Placer County, CA Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)

040 caps the total number of residential short-term rental permits, effective March 31, 2022, at 3,900, called the overall cap inventory. Hotels, motels, condo-hotels and timeshares are not STRs under this article and are not counted against the cap. Renewals of permits in good standing are processed first and given priority; the 2022 renewal cycle had a 90-day window from the cap's effective date, and later cycles must renew before expiration or be treated as a new application. New applications received before the cap is reached are processed first-come, first-served; once the cap is hit, remaining applications go onto a waitlist that the community development resources agency works through quarterly, starting July 1, 2022, oldest applications first.

A change of property ownership automatically terminates the STR permit, and a revoked permit locks the former holder out of a new one for two years. 080(P) adds the enforcement teeth once the cap is reached: a permitted STR must then be rented a minimum of 30 nights per year, with enforcement of that minimum starting one year after the cap date, and a permit that misses the minimum is not renewed. Owner-occupied properties, and properties whose rental nights were reduced by an active building permit, are exempt from the 30-night floor.