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

Unlike some California jurisdictions that limit unhosted short-term rentals to a set number of nights per year (for example, the 90-night cap in the City of Los Angeles for non-primary listings), unincorporated San Bernardino County's Chapter 84.28 contains no annual night cap. A reading of the full ordinance - Sections 84.28.010 through 84.28.110 - shows permit, occupancy, parking, noise, posting, and enforcement standards, but no provision limiting the total number of rental nights or bookings per year. A permitted STR may therefore operate year-round. The principal time-based rule is definitional: a 'short-term' rental is an occupancy of 30 consecutive calendar days or less (Sections 84.28.020 and 84.28.030(i)), and stays of 30 days or less are what trigger the Transient Occupancy Tax under County Code Section 14.0203. Stays longer than 30 days fall outside the STR/transient framework. The practical limits on operation come from the maximum-occupancy caps (Section 84.28.060), the on-site parking requirement (Section 84.28.060(d)), the regional restriction to the Mountain and Desert Regions, and the cap of two STR permits per parcel - not from any nightly or annual ceiling. Operators should still confirm there are no additional limits in any HOA rules or community-specific overlays, which the County ordinance does not preempt.