Bend, OR Short-Term Rental Rules (2026)
Can I operate a short-term rental in Bend?
Short-term rentals are lawful in Bend through a land use permit and annual operating license; whole-house rentals in residential zones face a spacing standard, while owner-occupied, infrequent-use and commercial-zone tracks are exempt from spacing.
Key facts
What the record says about short-term rentals in Bend, with the level of law each comes from. What do these facts mean?
Can you operate?
Stay limits
Taxes
Why this score
The main reasons Bend scores the way it does. Listed most important first.
What holds it back
Not yet known
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- 3 facts are not yet established, so the score leans on typical values.
Operating restrictions
What limits how, where and how often you can rent in Bend.
Occupancy / night caps / zoning limits
Whole-house rentals in RL, RS, RM, RH and MR zones outside the Old Mill District must be separated radially from other permitted whole-house rentals, which leaves a minority of residential lots eligible. Commercial, mixed-use and owner-occupied tracks are exempt from this standard.
- 500-foot radial separation for new whole-house rentals in residential zones outside the Old Mill District
Owner-occupancy / primary-residence rules
An owner-occupied track allows room rentals; non-resident whole-house operation is available through the whole-house track subject to spacing or in commercial and mixed-use zones.
- Owner-occupied room rental track is exempt from spacing
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Permit requirements
What you need to file or hold before hosting in Bend.
Permits & licensing
Rentals need both a land use permit (Bend Development Code 3.6.500) and an annual operating license (Bend Code ch. 7.16). The permit stays valid only with regular rental use or a long-term lease. The licence must be renewed annually with room-tax reports filed.
- Land use permit application fee $1,314.53
- Operating license $350 initial, $255 annual renewal
- Annual room-tax reporting tied to licence renewal
New to this? How short-term rental permits and licensing work
Taxes
Lodging, occupancy and related taxes or fees.
Taxes & fees
A city room tax applies to covered rental revenue in addition to the state lodging tax. Infrequent-use rentals and rentals under 12-month leases are exempt from the city tax. Booking platforms often remit on the host's behalf.
- City room tax registration as a lodging operator
- Quarterly filing allowed when estimated monthly tax is small
New to this? Short-term rental lodging taxes, explained
Recent changes
The dated change history is part of the free account. Email alerts above need no account.
Market assumptions
Estimates, not lawRevenue, occupancy and returns depend on the specific property and are estimates, separate from the rules above.
Run any property in Bend through the deal analyzer for cash flow, cap rate, and long-term projections.
Sources
Last verified October 22, 2026 (19 days ago). Short-term rental rules can change between checks. Confirm current requirements with the jurisdiction before relying on this for a real decision.
- bendoregon.gov › business/short-term-rentals
- bend.municipal.codes › BDC/3.6.500
- bendoregon.gov › 04/Planning-Commission-Minutes-2.23.2026.pdf
- bendoregon.gov › …t-Term-Rental-Type-Designation-Handout-2026.pdf
- bendoregon.gov › …cil-approves-changes-to-short-term-rental-rules
- bendoregon.gov › short-term-rentals/room-tax
- oregonlegislature.gov
- olis.oregonlegislature.gov
- oregon.gov
- shortrentalrules.com
- visitcentraloregon.com
- bend.municipal.codes › BC/7.16.070
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The STRVE Score is our own regulation rating, built from seven levels of authority: state, county, town, HOA, deed restrictions, special districts, and platform rules. Each level is scored separately, with its own citations and the date we verified it. The headline number is the strictest of the seven, never an average, because the tightest rule is the one that governs you.
We keep a history of what a city's rules said before and when they changed, so a score that moves is traceable to the rule that moved it.
- Highly permissive
- 90+
- Friendly
- 70–89
- Moderate
- 45–69
- Heavily restricted
- 20–44
- Effectively banned
- 0–19
Not legal advice
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