Redding, CA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum on-site spaces
- At least two spaces, no less
- Street parking
- No tenant street parking permitted
- Landscape conversion
- Front-yard landscaping cannot be paved for parking
- Advertising requirement
- Listings must state number of parking spaces
- Vacation rental extra duty
- Operator must log each tenant vehicle
Summary
Redding short-term rental permits must specify on-site parking spaces for tenants, with at least two spaces required in the primary driveway or another on-site location, no street parking allowed, and no converting front-yard landscaping into extra parking to meet the minimum.
7.The applicant shall state in the application the number of on-site parking spaces available to tenants, but in no case shall it be less than two on-site spaces. Short-term rental tenant parking spaces shall be within the primary driveway or other on-site location. No tenant parking in excess of this number of on-site parking spaces is permitted. No tenant is permitted to park on the street. External changes to a property such as converting significant areas of front yard landscape for purposes of meeting parking requirements is not allowed.8.All required on-site parking spaces (including garage parking if identified at time of approval) shall be accessible and available to short-term-rental tenants at all times during the rental periods.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 48).
Full Breakdown
" Subsection E(8) backs that up operationally: every required on-site space, including a garage counted at approval, "shall be accessible and available to short-term-rental tenants at all times during the rental periods," so an owner cannot block the driveway with a personal vehicle or storage during a booking. The house policies required under subsection E(10)(b) must also "require that short-term-rental tenant vehicles be parked on the premises, not the street," meaning the parking rule has to be spelled out to guests in writing, not just complied with by the owner.
Advertising is tied to the same rule: subsection E(14) requires that "All advertisements shall include the number of permissible parking spaces," so a listing cannot promise more spots than the permit allows. For vacation rentals specifically, subsection F(2)(i) adds a recordkeeping duty, requiring the operator to log each tenant's vehicle by rental period, license plate, make, model, and color, available to the city on request.
Violations & Fines
Letting tenants park on the street, advertising a rental without stating the permitted parking count, or failing to keep the two required on-site spaces free during a booking violates Section 18.43.180(E)(7)-(8) and can be cited by code enforcement under RMC Chapters 1.12-1.15; repeated parking violations are also grounds the director may weigh under subsection G(2) to deny permit renewal or under subsection H to suspend the permit.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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