Oxnard caps non-owner-occupied vacation rentals at 100 rented nights per calendar year. Owner-occupied homeshares are not capped. A citywide 5 percent neighborhood permit cap and 200-foot separation between vacation-rental units also apply, with quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Oxnard's STR ordinance, codified in the City Code (Ch. 16 Art. XI and the related Ch. 17 sections governing permits), distinguishes a Vacation Rental (whole-unit, owner not on-site) from a Homeshare (owner-occupied with rooms rented). Vacation Rentals may be operated for no more than 100 days in any calendar year - the City's annual night cap. Homeshares have no annual cap because the operator lives on the property. Both categories require a city STR permit, a business tax certificate, payment of Transient Occupancy Tax, designation of a 24-hour local contact, and a posted Good Neighbor placard. Citywide, the total number of Vacation Rental permits is limited by a 5 percent cap per General Plan neighborhood and units must be at least 200 feet apart. Coastal Zone units (west of the freeway) are subject to additional Coastal Commission-approved regulations.
Operating beyond 100 nights, without a permit, or without a local contact triggers administrative citations under Ch. 1, with fines escalating per Oxnard's citation schedule and potential permit revocation. Unpaid TOT accrues penalties and interest.
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