City Watch: Atlanta
Atlanta allows short-term rentals, but only two permits per person (one must be your primary residence) and every host needs a city license, hotel-motel tax registration, and $300 annual fee.
- Primary residence proof plus utility bills required for the first permit.
- Second permit allowed only for another property within city limits.
- $500 citations escalate to court summons and possible permit revocation.
ASTRO’s Atlanta desk watches council committees, code enforcement sweeps, and Fulton County court dockets. We summarize every change so you know when compliance expectations shift.
Atlanta friction points
- License renewal: Annual deadline with proof of hotel-motel tax payments and 911 contact updates.
- Hotel-motel tax: 8% city rate plus state occupancy assessments—collected monthly.
- Operator on-call: Must respond within one hour and submit incident logs within 24 hours.
- Cap per owner: Only two permits citywide; LLC stacking is flagged and denied.
ASTRO keeps members ahead of Atlanta’s learning curve: we publish renewal checklists, send reminders before deadlines, and compile template responses when the city questions your residency status.
We also coordinate with metro chambers and neighborhood groups so responsible operators stay at the table when City Hall debates new restrictions.
- What do members get? Toolkits, governance tracking, and a trusted exchange.
- How fast can we launch? Paste Markdown, run the pave script, verify.