5 rules for unincorporated Humboldt County, California.
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Unincorporated Humboldt County requires a Short-Term Rental Permit (Administrative Permit) before operating any whole-unit or home-share rental of 30 days or fewer, with capped totals and Good Neighbor Guide affidavit.
Humboldt County Code Section 314-60.05 (Inland Short-Term Rentals)
A complete Short-Term Rental Permit application must include a current grant deed for the subject parcel, a Good Neighbor Guide, and an affidavit confirming delivery of the Good Neighbor Guide to all neighbors in the closest ten dwellings and within three hundred feet up and down the street. The Good Neighbor Guide must include the name and telephone number for a caretaker who responds to all q...
Maximum overnight occupancy is two persons per bedroom plus one (children under 12 excluded), and total STRs cannot exceed 2% of housing stock in the Greater Humboldt Bay Area (5% in other Community Plan Areas).
Humboldt County Code Section 314-60.05 subsections 9.1 and 10
Overnight occupancy shall not exceed two (2) per bedroom plus one (1), excluding children under twelve (12). Not more than two percent (2%) of the overall housing stock may be permitted as short-term rentals in the Greater Humboldt Bay Area Short-Term Rental Cap Area, which comprises the following Community Plan Areas: Trinidad-Westhaven, McKinleyville, Fieldbrook-Glendale, Blue Lake, Arcata, J...
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