The City of Tulare does not require the host to be present during a short-term rental stay. Both hosted ('home-share') and unhosted (whole-home) rentals are allowed because there is no STR-specific ordinance in Title 5 (Business Licenses) or Title 10 (Zoning) of the Tulare Municipal Code. Tulare County's rejected 2024 draft STR ordinance would have allowed both hosted and unhosted rentals subject to occupancy caps tied to bedroom count.
A host-presence rule typically requires the operator to occupy the dwelling overnight during the guest's stay, treating the activity as a 'home-share' rather than a commercial transient rental. Tulare has not adopted this concept. The only conduct standards applicable to STR guests in Tulare are the general nuisance rules (Tulare Municipal Code § 7.28.030) and the noise standards in Chapter 6.40, including the amplified-sound noise standards in § 6.40.071. Operators must comply with the general business license requirement under Title 5 and any base-zone occupancy limits derived from the California Building Code. The defeated Tulare County draft would have capped occupancy based on bedroom count and excluded camping-style uses (tents, RVs, yurts), but it never became law.
There is no penalty for renting unhosted because no host-presence rule exists. Excessive noise from guests, however, is still actionable under Tulare Municipal Code § 6.40 (Noise) and § 7.28.030 (Nuisance), and chronic nuisance can lead to abatement actions.
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