7 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Yolo County, California.
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Unincorporated Yolo County has no general short-term rental permit. Title 8 only authorizes transient lodging as bed and breakfast inns (Sec. 8-2.306(l)) and farm stays (Sec. 8-2.306(m)) in agricultural and limited rural-residential zones via Site Plan Review or Minor/Major Use Permit; hotels and motels are not allowed in residential zones at all.
Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(l)
(l) Bed and breakfasts. (1) A 'small' bed and breakfast is defined as one which has six (6) guest rooms or less; and that holds less than twelve special events per year and the events have less than 150 attendees; and which generates less than 100 vehicle trips on any given day of operations (such as a wedding). A 'large' bed and breakfast has more than six guest rooms and less than ten (10) gu...
For bed and breakfast and farm stay special events, Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(k)(4)-(5) requires a Minor Use Permit if a small project involves 'noise generating activities after 10 p.m.' and a Major Use Permit for large projects with the same nighttime noise.
Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(k)(4)-(5)
Small special event facilities are allowed with the issuance of a Site Plan Review in the A-N and A-X agricultural zones and in the RR-5 residential zone. Small special event facilities are allowed with a Minor Use Permit in the A-R zone and in the RR-1 and R-L residential zones. Small special events facilities are allowed by right with building permits only in the A-C and A-I zones, provided t...
Short-term rentals in unincorporated Yolo County are subject to the county Transient Occupancy Tax on stays under 30 days. Operators must register and remit TOT to the county.
Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(l)(2)(iii) and (m)(2)(iii) require bed and breakfasts and farm stays to provide adequate on-site parking 'as set forth in Sec. 8-2.306(k)(5) and (6),' which mandates permanent on-site gravel or paved spaces for all guest, sales, and food-service uses and prohibits on-street parking.
Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(k)(6)
Special event facilities shall provide adequate on-site parking for all attendee's vehicles, including service providers. Permanent parking spaces, either of gravel or other permeable surface, shall be provided for all sales, gift, handicraft and food service areas. Paved handicapped spaces shall be provided as required. Parking for special events, weddings, marketing promotional events, and si...
Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(m) caps farm stays at six guest rooms or 15 guests, and Sec. 8-2.306(l) and Sec. 8-1.201 cap bed and breakfast inns at ten guest rooms total (six rooms for the 'small' by-right tier). There are no occupancy caps for stand-alone vacation rentals because such use is not authorized in residential zones.
Yolo County Code Sec. 8-2.306(m)
(m) Farm stays. (1) A 'farm stay' includes six (6) or fewer guestrooms or accommodates no more than 15 guests, in a single family dwelling, or main farm house, or accessory guest house, provided as part of a working farm or ranch operation. A farm stay may hold farm dinners for guests. A farm stay may hold no more than four special events per year, attended by no more than 50 attendees. A farm ...
1 cities in Yolo County have their own short-term rentals rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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