Sacramento, CA Short-Term Rentals: Primary-Residence-Only Rule (2026)

100: operating short-term rentals in more than one dwelling unit on the same lot. The subsection states flatly that no person shall do this unless the person's primary residence is in the city. 010, the dwelling unit in which the applicant or permittee resides for at least 184 days during the calendar year, so a host claiming the exception must actually live in Sacramento more than half the year, not merely list a local address. 210 applies it to the annual limit, capping non-primary-residence rentals at 90 aggregate days a year while primary residences face no such cap.

300(B)(2) reinforces the distinction again at the enforcement stage, letting the city manager require a Sacramento-resident property manager for non-primary-residence rentals as a condition of keeping the permit. Together these sections show the primary-residence test is not a single throwaway clause but the dividing line the whole chapter uses to separate owner-occupied hosting from investment-style multi-unit renting on one lot.