(A) There shall be no more than two short-term rental licenses per structure.
(B) In order to supplement and provide additional guidance for the consideration of requests for conditional use permits under the current Neighborhood Development Code, and in order to protect the residential character of Covington’s national historic districts, and generally protect Covington’s residential character, the following density limits are established:
(1) Historic districts.
(a) Austinburg: maximum of ten non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(b) Downtown Commercial, including 1991, 1996 and 2001 expansions: unlimited number of non-host-occupied short-term rental units with no distance separation requirements.
(c) Emery-Price: maximum of four non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(d) Helentown: maximum of 15 non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(e) Holy Cross: host-occupied only.
(f) Lee-Holman: maximum of five non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(g) Lewisburg: maximum of five non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(h) Licking Riverside: maximum of five non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(i) Main Strasse: maximum of 25 non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per blockface, except that in the TUMU zone within the Main Strasse Historic District break out commercial zone there may be no more than three non-host-occupied short-term rental units per block face.
(j) Mutter Gottes: maximum of 12 non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per blockface, except that on Fourth Street and Fifth Street there may be no more than three non-host-occupied short-term rental units per block face.
(k) Ohio Riverside, including 1987 expansion: one short-term rental unit per block face, host-occupied only.
(l) Ritte’s Corner, including 2000 expansion: maximum of five non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(m) Seminary Square: maximum of four non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(n) Wallace Woods: maximum of five non-host-occupied short-term rental units, with no more than one per block face.
(o) West Fifteenth Street: maximum of one non-host-occupied short-term rental units.
(2) Remainder of the city. No more than one non-host short-term rental structure permitted per block face.
(Ord. O-11-23, passed 6-28-2023)