What You Need to Know About Getting a Lodging License
You will need a lodging license if you are operating a lodging business like a hotel, motel, tourist home or B&B that offers three or more guest rooms OR fewer units if you also prepare food.
- A lodging license is needed to operate a hotel, motel, tourist home or B&B that offers three or more guest units OR fewer units if you also prepare food.
- Short-term rentals like Vrbo and Airbnb that offer fewer than three units and don't serve any prepared food do not need a lodging license from the Health Department, but are subject to the Department of Public Safety’s Division of Fire Safety’s health and safety regulations for short-term rentals.
- A separate food service license is needed for a lodging facility that serves anything other than prepackaged items, whole fruit, or coffee. Apply for a retail food license
