Mountain View, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)

6 creates a look-back rule tied to the property rather than just the host: for a property that is the subject of an active administrative citation or compliance order from the city, or a denial or revocation of a short-term rental application in the preceding 12 months, any registration of a short-term rental on that property will be denied. This means a single serious enforcement action effectively freezes the property out of the short-term rental market for a full year, regardless of whether a new owner or host applies.

12 supplies the separate revocation grounds that can trigger that 12-month bar in the first place: subsection a allows revocation of an approved registration for fraud, misrepresentation or a false statement in the application or in the operation of the rental, and subsection b allows revocation for any violation of Chapter 44, the Mountain View City Code generally, or state or federal law. Because Sec. 3 makes it a violation to host or rent in breach of any Chapter 44 provision, repeated breaches, such as exceeding the 60-day unhosted cap or hosting banned special events, feed directly into the revocation standard of Sec. b and then into the 12-month registration denial of Sec. 6.