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Short-term rentals in Buena Park

Buena Park allows short-term rentals only with a permit, in a single-family home that is the host's primary residence; ADUs are not eligible.

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Key points

  • Short-term rentals: Buena Park allows short-term rentals only with a permit, in a single-family home that is the host's primary residence; ADUs are not eligible.

Each rule below links to the section of the Buena Park Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Buena Park's code says

Buena Park code What Buena Park's code adds
Allowed
  • Limited. Only with a short-term rental permit, in a home the host lives in as a primary residence.
    Applies: Single-family homes or parts of them. ADUs, JADUs, garages, pool houses and RVs are not eligible.
    § 19.348.080 · code text
    Transient occupancy uses are not permitted or conditionally permitted in residential or nonresidential zoning districts, unless either: (a) the City has approved a hotel use in a nonresidential zoning district pursuant to Title 19; or (b) the City has approved a short-term rental permit pursuant to this section.
Permit or registration
  • Yes. A short-term rental permit is required.
    § 19.348.080 · code text
    No short-term rental may operate without a permit as required by this Section 19.348 of the Buena Park Municipal Code.
Primary residence
  • Yes. The host must live at the short-term rental unit as a primary residence.
    § 19.348.080 · code text
    Provide adequate documentation such as driver's license, voter registration, vehicle registration, utility bills, or property tax records showing name of the host(s) and the short-term rental property address that establishes the host resides at the short-term rental unit as their primary residence.

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Buena Park allows short-term rentals only with a permit, in a single-family home that is the host's primary residence; ADUs are not eligible.

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