Sutter County does not require a host or local contact to be present during a short-term rental stay. No county ordinance mandates on-site hosting or a responsive local agent, so unhosted whole-home rentals are not prohibited by the county.
Unincorporated Sutter County has no 'hosted-only' rule and no requirement that an operator or local contact be on site, or within a set distance, while guests stay. County Code Chapter 150 (Hotel/Motel Surcharge) regulates only the collection, reporting, and remittance of the 10% transient lodging surcharge and the posting of the registration certificate; it does not require an on-site or on-call host. The Zoning Code (Chapter 1500) likewise contains no host-presence standard because it does not define short-term rentals as a distinct use. Consequently, unhosted (whole-house) short-term rentals are not prohibited by county code in any zone that allows residential use. Many California jurisdictions require a 24-hour local contact who can respond to problems; Sutter County has not adopted such a requirement. The registered surcharge operator remains responsible for guest conduct, surcharge collection, and code compliance at the property, and any nuisance behavior is addressed through general county enforcement rather than a host-availability mandate.
There are no host-presence penalties because no such requirement is codified. Nuisance behavior - noise, parking, trash - at a rental is enforced through the county's general nuisance provisions, California Penal Code Section 415, and the Sheriff's Office, regardless of whether a host is present.
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