Daly City Chapter 5.92 caps un-hosted short-term rentals at 100 nights per year, requires the home to be the host's primary residence (265+ days/year), and places no annual cap on hosted stays where the host is present.
Daly City adopted Chapter 5.92 effective January 1, 2021. The ordinance distinguishes 'hosted' stays — where the permitted host is on-site during the rental — from 'un-hosted' stays where the host is absent. Un-hosted bookings are capped at 100 days per calendar year. Hosted stays are not numerically capped but remain subject to the primary-residence requirement: the host must occupy the dwelling at least 265 days per year, which mathematically leaves room for roughly 100 host-absent nights. This structure mirrors San Francisco and Pacifica and is designed to prevent whole-home year-round STR operation that would convert housing stock to de facto hotels. Only one short-term rental permit is issued per dwelling unit and only one booking per day is allowed. The Planning Division enforces these caps and may audit booking platform records as part of compliance review.
Exceeding the 100-night un-hosted cap, failing the 265-day primary-residence test, or operating without a current STR permit are violations of Chapter 5.92 and may trigger permit revocation, administrative citations, and bar future permits at the property.
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