{
 "answer": "The City of Burlington, Vermont has 3 adopted ordinances on file: Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 - Housing (Minimum Housing Standards Ordinance); Code of Ordinances Chapter 19 - Licenses (Guest House/Tourist Home); Comprehensive Development Ordinance - Comprehensive Use Table, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028489",
 "municipality": "Burlington",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 - Housing (Minimum Housing Standards Ordinance)",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.codepublishing.com/VT/Burlington/html/Burlington18/Burlington1801.html",
   "summary": "Chapter's definition of 'rental unit' explicitly includes short-term rentals; requires registration, inspection, and a certificate of compliance/interim rental permit for rental units, per the definitions section (18-2) confirmed directly. The zoning Comprehensive Use Table also cross-references this chapter for STR registration requirements.",
   "document_number": "18",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Code of Ordinances Chapter 19 - Licenses (Guest House/Tourist Home)",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.codepublishing.com/VT/Burlington/html/Burlington19/Burlington19.html",
   "summary": "The general licensing chapter's expiration schedule (19-3) separately licenses 'Guest house/tourist home' as a tourist-accommodation license type, expiring the first business day in June.",
   "document_number": "19",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Comprehensive Development Ordinance - Comprehensive Use Table",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2494",
   "summary": "Zoning use table permits Short Term Rentals by right in most residential and mixed-use districts, subject to per-building limitations and to the rental-registration requirements of Code Chapter 18 (confirmed directly, footnote 33).",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/burlington/short-term-rentals/"
}