Mountain View, Arkansas

Mountain View, Arkansas has no short-term-rental-specific ordinance and no dedicated STR license or registration program. STRs are legal and are governed under the city’s existing zoning code, which treats them by analogy as hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, boarding houses, or tourist facilities depending on the property type.

Lodging is a permitted use in the Tourist Commercial, Downtown Commercial, and General Commercial districts, and bed and breakfast or boarding house uses are permitted in R-2 moderate density residential. In R-1 low density residential, only home occupation scale activity is allowed by right, and broader operation requires a conditional use permit. Operators generally need a city business license and must meet site plan, building and fire code, and parking requirements, and must register with the state for tax purposes.

There are no owner occupancy or primary residence requirements and no cap on rental nights per year. On taxes, Arkansas applies a 6.5% state sales tax plus a 2% statewide tourism tax to short-term lodging, and an additional 1% state short-term rental tax can apply. A specific Mountain View local advertising and promotion lodging tax rate could not be confirmed from authoritative sources, so this content does not state one; investors should verify the exact combined rate with the city and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

Enforcement appears minimal, handled through general business licensing, zoning, and nuisance or noise rules rather than active STR-specific monitoring.