Short-term rentals in Grandview, explained properly.

Sec. 10-301 sets the maximum occupancy at two persons per legal bedroom, plus one additional person per unit, including both overnight guests and daytime visitors. For STRs on parcels of five acres or more that limit does not apply; the maximum occupancy is determined through the STR permitting process from site characteristics, access, parking capacity and safety considerations, as determined by the director of community development.

Sec. 10-301(c) and (d). The presumption of a prohibited event is rebuttable. Repeated occupancy-limit failures and substantiated noise or nuisance complaints are grounds for permit revocation under Sec. 10-308.

Sec. 10-305. The responsible party handles complaints, disturbances and emergencies. The permit application must name the designated local responsible party and their contact information (Sec. 10-302(c)).

Sec. 10-306 subjects STR properties to an annual inspection by the City's rental inspection team and requires every STR to meet all applicable building, safety, zoning and code regulations. The safety compliance affidavit is part of the permit application (Sec. 10-302(c)); the inspection fee is set in the City fee schedule.

Sec. 10-310. Temporary permits are subject to the same safety and zoning requirements as standard STR permits. A temporary permit takes an STR temporary registration fee and an STR inspection fee in the amounts in the City fee schedule, and each renewal takes the temporary registration fee.

Sec. 10-311.

Sec. 10-312. The City's adopting ordinance also says each act of violation and each day a violation continues is a separate offense, and that the Board of Aldermen may pursue other remedies, including abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits, unless another penalty is expressly provided.

Secs. 10-308 and 10-309. Listed grounds for revocation include failure to comply with occupancy limits, substantiated noise or nuisance complaints, failure to remit required taxes and fees, and non-compliance with safety or zoning regulations. An owner whose permit is revoked or denied appeals in writing to the director of community development within 30 calendar days of notice, for an administrative hearing. A further appeal to the board of zoning adjustment goes to the city clerk within 15 calendar days of the director's decision; the board hears it within 45 days of filing and decides within 15 days after the hearing, and its decision is final.

Section 144.020.1(6) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri imposes a tax equivalent to four percent on the amount of sales or charges for all rooms, meals and drinks furnished at any hotel, motel, tavern, inn, restaurant, eating house, drugstore, dining car, tourist cabin, tourist camp or other place in which rooms, meals or drinks are regularly served to the public. The Department of Revenue says the state sales and use tax is 4.225 percent in total, split among General Revenue (3.0 percent), Education (1.0 percent), Conservation (0.125 percent) and Parks/Soils (0.10 percent), and that cities, counties and special taxing districts may add their own sales taxes. The sources read do not say whether, or when, a privately owned home rented for short stays counts as a place in which rooms are regularly served to the public; check with the Department of Revenue. City and county taxes are shown on each place's page.

Section 144.752, in effect since January 1, 2023, requires marketplace facilitators that do business in Missouri to register with the Department of Revenue to collect and remit use tax on sales made through their marketplaces that are delivered into the state. The section's definition of a marketplace facilitator does not include a person with respect to the provision of travel agency services, which it defines as facilitating, for a commission, fee or other consideration, travel packages, travel reservations, tickets, or hotel or other lodging accommodations. The Department of Revenue pages read do not say whether booking platforms collect state sales tax on short-term rental stays; check with the platform and the Department of Revenue. City rules on platform collection of city taxes are shown on each place's page.

A word search of the Revised Statutes of Missouri found no section regulating the short-term rental of homes, so local rules apply. In the 2026 Regular Session, House Bill 1768 (combined with HB 2060), which modifies provisions relating to the classification of certain residential real property used for short-term rentals, was sent to the Senate, which adopted its own substitute; its last action, on May 15, 2026, was referral to the House Fiscal Review Committee, and the House bill page shows it was not truly agreed to and finally passed. In the 2025 Regular Session, House Bill 1086 on the same subject was last voted do pass by a Senate committee on May 1, 2025. A similar bill could be filed in a later session.