11 verified short-term rentals rules for Rocklin, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Rocklin Municipal Code Chapter 5.22 requires every short-term rental operator to obtain BOTH a City of Rocklin business license AND a separate Short-Term Rental Permit before advertising or hosting any stay under 30 days. Application requires a floorplan, parking plan, proof of homeowner's insurance, and HOA CC&Rs (if applicable). The permit also imposes a hard 90-day-per-year rental cap and a 6-person (or 2-per-bedroom) occupancy ceiling.
Rocklin Municipal Code Ch. 5.22 limits short-term rental guests in excess of the occupancy cap after 10:00 p.m. and prohibits 'special events.' The permittee or a designated secondary contact must respond on site within 30 minutes of a complaint. Repeat disturbance calls are billable to the property under RMC Ch. 9.40 (Disturbance Call Back Cost Recovery).
Rocklin imposes a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on stays under 30 days under RMC Chapter 5.24, collected from the guest by the operator. Hosts must register for TOT (a prerequisite for the Business License), obtain a Rocklin Business License, and pay the Short-Term Rental Permit fee under RMC Chapter 5.22 before advertising.
Under Rocklin Municipal Code Ch. 5.22, all parking associated with a short-term rental must be on the subject parcel or on the street directly in front of that parcel. STR applicants must submit a parking plan with the permit application, and the on-street portion must still comply with Title 10 vehicle/traffic rules.
Under Rocklin Municipal Code Ch. 5.22, a short-term rental may host the greater of 6 guests total or 2 guests per bedroom. Guests in excess of that limit are not permitted on site after 10:00 p.m. The renter of record must be at least 21 years old and must actually lodge at the property.
The Rocklin Short-Term Rental Permit application under RMC Ch. 5.22 requires applicants to submit proof of a homeowner's insurance policy. The City does not publish a fixed liability minimum in code; standard hosts carry STR liability coverage of $500,000–$1,000,000 per occurrence, but the binding requirement in code is documented homeowner's coverage at application and renewal.
Rocklin Municipal Code Ch. 5.22 caps short-term rental activity at 90 days per calendar year per permitted property. A 'short-term rental' is a stay of less than 30 consecutive days; rentals of 30+ days are not counted as STR nights but are also not eligible for the STR exemption from longer-term landlord rules.
Rocklin requires every STR permittee to maintain an on-site guest register for 18 months. The register must list each guest's name, address, vehicle year/make/model/color/plate/state, arrival and departure dates, number of guests in the party, and the nightly rent charged. The register must be produced for inspection by the Director of Community Development or the Rocklin Police Department on request.
Rocklin does not require the host to be physically present during the rental, but RMC 5.22.080 requires the permittee or a designated secondary contact be able to be on-site and respond to any complaint within 30 minutes of notification, regardless of the time of day. This effectively limits remote owners to operators or property managers within roughly 20-25 miles of the property.
Rocklin's adopted RMC Chapter 5.22 does NOT require the operator to live in the home as a primary residence. The Planning Commission's draft included a primary-residence condition, but that requirement was struck before Council adoption. Investor-owned and non-owner-occupied whole-home STRs are legal in Rocklin so long as the 90-day annual cap, 6-person occupancy limit, and 30-minute response rules are satisfied.
County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Rocklin city rules.
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