Placentia, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Renter first violation
- Warning by City authority
- Renter second violation
- $500 fine within any 30 day period
- Renter third and later
- $1,000 fine each within 30 days
- Owner second violation
- $500 plus permanent revocation within 12 months
- Three-violation revocation
- All rental permits revoked within any 12 month period
- Appeal deadline
- 10 days to the planning commission
- Hosting platform fine
- $1,000 per violation per day
Summary
In the City of Placentia, California, short-term rental violations escalate fast. A first violation draws a warning, and an owner's second violation within 12 months costs $500 and the permanent loss of the business license and rental permit. Three violations in 12 months revoke every permit the owner or managing agent holds.
(d) Responsible Person (Renter). The city may issue and the responsible person for each short-term residential rental may receive an administrative citation for any violation of this chapter, ... as follows: (1) First violation — Warning by City authority; (2) Second violation within any 30 day period — five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine; (3) Third and subsequent violations within any 30 day period — one thousand dollar ($1,000) fine for each violation. (e) Owner. The city may issue and the owner may receive an administrative citation for any violation of this Chapter 6.45, ... as follows: (1) First violation — Warning by city; (2) Second and subsequent violations within any 12 month period, other than operating without a business license or short-term residential rental permit — $500 fine for each violation, and permanent revocation of business license and short-term residential rental permit;
Full Breakdown
Section 6.45.170 of the Placentia Municipal Code sets two separate ladders. The responsible person who signed the rental agreement can be cited for any violation of the chapter, or any other provision of the code violated during a rental, including the noise ordinance: a warning for the first violation, a $500 fine for a second violation within any 30 day period, and a $1,000 fine for each third and subsequent violation within any 30 day period.
The owner's ladder is steeper and runs on a 12 month clock. A first violation draws a warning by the city. Each second and subsequent violation within any 12 month period, other than operating without a business license or permit, carries a $500 fine and permanent revocation of the business license and short-term residential rental permit. A second violation of operating without a business license or permit carries a $1,000 fine and a permanent prohibition against receiving a business license and permit. Unlicensed operation is cited and enforced under Chapter 6.04 or Chapter 1.08. Hosting platforms face $1,000 per violation per day for each violation of Section 6.45.210.
Section 6.45.160(a) adds a separate revocation trigger. The director of development services must immediately revoke all rental permits from the owner and the managing agency or agent upon three violations of the chapter, in any combination of premises owned by the owner or managed by the agent within the city, within any 12 month period. The code prints both triggers, so the second owner violation within 12 months under § 6.45.170(e)(2) is the sharper of the two.
Each and every day, or portion of a day, that a violation exists is a separate violation for which a citation can issue, and citations follow Sections 8.06.010 through 8.06.180. A denied applicant or a licensee whose license is suspended or revoked has 10 days to appeal to the planning commission, which must give at least 14 days' certified-mail notice of its meeting, and the planning commission's decision can be appealed to the city council under Chapter 23.87.
Violations & Fines
Beyond the fines, any violation of the chapter is punishable as a misdemeanor under § 6.45.010 and § 6.45.170(c), at the maximum punishment allowed by law. Violations are also declared a public nuisance. A citation can go to any occupant, invitee, renter, lessee, owner, managing agency or agent, or hosting platform, and the city can pursue any other remedy available at law alongside revocation.
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