Lake Elsinore, CA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

Section 5.86.090(M) of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code requires that all vehicles belonging to guests of a short-term rental single-family house or condominium be parked only in an approved driveway or garage on that property. The number of vehicles allowed is capped at the number of available off-street parking spaces, but the code sets a floor: every short-term rental must provide a minimum of two off-street parking spaces regardless of how the property is otherwise configured. If the garage is counted toward that off-street total, the owner must keep it accessible to guests.

The subsection specifically forbids counting landscaped areas, any private or public sidewalk, parkway, walkway, or alley (or any portion of one) located on, at, or adjacent to the rental as off-street parking, and guests may not block the driveway or street in front of the property; the code even defines 'sidewalk' to include the pedestrian-marked portion of a driveway so that area cannot double as a parking space. These parking terms are not left to guest discretion: § 5.86.090(O)(2) requires every lease or rental agreement to state the number of parking spaces provided, their location if not adjacent to the unit, and the maximum number of vehicles permitted, and that disclosure must also be posted inside the rental. A guest ignoring these limits can be cited or evicted under the same lease-disclosure requirement.