La Habra sets no short-term rental occupancy limits because STRs are prohibited citywide. With no permitted STR use, the City has no guest-count or maximum-occupancy rules specific to short-term rentals.
Because short-term residential rentals are a prohibited use under Ordinance No. 1836 and Table 18.06.040.A of the Title 18 zoning code, La Habra never established the guest-count caps, maximum-occupancy formulas, or bedroom-based limits that cities with legal STR programs use. There is simply no lawful STR to which such limits could attach. General building and housing occupancy standards still apply to any lawful residential dwelling, but there is no STR-specific occupancy rule. Any third-party claim of a set per-night guest cap for La Habra STRs is unverified and not found in the municipal code.
The operative violation is the prohibited use itself; running a short-term rental of any occupancy is a zoning violation and nuisance enforced by Code Enforcement and Police, not an over-occupancy citation.
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