Tustin, CA Short-Term Rentals: Parking Rules (2026)

Cities that license STRs often require guests to park on-site (in a driveway or garage) rather than on the street. Tustin imposes no such STR-specific parking condition because it does not permit short-term rentals. Per the City's official position, any residential rental of fewer than 30 days is a prohibited hotel/motel use in residential districts, so no STR guest-parking standard exists. The parking rules that do apply in Tustin are the generally applicable ones in the zoning code (Article 9, Chapter 2 of the City Code) governing required off-street parking for dwellings, plus the Tustin City Code provisions on vehicle parking, oversized-vehicle and on-street parking restrictions, and any posted residential permit-parking districts. These apply to residents and long-term tenants alike. There is no scenario in which the City would require, or even recognize, dedicated STR guest parking, because a compliant short-term rental cannot exist. For lawful transient lodging, parking is supplied by the permitted hotel or motel under its commercial site-development standards, not by a residential dwelling. A homeowner renting on terms of 30 days or more is a normal long-term tenancy subject only to the ordinary residential parking rules, with no transient-lodging parking overlay.