Page Airbnb Rules & Investment Guide (2026)

A Page acquisition starts with City-limit, parcel, dwelling, zoning, and short-term-rental eligibility checks.

• Confirm the property is inside Page city limits. Nearby unincorporated Coconino County and tribal lands follow different rules.
• Match the street address and parcel number in City and County records before relying on a listing description.
• Use the City zoning map and obtain written Development Services guidance for the proposed dwelling and rental use.
• Check deed restrictions, association rules, leases, and financing documents because a City license does not override private limits.

Page requires a separate annual vacation-rental license for each house or rental dwelling unit used as a short-term rental beginning September 1, 2026.

• Apply through the City portal with the property address, owner and representative details, emergency contact, attestations, Arizona TPT license, and lawful-presence documentation when required.
• Use the current consolidated fee schedule rather than assuming an application or renewal fee. Fees are nonrefundable.
• Treat the City's December 15, 2026 grace period as a transition deadline, not permission to delay property diligence.
• Licenses last one year and are not transferable between owners or properties.

A licensed Page rental must carry required coverage and provide the safety and contact information specified by the City.

• Maintain at least $500,000 in liability coverage through the owner or an eligible online lodging platform.
• Display smoke-alarm information, emergency maps and exits, fire-equipment locations, the property address and 911 information, and owner or emergency-contact details inside the rental.
• Place the City vacation-rental license number on every online and printed advertisement.
• Submit the City attestation for insurance and neighbor notification within 30 days after receiving the license.

Page requires neighbor notice before first rental occupancy and a real emergency contact who can respond in person.

• Notify adjacent properties, properties directly or diagonally across the street, and applicable units in the same multifamily building before offering the rental.
• Repeat neighbor notification within 15 business days after emergency-contact information changes.
• Report other application changes to the City within 10 business days.
• The emergency contact must respond to public-safety requests and arrive at the property within one hour.

Build the operating plan around the approved dwelling, City code, in-home notice, insurance, and emergency-response duties.

• Document the legal bedroom and occupancy basis rather than deriving guest capacity from bed count alone.
• Create parking, trash, noise, fire-safety, and emergency instructions that fit the parcel and neighborhood.
• Keep the owner, platform, cleaner, and emergency-contact records consistent with the City application and guest materials.
• Budget for local response, maintenance, utilities, cleaning, insurance, and booking interruptions instead of assuming uninterrupted occupancy.

Arizona treats stays of fewer than 30 days as short-term lodging subject to Transaction Privilege Tax requirements.

• Obtain the Arizona TPT license required by the Page application and confirm the correct State and Page classifications for the address.
• Identify which bookings an online lodging marketplace collects and remits, and retain marketplace statements for reconciliation.
• Report marketplace income and deductions as required by the Arizona Department of Revenue, including zero returns when a filing obligation remains.
• Use current Arizona tax tables and City coding for each filing period rather than carrying forward a stale combined rate.

Property-level diligence should reconcile City approvals with Coconino County records and physical conditions.

• Confirm ownership, parcel boundaries, assessed records, and the legal dwelling configuration through Coconino County and City files.
• Review permits, additions, conversions, utility capacity, roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and life-safety systems before pricing renovations.
• Check floodplain status, drainage, heat, wildfire, wind, water, and access exposure for the specific parcel and insurance quote.
• Confirm title, deed restrictions, association rules, and lender or insurer conditions before waiving contingencies.

Operating and investment risk depend on current approval status, code compliance, financing, expenses, and defensible booking assumptions.

• Unlicensed operation can trigger a fine of at least $1,000 per violation; omitting the license number from advertising can trigger a minimum $500 fine.
• Model renewal, inspection, compliance, insurance, local-response, repair, tax, and downtime costs in the operating budget.
• Build revenue from property-specific comparable evidence and conservative availability assumptions, not market-wide averages.
• Stress-test vacancy, platform interruption, repairs, tax changes, license suspension or revocation, and resale under private restrictions.

Use the responsible office for each task. Page and Arizona agencies remain the authorities for legal eligibility, licensing, and taxes.

• License applications and renewals: City licensing portal; City Clerk, cityclerk@pageaz.gov, (928) 645-4205.
• Zoning and land use: Development Services Director Sylvia Shaffer, sshaffer@pageaz.gov, (928) 645-4261.
• Code complaints: Code Compliance, code@pageaz.gov, (928) 640-7404. Arizona TPT questions: Arizona Department of Revenue contacts.
• Property selection and setup: book a Page property review. STR Search can compare properties and build an address-specific plan after City eligibility is confirmed.

Rules, fees, tax treatment, parcel facts, and contacts can change. Reconfirm them before acquisition, application, renewal, and launch.

• Page short-term-rental program
• Page vacation-rental license portal
• Page consolidated fee schedule
• Page Planning and Zoning
• Page interactive zoning map
• Page City Code
• Page Code Compliance
• Page contact directory
• Arizona short-term-lodging tax guidance
• Arizona online lodging marketplace guidance
• Coconino County property information
• Coconino County floodplain management