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Short-term rentals in Millbrae

Millbrae'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 Millbrae Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (extracted October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Millbrae's code says

Millbrae code What Millbrae's code adds
Allowed
  • Yes, with a short-term residential rental permit.
    Applies: Zones allowing it; houses, duplex, triplex, multifamily units, ADUs; applicant's primary residence; hosted, or nonhosted up to 100 nights if director approves.
    § 10.05.1940 · code text
    Only single-family homes, units in duplexes, triplexes, and multifamily dwellings, and accessory dwelling units may be rented, in whole or in part, as short-term residential rentals provided they are located in a zoning district where allowed as accessory uses.
Nights per year
  • No limit on nights.
    Applies: Hosted units.
    § 7.30.070 · code text
    A short-term residential rental permit allows the permittee to rent the short-term residential rental unit for an unlimited number of nights as a hosted unit
  • Up to 100 nights during the permit term.
    Applies: Nonhosted units, only if the director approves.
    § 7.30.070 · code text
    and if approved by the director, up to one hundred nights as a nonhosted unit during the duration of the permit.
Permit or registration
  • A short-term residential rental permit; it takes effect only with a city business license.
    § 7.30.030 · code text
    Operating a short-term residential rental unit without a short-term residential rental permit, including, without limitation, advertising, booking guests, and accepting monetary compensation for lodging, is prohibited.
Primary residence
  • Yes. The rental unit must be the applicant's primary residence.
    § 7.30.040 · code text
    Documentation that establishes the proposed short-term residential rental unit is the applicant's primary residence.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I rent out my home short-term in Millbrae?

Millbrae's code: Yes, with a short-term residential rental permit. (Zones allowing it; houses, duplex, triplex, multifamily units, ADUs; applicant's primary residence; hosted, or nonhosted up to 100 nights if director approves.) (§ 10.05.1940); No limit on nights. (Hosted units.) (§ 7.30.070).

General information, not legal advice.

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