Union City has no STR-specific guest cap, but zoning Section 18.32.020(E) permits room, room-and-board, or boarding houses for not more than two paying guests in R and RS residential districts. Building and fire occupancy codes also apply.
No ordinance sets a dedicated short-term rental occupancy formula tied to bedrooms. The controlling land-use limit is UCMC Section 18.32.020(E), which permits room, room and board, or boarding houses for not more than two paying guests in the R and RS districts, with lodging rooming houses allowed in the RM 1500 district. This two-paying-guest standard is the closest zoning constraint on hosted-room rentals in single-family residential areas. General building and fire-code occupancy limits also apply to any dwelling. Claims of specific person-per-bedroom STR caps from booking platforms are unverified and not found in the Union City Municipal Code.
Exceeding the two-paying-guest boarding standard in R or RS districts is a zoning violation enforceable by the Community Development Department; overcrowding may also trigger building and fire code enforcement.
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