Lake Elsinore's Chapter 5.86 does NOT require a host to carry liability insurance or name the City as additional insured. Instead, the owner must indemnify, defend, and hold the City harmless from all claims arising out of the rental, so any STR coverage is at the host's discretion.
Chapter 5.86 contains no insurance requirement: it sets no minimum liability coverage, no figure such as $500,000 or $1,000,000, and does not require naming the City as additional insured. This distinguishes Lake Elsinore from cities that mandate STR liability insurance. In place of insurance, LEMC 5.86.090(U) requires the owner to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City, its officials, employees, and agents from all liability, claims, damages, and costs arising from the rental, and to reimburse the City. The owner is also personally responsible for noncompliance by an agent or guests. Separately, the dwelling must comply with all fire, building, safety, and health codes (LEMC 5.86.090(A)), and the City may inspect before issuing or renewing a permit (LEMC 5.86.120).
There is no insurance-related violation in Lake Elsinore because no coverage is mandated. Enforcement instead focuses on life-safety: failing fire, building, or safety codes or refusing inspection can block or revoke a permit, and operating unlicensed brings fines to $5,000.
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