Oxnard, CA Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Permits (2026)

Sec. 16-663(A) prohibits renting 'for a term of less than 30 consecutive days' outside the article's authorization, and specifically bars using a purported longer-term lease to evade the rule. Subsection (B) requires 'a valid permit issued by the city' before any person may seek or receive rent, or advertise or facilitate the rental of a homeshare or vacation rental, and extends this to timeshare-exempt units rented outside their timeshare schedule. Subsection (C) lists the findings the community development director or designee must make before issuing or renewing a permit: the property is compliant with all state and local codes, it complies with Article XI's requirements, there is no substantial evidence of nuisance behavior at the location, and issuance will not push the neighborhood past the 5% cap in Sec.

16-662. Subsection (D) lets the director impose additional conditions on any permit. Sec. ' Sec. 16-665 lays out the application package: a labeled floor plan and parking site plan, a nuisance response plan under Sec. 16-666, a mailing list for the 300-foot neighbor notice required by Sec. 2, a signed operational-standards affidavit, proof of business tax and transient occupancy tax compliance, and proof of insurance. Sec. 16-665(I) makes permit decisions final and non-appealable, with no public hearing held on any application.