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All hotels, motels, and bed & breakfast establishments must have a VDH lodging permit.<\/h2>\n

Opening a residential-style rental facility?<\/span><\/h3>\n

VDH has established Policy Implementation Memo (PIM) 18-01 \"Leaving<\/a>, which outlines that residential-style rentals that meet the\u00a0definition of a \u201cbed and breakfast facility\u201d (12VAC5-431-10 \"Leaving<\/a>) \u00a0require a VDH Lodging Permit.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u201cBed and breakfast facility\u201d<\/strong> means a residential-type establishment that provides two or more rental accommodations and food service on any single day to a maximum of 18 transient guests for a period of five or more days in any calendar year or any residential type of facility providing at least one rental accommodation for transient guests and food service for a total of 30 or more days in any calendar year.<\/p>\n

In the context of this definition, \u201cfood service\u201d does not include providing whole, uncut produce, or commercially-packaged food that does not require refrigeration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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All hotels, motels, and bed & breakfast establishments must have a VDH lodging permit. Opening a residential-style rental facility? 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