10 rules for unincorporated Glenn County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Glenn County has no dedicated short-term-rental or vacation-rental ordinance. The county's Title 15 Unified Development Code (2018) regulates lodging only through its land-use rules — it defines and conditions 'bed and breakfast establishments' but is silent on whole-home STRs. There is no county STR registration or permit program.
There is no STR-specific noise rule in unincorporated Glenn County. Short-term-rental noise is controlled through the county's general nuisance authority and the noise/disturbance standards in its codes, enforced by Code Enforcement and the Sheriff. A bed-and-breakfast use permit may also carry noise-related conditions.
Unincorporated Glenn County levies no transient occupancy tax (TOT). State records identify Glenn as one of only a handful of California counties that has never adopted a lodging tax. Short-term-rental guests in the unincorporated county therefore pay no county hotel/TOT, and operators remit no county lodging tax.
Glenn County has no parking standard written specifically for short-term rentals, because it has no STR ordinance. Off-street parking for any rental use is governed by the general parking standards in the Title 15 Unified Development Code and by conditions attached to a bed-and-breakfast conditional use permit where one applies.
No short-term-rental-specific occupancy cap exists in unincorporated Glenn County, because the county has no STR ordinance. The only defined lodging use, a bed-and-breakfast establishment, is limited by Title 15 to a single-family dwelling with no more than four guestrooms. General building, health, and nuisance rules otherwise govern occupancy.
Unincorporated Glenn County imposes no liability-insurance requirement on short-term rentals, because it has no STR ordinance. There is no mandated coverage minimum. Insurance is a matter for the operator, the booking platform, and any conditions a conditional use permit might place on a bed-and-breakfast use.
Unincorporated Glenn County imposes no annual night cap or rented-day limit on short-term rentals, because it has no STR ordinance. There is no maximum number of nights per year a property may be rented. The only durational concept in the code is 'transient occupancy' tied to the bed-and-breakfast definition.
There is no short-term-rental registration system in unincorporated Glenn County. The county has no STR ordinance and levies no transient occupancy tax, so there is no STR registry, permit number, or annual renewal. Operators of lodging uses are subject only to general Title 15 zoning and standard business filings.
There is no host-presence or on-site-operator requirement for short-term rentals in unincorporated Glenn County, because the county has no STR ordinance. Whole-home, unhosted rentals are not prohibited by any STR rule; the only relevant constraints come from Title 15 zoning classification and any conditional use permit conditions.
Unincorporated Glenn County imposes no primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals, because it has no STR ordinance. Nothing in the county's rules limits rentals to owner-occupied homes; whether a non-owner-occupied lodging use is allowed depends only on how Title 15 zoning classifies the use in a given district.
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