Newport Beach, CA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- On-site spaces counted
- Garage, carport, driveway, tandem
- Disclosure required
- Exact on-site space count
- Plate reporting deadline
- 7 calendar days of City request
- Citation presumption radius
- 100 feet of property line
- Governing sections
- NBMC § 5.95.045(A)(13),(22),(23)
Summary
Newport Beach requires short term lodging owners to make all on-site parking, including garage, carport, driveway and tandem spaces, available to guests and disclose the exact count. Guests must give the owner their license plate number, which the owner must forward to the City within seven days of a request, and a nearby citation is presumed tied to the rental.
The owner shall disclose the number of parking spaces available on site and shall inform the transient user, occupant and/or guest that street parking may not be available. … Provide the City with the vehicle license plate number(s) for every vehicle which was used by the transient user or the transient user's guest while staying at or visiting the short term lodging, within seven calendar days after the City serves the owner with a notice of request for the vehicle license plate number(s) in accordance with § 1.08.080. … The owner shall ensure that any transient user or transient user's guest complies with all state and local laws that regulate parking while the transient user or transient user's guest is staying at or visiting the short term lodging unit. For purposes of this condition, a transient user or transient user's guest shall be presumed to be staying at or visiting a short term lodging unit if a parking citation is issued to the transient user or the transient user's guest within 100 feet of the property line of the short term lodging unit during the time the transient user is renting the short term lodging unit.
Full Breakdown
045(A)(13) requires the owner of a short term lodging unit to make every available on-site parking space, including garage, carport, driveway, and tandem spaces, available to the transient user, occupant, or guest, disclose the number of on-site spaces, and warn the guest that street parking may not be available. 080. 045(A)(23) backs this with a rebuttable presumption: if a parking citation is issued within 100 feet of the property line while the unit is being rented, the ticketed vehicle is presumed to belong to that stay's transient user or guest. 065.
Violations & Fines
Using street parking before exhausting on-site spaces is a standalone offense under § 5.95.047(A)(2). Failing to supply requested license plate numbers within the seven-day window set by § 5.95.045(A)(22)(c) is a permit-condition violation, and a parking citation within 100 feet of the unit during a rental is presumed tied to that stay under § 5.95.045(A)(23).
Frequently Asked Questions
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