Short-term rentals in Del Rey Oaks, explained properly.

Sec. 5.24.060(C) says a Short-Term Rental license is non-transferrable, does not run with the land and is valid only at the original Short-Term Rental site. It expires one year from issuance and is renewed on the terms in Sec. 5.24.060(H).

The last sentences of the un-hosted rental definition in Sec. 5.24.020 say that second units, accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units lawfully established pursuant to Chapter 17 shall not be permitted for transient use. Chapter 17 itself was not among the copies saved here. California's rules on ADUs and rentals are shown in the state section of this page.

Sec. 5.24.030(D). A "guest" is an overnight occupant renting for 30 or fewer consecutive days, together with the visitors of overnight occupants (Sec. 5.24.020). Each private contract or tenancy must also specify that the number of tenant vehicles parked at or near the rental, on-street or off-street, may not exceed the number of bedrooms in the contract, and every designated on-site parking space and driveway must be available to guests (Sec. 5.24.030(I)).

Sec. 5.24.030(F) and (J). No signs advertising the rental may be posted on the exterior of the dwelling (Sec. 5.24.030(G)), and no rental may be offered in any part of the property not approved for residential use, such as a vehicle, storage shed, trailer, garage, tent or yurt (Sec. 5.24.030(H)).

Sec. 5.24.030(C) bars advertising any Short-Term Rental without a City-issued license number visible on the advertisement. Sec. 5.24.070 bars posting, publishing or maintaining any advertisement or notice of a Short-Term Rental within the City without a valid license, and each day an advertisement is maintained in violation is a separate offense. Sec. 5.24.030(B) bars anyone from advertising, booking or facilitating a rental, on a hosting platform or otherwise, in a way that does not comply with the chapter.

Sec. 5.24.040(A) and (C). The plan gives owner and host contact details, the name and contact details of at least two people available 24 hours per day, how complaints will be answered and documented, and how corrective action will be assured within 30 minutes. A placard naming the 24-hour contacts is placed inside every un-hosted rental and at a place visible from public property during rental use. Every license application also names a contact able to physically respond within 30 minutes of a call (Sec. 5.24.060(D)(3)).

Sec. 5.24.040(B). An un-hosted license application must include proof that the City has verified the alarms and extinguishers (Sec. 5.24.060(D)(5)).

Sec. 5.24.080 establishes two fees, the Short-Term Rental license application fee and the license appeal fee, and leaves the amounts to a resolution of the City Council. The fee schedule resolution and its date were not among the copies saved here, so no amount is stated.

Sec. 5.24.100: the chapter may be enforced under Chapters 1.16 and 1.19 of the Municipal Code, each day a violation continues is a separate offense, and violations are a public nuisance subject to a civil abatement action by the City Attorney. Anyone operating without having procured and complied with a license is subject to administrative penalties imposed by a hearing officer of up to $2,500 per day for each continuing violation, plus administrative costs, interest and re-inspection costs, or forfeiture of all rents received during the period of unlicensed use, whichever is greater. Unpaid penalties not satisfied within 90 days (or not challenged by a timely writ of mandate) become a debt against the real property and may be collected through liens and special assessments (Sec. 5.24.120).

Sec. 5.24.100(B) makes a violation by any host, guest, owner or operator grounds to suspend or revoke. Under Sec. 5.24.110, a denial, revocation or suspension may be appealed under Chapter 1.19, an applicant or holder whose license is denied or revoked is ineligible to apply for a new license for one year, and the City Manager may suspend, revoke or condition a license immediately when necessary to protect public health, safety or welfare, after which the permittee receives a notice of hearing and an opportunity to be heard by the City Manager.

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.

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.