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Unincorporated Shasta County regulates short-term rentals under Ordinance SCC 2020-05, codified at County Code Section 17.88.230. Whole-house vacation rentals need a vacation rental permit; rented rooms in an owner-occupied home need a hosted homestay affidavit. Both are issued by the Resource Management Department and require annual renewal.
Shasta County Code Section 17.88.230 (Ord. SCC 2020-05); Shasta County Planning Division Vacation Rental Application Packet (Rev. 10-04-22)
Pursuant to Shasta County Code Section 17.88.230, an application for a Vacation Rental is necessary when a property owner intends to provide, for compensation, overnight accommodations in an entire one-family residence, for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less. Please see the Hosted Homestay application if you intend to provide only room(s) for overnight accommodations and the owner...
Shasta County imposes short-term rental quiet hours under Section 17.88.230(F)(4): 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Outdoor amplified sound is prohibited during quiet hours. The owner or local contact must respond to the property within 60 minutes of a noise complaint.
Unincorporated Shasta County levies a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on lodging stays of 30 days or less under County Code Chapter 3.16. Short-term rental operators must register with the Treasurer-Tax Collector, post a registration certificate, collect TOT from guests, and file returns. Vacation rental and hosted homestay permits also require a Board-set permit and regulatory fee.
Shasta County requires at least one off-street parking space per approved bedroom for every short-term rental under Section 17.88.230(F)(8). Spaces may be covered or uncovered, tandem parking is allowed, and all required spaces must be on the rental property and meet County Code Chapter 17.86. Guests' trailers must be kept on the property or at a licensed off-site commercial facility.
Shasta County caps short-term rental occupancy by approved bedroom and time of day. From 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. up to 5 guests per approved bedroom are allowed; from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the limit is 3 guests per approved bedroom. Children under 16 are excluded, and limits are in addition to the owner.
Shasta County Code Section 17.88.230; Vacation Rental Permit and Limitations on Use (Rev. 8-19-20), Conditions 5 and 7.g
Specify that in addition to the property owner and other long-term occupants, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., daily occupancy of the property shall be limited to a maximum of three guests, excluding children under sixteen years of age, per approved bedroom offered for rent. In addition to the property owner and long-term occupants, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., d...
Shasta County requires liability insurance for whole-house vacation rentals. Under Section 17.88.230(H)(2), before a vacation rental permit is approved the property owner must provide proof that the property has current, valid liability insurance. The ordinance does not impose a comparable insurance requirement on hosted homestays, which rent rooms in an owner-occupied home.
Shasta County Vacation Rental Application Packet (Rev. 10-04-22); Vacation Rental Permit and Limitations on Use, Condition 9 (Rev. 8-19-20)
Proof of current, valid liability insurance for the property. (Required submittal prior to approval and operation of a Vacation Rental.) It is the sole responsibility of the property owner to maintain current, valid liability insurance for the property.
Shasta County's short-term rental ordinance imposes no annual cap on the number of nights a property may be rented. Section 17.88.230 instead defines a short-term rental by stay length: rentals of 30 consecutive calendar days or less are short-term, while occupancy of 31 days or more is a long-term tenancy outside the ordinance.
Shasta County short-term rental applications under Section 17.88.230 must include a site plan, a floor plan showing bedroom count, and current owner and local-contact details kept on file with the County. All advertising must display the County permit or affidavit number, the number of County-approved bedrooms, the maximum occupancy, and the transient occupancy tax number.
Whether a host must be present depends on the rental type. For a hosted homestay, Section 17.88.230(G)(2) requires the owner to occupy the residence whenever any bedroom is rented. For a whole-house vacation rental no on-site presence is required, but the owner or a local contact must be reachable 24/7 and able to reach the property within 60 minutes.
Shasta County does not require a vacation rental to be the owner's primary residence. Under Section 17.88.230 a vacation rental is a whole one-family residence rented for 30 days or less, and the owner 'may or may not' live on the parcel. Hosted homestays differ: the owner must reside in the home. Accessory dwelling units may never be short-term rentals.
1 cities in Shasta County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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