Anaheim, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Major-violation revocation threshold
- 2 within 12 months
- Minor-violation revocation threshold
- 10 within 12 months
- Appeal window
- 30 days from notice
- Ownership change effect
- Does not reset violation count
Summary
Anaheim revokes short-term rental permits on a strike system: Section 4.05.140.030 lets the Planning Director suspend or revoke a permit after just two major violations, such as an unlawful nighttime party, at the same property within twelve months, or after ten minor violations in that same window, no warning required first.
The Planning Director shall also have the authority to suspend or revoke a short-term rental permit for any two (2) major violations in connection with the same short-term rental property within a continuous period of twelve (12) months; except that one of these two major violations shall not result from aggregating minor violations into a major violation as described in Section 4.05.140.0201(12). The Planning Director shall also have the authority to suspend or revoke a short-term rental permit if ten (10) minor violations of any type have been committed in connection with the same short-term rental property during any continuous period of twelve (12) months. A change of ownership shall have no effect on the accumulation of violations against the short-term rental property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-28: Code: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 6627, passed 8-11-2026 | Zoning: Local legislation current through Ord. 6627, passed 8-11-2026).
Full Breakdown
020 splits every infraction into 'major' and 'minor' violations. , renting below the three-night minimum, exceeding occupancy limits, ignoring an enforcement officer's forty-five-minute cooperation request, unpermitted garage conversion, failing to get the primary occupant's signature on the rules, violating the city's Loud and Unreasonable Noise Ordinance, failing to pay transient occupancy tax, criminal activity on the premises, and accumulating four minor violations within twelve months, which itself becomes a major violation. Everything else that breaks a short-term rental law, ordinance, or permit condition is a minor violation.
030 gives the Planning Director authority to suspend or revoke the permit for any two major violations at the same property within a continuous twelve-month period, with the caveat that at least one of those two cannot itself be an aggregated 'four minor violations' major violation; it can also revoke after ten minor violations of any kind in that same twelve months. A change in ownership does not reset the violation count against the property. 150 before the suspension or revocation takes effect.
Violations & Fines
A second major violation within twelve months, or a tenth minor violation in that window, triggers a written notice of intent to suspend or revoke, and the owner has only thirty days to file for an administrative hearing under Section 4.05.150 before the action becomes final; a fourth and fifth offense on the same property also carry escalating fines up to $2,500 and $3,000 under Section 4.05.130.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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