Camarillo, CA Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- CMC Sec. 16.04.370 (IPMC Sec. 602.3)
- Minimum temperature
- 68F (20C) in habitable rooms/baths
- Duty period
- January 1 to December 31 (no season exception)
- Prohibited heat source
- Portable unvented fuel-burning space heaters
- Work-space minimum
- 65F during occupied hours (Sec. 16.04.375)
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 / 6 months
Summary
Camarillo requires landlords who furnish heat to rental occupants to keep habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms at a minimum 68F, and the city deleted the usual seasonal exception, so the duty runs January 1 through December 31 under Sec. 16.04.370, not just during a defined heating season.
16.04.370 - Heat supply.
Section 602.3 of the IPMC is amended to read as follows:
602.3 Heat supply. Every owner and operator of any building who rents, leases or lets one or more dwelling units or sleeping units on terms, either expressed or implied, to furnish heat to the occupants thereof shall supply heat during the period from January 1 to December 31 to maintain a minimum temperature of 68F (20C) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms.
The exceptions to section 602.3 are deleted in its entirety.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 370 of the Camarillo Municipal Code, adopted by Ord. No. 2034, Sec. 3 of the International Property Maintenance Code to require every owner or operator who rents, leases or lets a dwelling or sleeping unit, expressly or by implication, to furnish heat, to supply it from January 1 through December 31, maintaining a minimum 68F (20C) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms; the city expressly deleted the standard IPMC exceptions to that duty in their entirety, closing off any seasonal carve-out. It pairs with Sec.
365 (IPMC Sec. 2), which requires dwellings to have heating facilities capable of maintaining that same 68F and bars landlords from relying on cooking appliances or portable unvented fuel-burning space heaters to satisfy the heating requirement. A related provision, Sec. 375 (IPMC Sec. 4), sets a 65F minimum for occupiable indoor work spaces during occupied hours, showing the city applied the same heat-supply framework across residential and commercial occupancies. Because this sits in the adopted Property Maintenance Code, it is an ongoing habitability standard the Code Compliance Division can enforce against an existing rental at any time a tenant complaint or inspection turns up inadequate heat, not merely a design requirement checked once at construction.
Violations & Fines
An owner or operator who fails to supply the required heat, or who supplies it through a prohibited method such as a portable unvented space heater, is subject to enforcement under Sec. 16.04.310, which makes violation of the adopted property maintenance provisions a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in jail, or both, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense. The Code Compliance Division, created under Sec. 16.04.316, is the agency that investigates rental heat complaints.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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