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Short-term rentals in Cathedral City

Cathedral City's own rules on short-term rentals, with the code text for every value.

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

What Cathedral City's code says

Cathedral City code What Cathedral City's code adds
Allowed
  • Only in limited cases.
    Applies: New permits only for home sharing in a qualifying home, or rentals of a qualifying common interest development unit. Other permits ended January 1, 2023.
    § 5.96.035 · code text
    Upon the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, no person or entity shall be issued a permit for a short-term vacation rental, except for a new permit: (1) to conduct home sharing in any qualifying residential dwelling unit; or (2) to operate a short-term vacation rental in a qualifying residential dwelling unit within a common interest development as permitted under this chapter.
  • No. Rentals must be for longer than 30 consecutive days.
    Applies: For any home on a lot made by an urban lot split or with an SB 9 two-unit development.
    § 9.116.090 · code text
    The rental of any dwelling unit on a lot created through an urban lot split or containing an SB 9 two-unit residential development shall be for a term longer than thirty consecutive days.
Permit or registration
  • Both a short-term vacation rental permit and a business license are required. The owner pays transient occupancy tax.
    § 5.96.080 · code text
    THE "SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTAL CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY UNLESS THE CITY HAS ISSUED BOTH A BUSINESS LICENSE AND STVR PERMIT, AND THE OWNER PAYS TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.
  • A short-term vacation rental or home share permit from the city, renewed every year.
    Applies: Before renting or advertising.
    § 5.96.040 · code text
    The permit must be renewed annually to remain valid.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I rent out my home short-term in Cathedral City?

Cathedral City's code: Only in limited cases. (New permits only for home sharing in a qualifying home, or rentals of a qualifying common interest development unit. Other permits ended January 1, 2023.) (§ 5.96.035); No. Rentals must be for longer than 30 consecutive days. (For any home on a lot made by an urban lot split or with an SB 9 two-unit development.) (§ 9.116.090).

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