Yakima Municipal Code does not impose an annual cap on the number of nights a short-term rental can be rented in a calendar year. There is no Seattle-style 90-day cap or California-style 90/180-day rule in YMC Title 15 or in RCW Chapter 64.37 (Washington's statewide STR statute). Provided the operator holds a valid City Business License, has completed the appropriate land use review, and continues to satisfy the home occupation conditions of YMC 15.04.120(C) (including the peaceful-occupancy standard) and the special development standards of YMC 15.09.080, the STR may be rented year-round.
Yakima has not codified an annual night cap on short-term rentals. A search of YMC Title 15 (Urban Area Zoning Ordinance), Title 5 (Business Licenses), and Title 3 (Revenue and Finance, including Chapter 3.93 Room Tax) returns no provision limiting STRs to a maximum number of rental nights per year, and Washington's statewide Short-Term Rental Act (RCW Chapter 64.37) does not impose a state-level night cap. The closest functional constraint is the 30-consecutive-day definition: a stay of 30 days or more is no longer a short-term rental and is treated as a residential lease, with sales-tax and lodging-tax exemptions kicking in under RCW 82.08.020 and WAC 458-20-118. Yakima's regulatory model uses use-classification limits (5-unit home occupation cap, peaceful-occupancy standard, special development standards) and tax compliance rather than night caps to govern STR intensity. As a practical matter, an STR that creates pattern complaints under YMC 15.04.120(C) (infringement on neighbors' peaceful occupancy) or YMC 6.04 (noise/disturbances) can lose its home-occupation status or face non-renewal of the city business license regardless of the number of nights rented, but the city does not preemptively cap the night count. Operators should still verify HOA or condo CC&Rs, which sometimes impose private night limits that the city does not enforce but which are enforceable as private covenants.
Because Yakima does not impose an annual night cap, there is no specific 'too many nights' violation in the city code. The functional enforcement risk is instead tied to (1) violation of the home-occupation peaceful-occupancy standard in YMC 15.04.120(C) when intensive rental activity produces chronic neighbor complaints, (2) violation of YMC 6.04 noise rules, (3) failure to remit lodging taxes on every stay under the YMC 3.93 special excise and the state sales-tax framework, and (4) failure to maintain RCW 64.37 operator duties (24/7 contact, $1,000,000 insurance, CO alarms) for the duration of any rental period. Private HOA or CC&R night caps are enforceable as private covenants but are not city-enforced.
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