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Short-Term Rentals in Chino, CA (2026)

11 verified short-term rentals rules for Chino, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Permit Requirements

Chino does NOT issue short-term rental permits because STRs are entirely prohibited citywide. Per Chino Municipal Code §20.24.020, a 'short-term rental' is the rental of any residential building or portion thereof for 30 consecutive calendar days or less, and the use is not permitted in any zoning district. The October 2022 ordinance expanded a prior residential-zone-only prohibition into a citywide ban. There is no licensing pathway, no Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) registration for residential property, and no business license category for STRs — applying for one will be refused. Hosting on Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, or any platform is a zoning violation. Only rentals of 30 days or longer are lawful.

No STR Permit Available — Citywide Ban

Heavy Restrictions
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Noise Rules

Chino has no STR-specific quiet-hours or 'one-strike' noise rule because short-term rentals are banned citywide under Chino Municipal Code §20.24.020. General residential noise rules in Title 7 (Public Welfare, Morals and Conduct) and Title 8 (Health and Safety) — which prohibit loud, unreasonable, or disturbing noise — apply to all residents and would govern any unlawful STR activity, but no STR-tailored decibel thresholds, three-strike permit-revocation, or 24-hour hotline exists.

No STR-specific noise rule — general nuisance code applies, STRs banned

Heavy Restrictions
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Taxes & Fees

Chino does not collect Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on short-term rentals because the city banned STRs (rentals of 30 consecutive days or less) citywide in October 2022. There is no STR permit, no business license category for vacation rentals, and no TOT remittance pathway because the use itself is prohibited in every zoning district under Chino Municipal Code Title 20. Operators who advertise or rent property for under 30 days face administrative citations up to $1,000 per day per Code Enforcement.

No STR taxes — short-term rentals banned citywide

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Parking Rules

Chino does not set STR-specific guest-parking minimums (e.g., one off-street space per bedroom rented) because short-term rentals are prohibited citywide under Chino Municipal Code §20.24.020. Standard residential off-street parking minimums in Title 20 Zoning apply to all dwellings — typically two covered spaces per single-family home — and on-street parking follows Title 10 Vehicles and Traffic, including any posted permit-district or overnight restrictions.

No STR parking rule — STRs banned; standard residential parking applies

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Occupancy Limits

Chino does not set per-bedroom or per-unit guest occupancy caps for short-term rentals because the use is prohibited citywide under Chino Municipal Code §20.24.020 (rentals of 30 days or less). No regulatory framework — and therefore no maximum-guest rule — applies. Long-term residential occupancy is governed by the California Building Code and HUD/Uniform Housing Code 'two-plus-one' guideline (2 persons per bedroom + 1), not by Chino-specific STR ordinance.

No STR occupancy cap — STRs banned outright

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Insurance Requirements

Chino has no minimum liability-insurance requirement for short-term rentals because the use is prohibited citywide. Many California cities require $500K–$1M general-liability coverage as a permit condition; Chino bypasses this entirely by banning STRs under Chino Municipal Code §20.24.020. Homeowners attempting to operate an STR face a separate problem: standard homeowner's policies typically exclude 'business use' losses, and Airbnb's Host Liability Insurance / AirCover does not legalize an otherwise-prohibited use.

No STR insurance rule — operating an STR is itself prohibited

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Night Caps

Chino does not use an annual night-cap (e.g., 90 or 120 nights/year) to limit short-term rentals because the city bans STRs outright under Chino Municipal Code §20.24.020. The night-cap regulatory tool — popular in Los Angeles (120 nights unhosted) and San Francisco (90 nights unhosted) — assumes lawful STR operation. In Chino, zero nights of sub-30-day rental are permitted in any residential or mixed-use zone.

No night cap — all STR nights prohibited

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Registration Rules

Chino has no STR registration, TOT certificate, or business license program because short-term rentals are banned outright by Title 20 zoning (CMC §20.24.020 defines STRs as <31-day residential rentals; no zoning district permits the use). Hosts cannot 'register and comply' — the only compliance path is not to operate. By contrast, neighboring jurisdictions (e.g., unincorporated San Bernardino County, City of Big Bear Lake) require registration; Chino does not. Hosts who previously held a city business license tied to vacation-rental activity have had those classifications closed.

No Registration System — Operating an STR is Prohibited

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Host Presence Rule

Some California cities distinguish 'hosted' STRs (owner on-site during the guest stay) from 'unhosted' rentals, allowing the former more liberally. Chino draws no such distinction. CMC §20.24.020's STR definition turns solely on rental duration (30 consecutive calendar days or less), not on host presence. A host who shares their own home with a paying guest for a weekend is in violation of Title 20 just as surely as an absentee owner renting an entire dwelling. There is no 'home-share', 'hosted stay', or 'room rental' exemption in the Chino code.

No Hosted-Stay Exception — Host Presence Irrelevant

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Primary-Residence-Only Rule

Many California cities (e.g., Los Angeles, San Diego) permit STRs only at a host's primary residence. Chino has no such carve-out: per CMC §20.24.020, ANY residential rental under 31 days is an STR and is prohibited in every zoning district. Whether the dwelling is the host's primary residence, second home, or investor-owned makes no difference under Chino's ordinance. The State Government Code 65852.2(a)(6) ADU rule (30+ day minimum) reinforces this for accessory dwelling units: an owner cannot offer the ADU on their primary-residence lot for short-term stays either.

No Primary-Residence Exception — All STRs Banned

Heavy Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

Extended Home Share

While Chino bans STRs of 30 days or fewer, rentals of 31 consecutive days or more — including extended home-share, room rentals, corporate housing, and travel-nurse stays — fall outside the §20.24.020 STR definition and are lawful in any residential zone. They are treated as ordinary residential tenancies subject to California landlord-tenant law: AB 1482 just-cause eviction protections and the 5%+CPI annual rent cap (Civ. Code §§1946.2, 1947.12) apply after 12 months of continuous occupancy, the Mobilehome Residency Law applies to mobile-home parks, and Civil Code §§1940 et seq. govern habitability and security deposits. ADUs and JADUs may be rented under this 31+ day framework consistent with Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(6).

Extended (31+ Day) Home Share — Lawful and Unregulated as STR

Few Restrictions
Full ordinance details →Official source ↗

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