Butte County, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

1 J of the Butte County Code, part of the short-term rental ordinance adopted by Ordinance No. 4159 and amended by Ordinance Nos. 4175 and 4197, layers its own enforcement track onto the general code enforcement process in Section 24-5F and Section 1-7. 1, the Three Strikes Revocation Rule, counts three verifiable administrative citations, violations, or hearing officer determinations against the owner or occupants at the same property within a rolling 24-month period. Hitting that threshold triggers a notice to cease and desist short-term rental operations and revocation of the administrative permit; at least two of the complaints behind the strikes must come from separate households, so a single repeat complainant cannot force revocation alone.

The county must give prior notice before revoking and allow an appeal if the operator requests one within ten days. Once revoked, an application to re-establish a short-term rental at that property is barred for a minimum of 24 months. 2 sets the mechanics for building a strike: complaints go by text or email to the host or property manager with a copy to Development Services, and a strike is avoided only if the host corrects the problem within 30 minutes and documents the fix. 1 revocation if a third strike accrues at any point in the same window.