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

There is no annual rental-day cap in Ventura. Instead §6.455.125(D) imposes turnover restrictions: 'The owner shall require all occupants to agree to a minimum stay of no less than seven nights for tenancies during the period beginning on the second Friday in June and continuing to the last Friday in August of each year. At all other times the owner may rent or lease the short-term vacation rental no more than once in any consecutive seven-day period and shall require a minimum stay of two nights.' Combined effect: during peak summer you can only rent in 7-night blocks, so the maximum is roughly one booking per week, ~11 bookings across the ~11-week summer window. Off-season the unit cannot have more than one booking begin in any rolling 7-day period — meaning even a 2-night stay 'uses up' the entire week for new tenancies. The STR is also defined in §6.455.020 as a dwelling unit rented for not more than 30 consecutive days, so any single tenancy of 31+ days falls outside the STR scheme entirely (and outside TOT under §4.115.030). The 'increased occupancy' notice procedure does not waive these stay-length rules.