San Ramon, CA Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)

Subsection D.1 of Section D4-27 sets the operative occupancy formula: 'When any portion of the short-term rental is rented, the total maximum occupancy of the dwelling containing the short-term rental is limited to the maximum number specified on the proof of registration. That maximum is calculated as follows: two (2) adults per bedroom.' The bedroom count that feeds this formula is not self-certified at the time of a stay; it comes from Subsection C.2.e, which requires the owner to state the number of bedrooms in the short-term rental on the annual registration application, and the City then prints the resulting cap on the proof of registration the owner must keep on file.

The cap applies whether the whole dwelling or only a room within it is rented, so a hosted rental of a single room is still measured against the same per-bedroom formula for the full dwelling. The occupancy standard sits inside the same Terms of Use, Subsection D, that bars renting the property for special events such as weddings, conferences or parties (D.2), limits the property to one active rental contract at a time (D.4), and makes the owner and operator jointly responsible for compliance with occupancy, noise, trash and property-maintenance regulations (D.6).