Elk Grove, CA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Party ban
- Open-invitation parties prohibited, § 4.38.080(D)
- Stay length
- 2-night minimum, 30-day maximum stay
- Room rentals
- Renting separate rooms to guests barred
- 2nd violation
- 180-day license suspension, § 4.38.090
- 3rd violation
- License revocation, § 4.38.090(A)(3)
- Immediate revocation
- For imminent threat to health or safety
Summary
Elk Grove bans open-invitation parties at every short-term rental stay and caps individual bookings at two to thirty nights. Renting separate rooms to different guests at the same address is also prohibited. Breaking any operating standard exposes the license to enforcement up to revocation, and a second violation within a year triggers an automatic 180-day suspension.
A violation of any of the following conditions shall subject a licensee to enforcement action against the licensee, up to and including revocation: A. Licensee and/or any guest of the licensee shall comply with all applicable local, State, or Federal laws; B. Rental stays shall be a minimum of two (2) nights, but not more than thirty (30) days; C. Rental of individual rooms to separate guests at a single short-term rental property shall be prohibited; D. Open-invitation parties are prohibited during any and all short-term rental stays;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4937385; v2 updated 2026-05-13; through 05-13-2026).
Full Breakdown
080 sets the operating standards every short-term rental license carries. Subsection (D) flatly prohibits open-invitation parties during any short-term rental stay, and subsection (C) bars renting individual rooms to separate guests at a single property, both aimed at party-house and boardinghouse conversions of licensed rentals. Subsection (B) sets a minimum stay of two nights and a maximum of thirty days, tracking the transient occupancy tax definition of a stay of 30 days or less. 08. 110; a second violation within that period suspends the license for 180 days; and a third violation revokes it outright.
The City Manager may also immediately revoke a license, without a prior warning or suspension, where activity at the property poses an imminent threat to public health, safety or welfare, including conduct that would constitute a felony or a crime of moral turpitude.
Violations & Fines
A violation of the operating standards, including an open-invitation party, exposes the license to enforcement under Section 4.38.090: a first offense within a year draws a fine or abatement order, a second suspends the license for 180 days, and a third revokes it. Violations also carry an infraction for each day they continue, civil penalties up to $250 per day, and administrative fines up to $500 per violation under Section 4.38.110.
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