San Clemente's STLU code and permit conditions set no adopted maximum number of rental nights per year; instead they limit each STLU to a single rental contract and require overnight-lodging-only use. A 90-day annual cap was debated by the Planning Commission but is not established as a permit condition.
A short-term lodging unit is a stay of 29 or fewer consecutive calendar days and, under SCMC 17.28.292(C)(2), is limited to a single rental contract at a time. The published STLU permit conditions and application materials impose no maximum number of rental nights or bookings per calendar year and state no minimum-stay length. STLU permit condition 8 restricts use to overnight lodging only and prohibits weddings, bachelor or bachelorette parties, and other parties, conferences, or similar events. Media coverage noted the Planning Commission debated a three- or five-day minimum stay and a 90-day-per-year maximum, but those were proposals under discussion, not adopted conditions in the City's STLU materials. Confirm any current caps with the Planning Division (949-361-6197).
Because SCMC 17.28.292(C)(2) limits an STLU to a single rental contract, booking simultaneous contracts on one unit violates the zoning standard. Non-lodging events violate condition 8. No verified annual-night-cap exists; 90-day or minimum-stay figures in guides are unverified proposals.
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