Hemet, CA Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit
- Required for home-sharing too
- Zoning
- Residential zones only
- Stay length
- Under 30 consecutive days
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 2060 (6-24-25)
Summary
Hemet treats home-sharing, renting a room while the owner stays on site, as a form of short-term rental, requiring the same annual city permit as any other short-term lodging under Article XVIII.
Short-term shall mean a lodging unit that is rented or leased as a single housekeeping unit for a period of less than 30 consecutive calendar days. This also includes home-sharing.
Transient or transient user shall mean any person or persons who, for any period less than 30 consecutive calendar days either at his or her own expense, or at the expense of another, obtains lodging in a lodging unit or the use of any lodging space in any unit, for which lodging or use of lodging space a charge is made.
(Ord. No. 2060, § 1, 6-24-25)
Sec. 18-702. - Residential properties eligible for short-term lodging permits. Only properties zoned residential under chapter 90 shall be eligible for a short-term lodging permit.
(Ord. No. 2060, § 1, 6-24-25)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Hemet's short-term lodging ordinance (Ord. No. 2060, adopted June 24, 2025) defines "short-term" as any lodging unit rented for under 30 consecutive days and expressly states this includes home-sharing. Home-sharing is only allowed on residentially zoned properties per Sec. 18-702, and an owner must hold a valid short-term lodging permit under Sec. 18-703 before advertising or renting a room this way. There is no separate, lighter-touch home-sharing track: it runs through the same permit system as whole-unit rentals.
Violations & Fines
Advertising or renting a home-shared unit without a valid permit violates Sec. 18-703 and is punishable by administrative citation under chapter 1, article II per Sec. 18-713.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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