Any rental of a Ventura dwelling unit for more than 30 consecutive days falls OUTSIDE SBMC Chapter 6.455 entirely (an STVR is defined by §6.455.020 as a rental of 'not more than 30 consecutive days'). Stays of 31+ days are also exempt from the 10% Transient Occupancy Tax under SBMC §4.115.030 (the 'transient' guest definition uses the same 30-day cutoff). However, longer-term rentals are tenancies and become subject to California's statewide rental laws: AB 1482 (Cal. Civ. Code §1947.12) caps annual rent increases at 5% + regional CPI (10% max) and Cal. Civ. Code §1946.2 imposes just-cause eviction protections once a tenant has been in possession 12+ months. No Ventura business license is required for a passive long-term residential landlord beyond standard rental property registration where applicable.
Ventura's STVR ordinance is laser-focused on stays of 30 days or less. Section 6.455.020 expressly defines an STVR by the 30-day-or-less rental term, and §4.115.030 mirrors that definition for the Transient Occupancy Tax. Operators who pivot from nightly Airbnb-style rentals to 31+ day 'corporate housing' or extended home-share arrangements no longer need an STVR permit and no longer collect the 10% TOT — but they trade those obligations for California's statewide tenant-protection regime. AB 1482 (the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, codified at Civ. Code §§1946.2 and 1947.12) applies to most residential rentals statewide and caps annual rent increases at the lesser of 5% + regional CPI or 10%, and after 12 months of continuous tenancy bars no-fault evictions absent specified just-cause grounds. Single-family homes and condos owned by individual (non-corporate) owners with proper §1946.2(e)(8)(B) notice may be exempt from AB 1482, but the just-cause and rent-cap defaults apply broadly. The state ADU framework at Gov. Code §65852.2 and SBMC §24.430.041 also continues to apply: long-term rental of an ADU is permitted; short-term is not. Local code does not impose a primary-residence requirement for long-term rentals. Owners offering rooms in their primary residence as a long-term home-share to a single roommate are residential tenancies governed by state landlord-tenant law (Civ. Code §§1940 et seq.).
Long-term rentals (31+ days) are outside SBMC Ch. 6.455 and not enforceable as 'STVR violations.' However, evicting a long-term tenant without just cause after 12 months (Civ. Code §1946.2) or raising rent above the AB 1482 cap (Civ. Code §1947.12) exposes the owner to tenant claims, statutory damages, and attorneys' fees. Mis-classifying a 31+ day stay to evade TOT is still a misdemeanor under SBMC §4.115.070 if the operator collected the tax and failed to remit, or filed a false return.
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