Placer County, CA Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Under Placer County Code Article 9.42, the maximum overnight occupancy of a short-term vacation rental in unincorporated eastern Placer County is defined as two people per bedroom plus two additional people, excluding children under 16. For example, a three-bedroom rental would allow eight people overnight ((3 x 2) + 2) before counting young children. Industry summaries of the ordinance note that overall overnight occupancy is generally not permitted to exceed roughly 12 people, and the director may grant a case-by-case increase at their discretion based on the property. The maximum occupancy figure must be declared in the permit application and disclosed in rental agreements and online listings. The occupancy standard works together with the parking and noise rules: a bedroom must be a legally permitted sleeping room, and the county does not allow operators to inflate capacity by counting non-bedroom spaces. These limits are part of the operational standards in the ordinance (Section 9.42.080) and are enforced through the county's complaint and code-compliance process, with the local contact required to respond to violations.