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Cannon Beach caps total STR licenses at 130 citywide (one of Oregon Coast's tightest STR frameworks) and maintains a waiting list. New licenses issue only when an existing license lapses or is non-renewed. The cap is enforced regardless of zoning. The town has roughly 1,700 permanent residents against a peak summer/holiday visitor count many times that — the cap reflects council prioritization of housing supply for service workers.
STR licenses capped citywide at 130. Waiting list maintained by City Hall. Allowed zones include Residential (R-1, R-2, R-3), Tourist Commercial (TC), and Resort Residential (RR) — but the binding gate is the citywide cap, not zoning. ADU STRs subject to the cap and underlying zoning. Clatsop County (unincorporated areas: Arch Cape, Tolovana Park immediately south) operates a separate permit system with its own cap dynamics.
Operators must hold a short-term rental permit before listing. See the official permit portal.
Cannon Beach Police + Code Enforcement administer with annual renewal and active platform monitoring. Application requires designated 24/7 local contact within 30 minutes drive, proof of insurance, life-safety inspection, parking plan, and Oregon DOR + Clatsop County lodging tax registration. Operating without a license: civil penalty + back-TLT assessment + immediate cease-rental order. License revocation triggers a return to the waiting-list pool.
Combined short-term lodging tax in Cannon Beach is approximately 11.500% of gross nightly revenue (state sales + state TRT + local TRT + applicable resort/city options).
Oregon State lodging tax 1.5% + Clatsop County transient lodging tax 1% + Cannon Beach city transient lodging tax 8% — combined ~11.5% on transient lodging
Verify the current combined rate via the Utah State Tax Commission before remitting — rates drift quarterly.
STR regulations vary by jurisdiction. Compare Cannon Beach against nearby markets.