Short-term rentals in Newport Beach: the local rules

Short-term rentals in Newport Beach

Each short-term lodging unit in a residential district needs a city permit, and every stay must be at least 2 nights in a row. Short-term lodging is not allowed on R-1 Coastal Zoning District lots or single-unit planned community lots unless legally set up by June 1, 2004.

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Short-term lodging: Each short-term lodging unit in a residential district needs a city permit, and every stay must be at least 2 nights in a row.

R-1 lots: Short-term lodging is not allowed on R-1 Coastal Zoning District lots or single-unit planned community lots unless legally set up by June 1, 2004.

What Newport Beach's code says

Newport Beach code What Newport Beach's code adds
Allowed	Allowed, with limits. Applies: Short-term lodging permit; authorized residential or multiuse areas only. Since June 1, 2004, none for R-1 or single-family lots, unless previously issued and not revoked. § 5.95.015 · code text Only properties in a residential district or multiuse area that are authorized under Titles 20 and 21 and this chapter shall be eligible for a short term lodging permit. No, unless the rental was legally set up on or before June 1, 2004. Applies: Any lot in the R-1 Coastal Zoning District, or any lot set aside for single-unit homes in a planned community development plan. § 21.48.115 · code text No short-term lodging unit shall be permitted on any lot in the R-1 (Single-Unit Residential) Coastal Zoning District or any lot designated for single-unit dwelling land use as part of a planned community development plan, unless the short-term lodging unit was legally established on or before June 1, 2004.
Cap on rentals	No more than 1,475 short-term lodging permits. Applies: In a residential district at any time. § 21.48.115 · code text the maximum number of short-term lodging permits shall be limited to one thousand four hundred seventy-five (1,475) permits within a residential district at any time. At most 20% of the units, rounded down to the nearest whole number. Applies: Multi-unit developments with 5 or more units in a residential district. § 21.48.115 · code text multi-unit developments within a residential district with five or more units may permit a maximum of twenty (20) percent of the total number of units to be short-term lodgings (rounded down to the nearest whole number). No more than 1,550 short-term lodging permits. Applies: In the city's coastal zone. § 21.48.115 · code text At no point shall the total number of short-term lodging permits in the City’s coastal zone exceed one-thousand five hundred fifty (1,550). No more than 20 short-term lodging permits at any one time. Applies: Units on Newport Island. § 21.48.115 · code text the maximum number of short-term lodging permits issued for units located on Newport Island shall be limited to twenty (20) short-term lodging permits at any one time.
Minimum stay	At least 2 nights in a row. Applies: All short-term lodging units. § 21.48.115 · code text Not rent, let, advertise for rent, or enter into an agreement for the rental of any lodging unit, for less than two consecutive nights.
Permit or registration	A valid short-term lodging permit is required for each unit. Applies: Short-term lodging units in a residential district. § 21.48.115 · code text No owner of a short-term lodging unit shall advertise for rent or rent a lodging unit located within a residential district for a short term, without a valid short-term lodging permit for that unit, issued pursuant to Chapter 5.95.

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