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

Cities such as San Francisco (90-night cap on unhosted rentals), Santa Monica (hosted only), and Sonoma County (180-day annual cap in some zones) restrict STRs by total nights per year. Yuba City has adopted no comparable cap. Operators of conventional single-family detached homes inside city limits may rent on a short-term basis (under 30 consecutive days) for any number of nights per year, subject only to the 10% Transient Occupancy Tax, business license, and general noise/parking/nuisance provisions of the Municipal Code. The only term restriction in the Yuba City Code that affects STRs is Article 50 of the Zoning Ordinance, which (consistent with state ADU and SB 9 law) forbids ADUs, Junior ADUs, and units created via SB 9 urban lot splits or two-unit developments from being rented for fewer than 31 consecutive days. This effectively excludes those housing categories from short-term rental use entirely but does not impose any cap on traditional STRs. The City has not designated 'primary residence' as a precondition to operate, and there is no published hosted-versus-unhosted distinction.