before you bid. The ballot may change the desk later. It has not replaced the desk this week. Call the clerk as if the chapter were live, because it is.

Summit County, Colorado Is Not This Desk

A web search for Summit County short-term rental often returns a mountain county in another state, not Summit County, Ohio. That other desk has basin caps and booking-count limits that do not apply here. Do not copy those rules onto a Peninsula parcel. Do not invent unincorporated Ohio county rules from a blog that cited the wrong Summit County. Peninsula is an incorporated village. Chapter 741 is the clerk. If the parcel sits outside the village line, send the owner to Summit County, Ohio, and cite an Ohio primary.

Akron city is also not this desk. AirROI's Akron extract is $13,337, $132 ADR, 39.0 percent occupancy, and n of 309. That sample is a city sample. The pin file keeps the driveway honest. This page keeps the clerk honest. A Peninsula certificate is a village certificate. An Akron listing is an Akron listing. A search result from another state's Summit County is a search result. None of those three objects share a form. Do not mash them in a closing memo. The wrong county is not a Peninsula form.

Lenders will ask which rule file you used. The honest answer is Chapter 741 and Chapter 185 at Village Hall, plus the June 23 deck for the live count. The finance file should open on that answer, not on a costume T12 and not on another state's basin story. If a packet still quotes a booking-count cap from the wrong county, send the packet back. Ask for the Peninsula ordinance numbers. Ask for the seller's certificate. Ask for the zoning district. Then underwrite.

Call Village Hall Before You Underwrite

Call Village Hall at 1582 Main Street before you write a Peninsula night count into an offer. Confirm the live Chapter 741 text. Confirm Chapter 185. Confirm whether the parcel is inside the village. Confirm the zoning district and whether a non-owner seat exists. Confirm whether the seller's certificate is current and whether it dies at the deed. Confirm November 15 and the $200 late fee. Confirm that Valley Fire does not inspect the house. AmLegal may lag. The deck may be the fresher count. Do not underwrite a night count from a screenshot of AmLegal.

Bring the address, the intended use, and the owner-occupied or non-owner question. Bring the ADU question if a second unit exists. Bring the 60-day owner occupancy question. Bring the septic and bedroom count for the capacity formula. The startup file lists the $500 plus $250 or $100 plus $250 stack. This page lists the questions that decide whether that stack even applies. A fee quote without a district is not a Peninsula quote. Bring a parcel map if the village line is unclear.

Then write the packet in the village's order. Live chapters first. Caps and transfer second. June 23 third. Park visits last, and only as traffic. Do not open on an Akron year. Do not open on another state's county. Do not open on $30,516 as if it were your T12. Fourteen cards and three owner-occupied doors are the inventory. Chapter 741 is the clerk. The ballot is the risk on top. Confirm the local rules before you commit. Then decide whether the house still works if the card does not.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Peninsula Ohio Chapter 741 already in effect?

Chapter 741 and Chapter 185 are live. Ordinance 18-2019 created the rental chapter. Ordinance 14-2024 overhauled it and the 3 percent tax on October 8, 2024. Ordinance 21-2024 removed the Valley Fire home inspection on November 12, 2024. The June 23, 2026 public forum and advisory-ballot talk are political risk on top of that clerk, not a missing ordinance. Confirm the live text at Village Hall.

What is the Peninsula Ohio short-term rental tax?

Chapter 185 imposes a 3 percent village STR tax. The Village Hall deck treats that tax as village revenue. It is not a host T12 and not ADR. $30,516 is 2025 village STR revenue and fees, a separate clerk line. After 14-2024, a Short-Term Home Rental pays $500 plus $250 inspection. Owner-occupied pays $100 plus $250. Do not use the old $150 and $50 figures.

Can I rent both the main house and an ADU in Peninsula?

No on the owner-occupied track. The village issues one owner-occupied STR certificate per property. If an approved ADU exists, the owner chooses which unit is the short-term rental and cannot rent both. Owner-occupied has no cap and still needs a certificate. The owner must live on the property and be present when renting. Confirm the door with Village Hall before you furnish the second unit.

Do Peninsula STR certificates transfer when I sell the house?

The certificate is not transferable. It is tied to the calendar year and expires when the deed moves. Renewals are due November 15. A $200 late fee applies after that date. After December 31, late filings go to the wait list behind timely renewals. Price the real estate as real estate. Price the nights only after Village Hall says the buyer has a card.

Does Peninsula still require a Valley Fire home inspection?

Ordinance 14-2024 added a Valley Fire inspection. Ordinance 21-2024 removed it on November 12, 2024, because Valley Fire does not inspect residences. The $250 village inspection on the fee line is the village inspection, not a fire-company house tour. You still need smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, off-street parking, and a local contact who can be on site in 30 minutes.

What did Peninsula council do on June 23 2026?

Council held a special meeting and public forum and began considering an advisory ballot before tightening or phasing out short-term rentals. Cleveland.com reported that talk on July 1, 2026. That is political risk on top of live Chapter 741 and Chapter 185. It is not a repeal and not a missing clerk. Fourteen registered cards and three owner-occupied cards still sit under the current text.

Does Summit County Ohio use the same STR rules as Peninsula?

Peninsula is an incorporated village. Chapter 741 is the clerk inside the village line. Do not copy another state's Summit County basin story onto this parcel. Do not invent unincorporated Ohio county rules from a blog that mixed the two Summit Counties. If the parcel sits outside the village, take the owner to Summit County, Ohio and cite an Ohio primary. Akron city is a different desk too.

What should I ask Village Hall before I buy a Peninsula STR?

Ask whether the parcel is inside the village, which zoning district it sits in, and whether a non-owner seat exists. Ask whether the seller's certificate is current and whether it expires at transfer. Ask about November 15, the $200 late fee, and the wait list after December 31. Confirm that Valley Fire does not inspect residences. The address is 1582 Main Street.