Ventura, CA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- 0-2 bedroom STVR
- 1 free on-site space required
- 3+ bedroom STVR
- 2 on-site spaces (tandem allowed)
- Homestay
- 1 free on-site space required
- Access standard
- unobstructed, available throughout the guest's stay
- Disclosure duty
- ads/postings must state space count + warning
Summary
Ventura ties parking directly to bedroom count for every permitted short-term rental. Municipal Code § 6.455.060 requires one free on-site space for a zero-, one- or two-bedroom vacation rental and two spaces, which may be tandem, for three or more bedrooms; a homestay needs just one space set aside for its guests.
A. Short-Term Vacation Rentals. 1. ... For short-term vacation rentals with zero, one, or two bedrooms, one on-site parking space is required to be made available free of charge for exclusive use by occupants. For short-term vacation rentals with three or more bedrooms, a minimum of two on-site parking spaces is required. Parking spaces may be tandem. ... B. ... Homestays. 1. One parking space is required to be made available free of charge for exclusive use by homestay occupants.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-008, passed May 12, 2026).
Full Breakdown
040(B)(6). For short-term vacation rentals, subsection (A)(1) requires one on-site parking space, made available free of charge for the occupants' exclusive use, for units with zero, one, or two bedrooms, and a minimum of two on-site spaces for units with three or more bedrooms; those spaces may be tandem. For homestays, subsection (B)(1) requires just one parking space made available free of charge for exclusive use by homestay occupants, reflecting that a homestay rents only a room or rooms rather than the whole unit. 040(B)(6) requires the dwelling to have the minimum parking required by the chapter, free of obstructions and continuously available and accessible to occupants throughout their stay, whether in a garage, driveway, carport, or another off-street location. 140(H)(2)-(3) requires the space count and that same street-parking warning to be posted inside the unit.
Violations & Fines
Failing to keep the required on-site spaces free of obstructions and continuously accessible to occupants is a permit-compliance failure under § 6.455.040(B)(6) and a violation of Chapter 6.455 under § 6.455.170, which can draw a notice of violation under § 6.455.180 and, on repeat violations, suspension or revocation of the permit under § 6.455.190.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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