Yuba City does not require an STR to be the operator's primary residence. The Municipal Code imposes no owner-occupancy or homestead requirement for transient lodging beyond the ADU 30-day minimum.
Neither Yuba City Municipal Code Title 3, Chapter 6, Article 4 (TOT) nor Title 8, Chapter 5 (Zoning) imposes a primary-residence or owner-occupancy requirement on operators of transient lodging. Non-owner-occupied 'investor' STRs in single-family zones are not specifically prohibited or capped because the code does not separately define 'short-term rental' as a land use. The only residence-status restriction tied to short-term occupancy is the state-mandated 30-day minimum rental term for accessory dwelling units (Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(6)) as implemented in Yuba City Ord. No. 006-22 (March 15, 2022); that rule applies only to ADUs/JADUs, not to detached single-family homes. A traditional bed-and-breakfast inn is permitted by right in the Agricultural Holding (AH) district under Zoning §8-5.2502 but does not require operator residency.
Because there is no primary-residence rule, there are no penalties for non-owner-occupied STRs in single-family or multi-family dwellings. Violations relating to ADUs rented under 30 days are enforced by code enforcement administrative citations and zoning compliance orders under the city's nuisance abatement procedures.
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