Mountain View, CA Short-Term Rentals: Extended Home Share (2026)

Chapter 44 divides short-term rentals into hosted and unhosted stays and treats them very differently for annual duration. 1 removes any day cap for hosted short-term rentals: where the host is present, the dwelling unit may be occupied as a short-term rental for an unlimited number of days per calendar year. 3 extends that same unlimited allowance to accessory dwelling units, providing that all ADUs are considered hosted if the owner or tenant is present on the property, even though the host and short-term renter occupy separate structures on the lot.

This unlimited hosted allowance still comes with operating conditions that apply to every short-term rental regardless of duration: the dwelling must be a legal conforming or legal nonconforming unit (Sec. a), the host must register with the city and hold a valid business license before advertising (Sec. a), and transient occupancy tax is owed on every stay under Chapter 33 (Sec. 11). A host operating under the unlimited hosted allowance must also designate a local contact person available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, who must respond on-site within 60 minutes to any complaint about the rental (Sec. c).