Short-Term Rentals in Chico, CA (2026)
1 verified short-term rentals rules for Chico, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Taxes & Fees
Chico classifies Airbnb-style home-sharing and vacation rentals under 31 days as hotel stays, making hosts subject to the city's 10% transient occupancy tax and registration rules.
Chico Short-Term Rental Occupancy Tax
Some RestrictionsChico Municipal Code § 3.52.030
Hotel means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied, or intended or designed for occupancy, by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and is held out as such to the public and includes, but is not limited to, any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, short-term home-sharing...
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