Chula Vista, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

160(G) authorizes the Director of Development Services to suspend or revoke a Short-Term Rental Permit if three major violations are issued in connection with the same Short-Term Rental Property within a continuous 12-month period, and a change of ownership does not reset the violation count against the property. , failure to respond to an Enforcement Officer within one hour, unpermitted garage use as a game room or for sleeping, criminal activity on the premises, or four minor violations within 12 months (which itself escalates into a major violation under subsection (I)(1)(h)).

Subsection (H) confirms no prior warning or notice-to-cure is required before the City imposes modification, suspension or revocation. Separately, subsection (J) sets a graduated administrative citation schedule against the Permittee: first offense up to $100 (minor) or $1,000 (major); second offense within 12 months up to $500 (minor) or $2,000 (major); third and fourth offenses up to $1,000 (minor) or $4,000 (major); fifth and subsequent offenses up to $1,500 (minor) or $5,000 (major). Any violation may also be prosecuted as a misdemeanor under subsection (B), punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail, or abated as a public nuisance under subsection (C).