Carson does not cap the number of nights per year that a dwelling may be used as a short-term rental. No STR-specific ordinance exists in the Carson Municipal Code (eCode360 CA4377, current through January 6, 2026), so neither a hosted-stays cap nor an unhosted-stays cap applies. California state law similarly imposes no statewide night cap.
Some California cities (e.g., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Monica) impose 120-day or 90-day annual caps on un-hosted whole-home STR use, but Carson is not among them. The only operational time-related limit comes from the definition of 'transient' itself: any individual stay of 30 days or fewer triggers TOT eligibility under Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code §7280, and stays of 31+ days fall under residential tenancy rules in Cal. Civ. Code §1940 et seq. Hosts may legally rent year-round subject to zoning, business-license, and general nuisance rules.
No city night-cap violations exist. Excessive use that creates a public nuisance (recurring noise, parking, trash complaints) can still be abated under CMC Article 4 Chapter 5 (Noise Control, adopting LA County Code Title 12 Ch. 12.08) and general nuisance provisions.
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