Short-term rental rules · Beverly Hills, California
Short-term rentals in Beverly Hills, explained properly.
The City of Beverly Hills prohibits single-family transient use of a home, accessory dwelling unit or other accessory structure in two one-family residential zones, R-1.X and R-1.5, and requires the initial lease of a home or accessory dwelling unit there to be at least one year (transitional housing, emergency shelters, congregate care facilities and supportive housing are excluded). This page covers only those two zones. We haven't reviewed the other zones, the definitions in Section 10-3-100, any permit or licence provisions, the lodging tax provisions or the list of ordinances pending codification, so confirm zoning for a specific address with the City. California's rules on lodging taxes, association rules and accessory dwelling units are in the state section of this page.
At a glance
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| Question | Answer |
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| Are short-term rentals allowed? | Conditional: single-family transient use of a home, accessory dwelling unit or other accessory structure is prohibited in the R-1.X and R-1.5 one-family residential zones. We haven't reviewed the other zones, so confirm zoning for an address with the City before you buy. [1] ClauseConfirming |
| Is single-family transient use of a home or accessory dwelling unit prohibited in the R-1.X and R-1.5 zones? | Yes: in zones R-1.X and R-1.5, single-family transient use of a single-family residence, an accessory dwelling unit or another accessory structure of the residence (including pools, game courts and yards) by a single housekeeping unit is prohibited [1] Clause |
| Must the initial lease of a single-family residence or accessory dwelling unit in the R-1.X and R-1.5 zones be at least one year? | Yes: in zones R-1.X and R-1.5 a single-family residence or accessory dwelling unit may be rented or leased only if the initial lease term is at least one year. Excluded: transitional housing, emergency shelters, congregate care facilities and supportive housing [1] Clause |
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State law that also applies
| Who sets lodging taxes on short stays in California? | Each city or county: state law lets them levy a transient occupancy tax on stays of 30 days or less [2] Clause California Revenue and Taxation Code section 7280 lets the legislative body of any city, county, or city and county levy a tax on the privilege of occupying a room or other living space in a hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel or other lodging, unless the stay is longer than 30 days. A county's tax applies only in its unincorporated areas. The rate, registration and filing rules are set by each city or county, so the local tax is shown in the city's own section of this page. |
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| Can cities make booking platforms report rentals and show local license numbers? | Yes, where the city or county opts in by ordinance (Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025, in force January 1, 2026) [3] Clause 1 Clause 2 Clause 3 Clause 4 Government Code sections 50990 to 50996 (Senate Bill 346, 2025) apply only in a city or county that adopts an ordinance making them apply. Where they apply, a booking platform must, on the local agency's request, report the physical address with nine-digit ZIP code of each short-term rental it facilitated (no more often than every 3 months, or monthly if the local tax is remitted monthly), and must include in each listing any applicable local license number and any transient occupancy tax certification issued by the local agency. The local agency may fine a platform that does not report. The act does not stop a city or county from regulating short-term rentals, platforms or tax collection in other ways. |
| Short-term rentals in ADUs and junior ADUs under state law | Junior ADUs, and ADUs approved under the state's by-right path, must be rented for more than 30 days; for other ADUs a city may require 30-day-plus rentals [4] [5] [6] Clause 1 Clause 2 Clause 3 Government Code section 66333(g) requires a city's junior accessory dwelling unit ordinance to require that a rental of a junior ADU be for a term longer than 30 days (as amended by Assembly Bill 1154, in force January 1, 2026). Section 66323(e) requires a city to require that a rental of an ADU created under that section (the ministerial, by-right approvals) be for a term longer than 30 days. For other ADUs on a lot with a single-family home, section 66315 bars standards beyond section 66314, including owner occupancy, except that a city may require that the property be used for rentals of terms 30 days or longer. Cities can be stricter in their own codes; see the city section. |
| Can an HOA or condo association ban short-term rentals? | Yes: associations may prohibit rentals of 30 days or less, though they cannot ban or unreasonably restrict longer rentals [7] Clause Civil Code section 4741 says an owner in a common interest development is not subject to a governing-document provision that prohibits, has the effect of prohibiting, or unreasonably restricts renting or leasing a separate interest, ADU or junior ADU, and an association may not cap rentals below 25 percent of the separate interests. The same section says it does not prohibit an association from adopting and enforcing a provision that prohibits transient or short-term rental of a separate property interest for 30 days or less. Check your association's governing documents. |
| Are short-stay guests covered by California landlord-tenant law? | Not by the Civil Code chapter on renting homes while the stay is subject to a local occupancy tax [8] Clause Civil Code section 1940 applies the chapter on hiring of real property (Civil Code sections 1940 to 1954.071) to tenants, lessees, boarders, lodgers and others who hire dwelling units, but excludes a person in transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, residence club or other facility when the stay is or would be subject to a transient occupancy tax under Revenue and Taxation Code section 7280 (stays of 30 days or less). Stays longer than that are not covered by this exclusion. |
Changes
Recent and pending changes
We read Section 10-3-508 (zone R-1.X) and Section 10-3-607 (zone R-1.5) of the Beverly Hills City Code, with the code's title page and the Title 10, Chapter 3 article list, as published by American Legal (2026 S-20) and captured on October 19, 2026. We haven't reviewed the other zoning articles, Section 10-3-100, article 43, any penalty or lodging tax provision, the list of ordinances pending codification, or City Council and Planning Commission agendas yet, so we will watch the code for changes.
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