Perris, CA Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max occupancy
- 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional persons (5.38.080)
- Primary guest age
- Adult 18 years or older (5.38.080)
- Max stay
- 27 consecutive days for transients (5.38.020/5.38.080)
- Stay exceptions
- Military personnel and displaced individuals may stay longer
- Events
- Overnight lodging only; no weddings, parties, or conferences (5.38.080)
- Authority
- City of Perris Ch. 5.38, not Riverside County
Summary
The City of Perris caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons. The primary guest must be an adult 18 or older, and transients may not stay longer than 27 consecutive days (with exceptions for military personnel and displaced individuals). These limits are set by Perris Section 5.38.080, not by county rules.
Maximum occupancy ... shall be two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons within the short-term rental.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
080 of the Perris Municipal Code sets the operational occupancy standards for short-term rentals. Maximum occupancy is two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons within the short-term rental, so a two-bedroom unit, for example, allows up to six occupants. The primary guest of the short-term rental must be an adult 18 years of age or older and is identified in the required guest log. 020) may stay longer than 27 consecutive days. The unit is restricted to overnight lodging only and may not be used for weddings, parties, bachelor or bachelorette parties, conferences, or similar events, which functionally reinforces the per-bedroom occupancy cap. 100.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the two-per-bedroom-plus-two occupancy limit, allowing a stay beyond 27 consecutive days for a non-exempt transient, or using the rental for prohibited events violates Section 5.38.080 and is enforceable under Section 5.38.100 as a misdemeanor or infraction or by administrative citation, with each day a separate offense and abatement costs charged to the owner. Repeated violations are grounds for suspension or revocation of the license under Section 5.38.090.
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