Cupertino limits short-term rental guest occupancy to two times the number of bedrooms in the unit, or two guests for a studio. The limit is set in the short-term rental standards of Municipal Code Section 5.08.030.
Under Cupertino Municipal Code Section 5.08.030, guest occupancy in a short-term rental is limited to two times the number of bedrooms within the rental, or two guests for a studio unit. For example, a two-bedroom home may host up to four short-term rental guests. Because only the operator's primary residence qualifies as a short-term rental and only one rental agreement is allowed per night, the occupancy cap applies to the single booking in the unit. The operator's guest manual must state the applicable occupancy limit along with parking, noise, quiet-hours, and trash rules, and the local contact must be able to respond to any over-occupancy complaint within 60 minutes.
Exceeding the two-guests-per-bedroom limit violates CMC Section 5.08.030 and is enforced under Chapter 1.12, which can lead to fines and revocation of the short-term rental registration.
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