Clovis, CA Short-Term Rentals: Host Presence Rule (2026)

065(D) of the Clovis Municipal Code requires that, while a short-term rental unit is occupied, the owner or a local contact person be available by telephone twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to respond to complaints about the use, condition, operation, or conduct of occupants. On request from a code enforcement officer or the Clovis Police Department, that person must be physically present on the premises within forty-five minutes to correct or remediate the complaint, nuisance, or violation. 065(M), if an enforcement officer receives or suspects a violation, the notified owner or local contact must cooperate in the investigation within 45 minutes, and failing to respond within that window is itself deemed a separate violation of the chapter, though the ordinance clarifies the contact is not expected to act as a peace officer or place themselves at risk.

065(A)(1) as anyone designated by the owner or the owner's agent to respond to complaints and take remedial action; the owner may serve as their own local contact. 065(B) makes clear the owner is never relieved of personal responsibility or liability for noncompliance, even when the failure is committed by an agent, contact person, or occupant.