While Chino bans STRs of 30 days or fewer, rentals of 31 consecutive days or more — including extended home-share, room rentals, corporate housing, and travel-nurse stays — fall outside the §20.24.020 STR definition and are lawful in any residential zone. They are treated as ordinary residential tenancies subject to California landlord-tenant law: AB 1482 just-cause eviction protections and the 5%+CPI annual rent cap (Civ. Code §§1946.2, 1947.12) apply after 12 months of continuous occupancy, the Mobilehome Residency Law applies to mobile-home parks, and Civil Code §§1940 et seq. govern habitability and security deposits. ADUs and JADUs may be rented under this 31+ day framework consistent with Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(6).
Hosts using platforms like Furnished Finder, Sabbatical Homes, or 30-day-minimum Airbnb listings can operate lawfully in Chino as long as no booking is shorter than 31 calendar days. Furnishings, utilities-included pricing, and weekly cleaning service do not convert a 31+ day lease into a regulated STR. However, structuring back-to-back 31-day bookings to evade the ban could draw scrutiny if there is evidence of a sham arrangement (e.g., pre-arranged early checkouts with refunds). Operators should retain signed leases for each tenancy showing the actual term. No city business license is required for casual residential leasing of a single dwelling, but rental of multiple units or operating as a corporate-housing business may trigger Title 5 business-license requirements.
A 31+ day lease is not an STR violation. Sham arrangements — booking 31 days then refunding a partial stay to mimic an STR — risk citation up to $1,000/day for the underlying STR use plus potential fraud claims.
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