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

Several California cities (most prominently Los Angeles under LAMC § 12.22 A.32) distinguish between 'home-sharing' (capped at 120 nights/year) and 'extended home share' (unlimited nights with a separate registration). The City of Riverside has no such tiered framework. RMC Chapter 5.55 defines a single category - the 'short-term residential rental' - as any legally permitted dwelling rented for occupancy of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, and applies one set of rules (Business Tax Certificate, TOT registration, Good Neighbor Brochure delivery, renter-information collection) to every such rental regardless of duration or whether the host is present. Once a stay reaches 31 consecutive calendar days, it ceases to be a short-term rental under Chapter 5.55 and is instead governed by California landlord-tenant law (Civil Code §§ 1940 et seq.), the statewide rent cap and just-cause provisions of AB 1482 (Civil Code §§ 1946.2 and 1947.12) where applicable, and city zoning rules for ordinary residential leases. Operators sometimes use month-plus 'corporate housing' or 'mid-term' stays to escape TOT, but the City's TOT chapter (RMC Title 3) treats any stay of 30 days or less as taxable transient occupancy.