Riverside County, CA Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

(e) This section shall not apply to the following types of residential real properties or residential circumstances: (1) Transient and tourist hotel occupancy as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1940. (2) Housing accommodations in a nonprofit hospital, religious facility, extended care facility, licensed residential care facility for the elderly, as defined in Section 1569.2 of the Health and Safety Code, or an adult residential facility, as defined in Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 22 of the Manual of Policies and Procedures published by the State Department of Social Services. (3) Dormitories owned and operated by an institution of higher education or a kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, school. (4) Housing accommodations in which the tenant shares bathroom or kitchen facilities with the owner who maintains their principal residence at the residential real property. (5) Single-family owner-occupied residences, including both of the following: (A) A residence in which the owner-occupant rents or leases no more than two units or bedrooms, including, but not limited to, an accessory dwelling unit or a junior accessory dwelling unit. (B) A mobilehome. (6) A property containing two separate dwelling units within a single structure in which the owner occupied one of the units as the owner's principal place of residence at the beginning of the tenancy, so long as the owner continues in occupancy, and neither unit is an accessory dwelling unit or a junior accessory dwelling unit. (7) Housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years, unless the housing is a mobilehome.