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

The Community Development Department issues short-term rental permits under Chapter 5.22 of the Rocklin Municipal Code. Section 5.22.080(D) caps every permitted rental at ninety days of short-term occupancy per calendar year, and Section 5.22.080(C) allows only one dwelling per parcel, either the primary unit or an accessory dwelling unit, not both, to hold a permit at a time. Permits issued under Section 5.22.020 run for twenty-four months per Section 5.22.030 unless suspended or revoked earlier, cannot be sold, transferred, or assigned, and must be renewed at least thirty days before expiration or the renewal draws a late penalty set by city council resolution.

If a permittee exceeds the ninety-day cap or otherwise violates the chapter, the director of community development can suspend, revoke, or add conditions to the permit under Section 5.22.090, including reducing the number of days in a year the permittee may rent going forward as a condition of keeping the permit. The nightly register a permittee must keep under Section 5.22.070, recording every guest's name, vehicle information, and arrival and departure dates for eighteen months, is what lets the Rocklin Police Department and Community Development confirm compliance with the ninety-day limit during an inspection or a neighbor complaint.