Rocklin, CA Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- any violation of Chapter 5.22
- Repeat-violator remedy
- reduced annual rental days
- Other conditions
- onsite hours, guest count, vehicle limits
- Appeal path
- Chapter 5.01 hearing procedures
- Immediate suspension
- allowed for health/safety threats
Summary
Rocklin has no numbered three-strikes short-term rental law, but Rocklin Municipal Code Section 5.22.090 lets the Community Development Department suspend, revoke, or add conditions to a permit for any violation, and one listed condition specifically reduces a repeat violator's allowed rental days going forward.
A.The director of community development may suspend, revoke, or add conditions to any short-term rental permit if the permittee, or permittee's short-term rental facilitator, has violated any provision of this chapter, or other local, state or federal laws statutes, rules or regulations. ... 3.Reducing the number of days in a year that the permittee is allowed to provide lodging;
Full Breakdown
Section 5.22.090(A) of the Rocklin Municipal Code gives the director of community development authority to suspend, revoke, or add conditions to any short-term rental permit whenever the permittee, or the permittee's short-term rental facilitator, violates any provision of Chapter 5.22 or any other local, state, or federal law. Subsection C lists the specific conditions the director may impose instead of an outright suspension, and item 3 is aimed squarely at repeat problem operators: reducing the number of days in a year the permittee is allowed to provide lodging.
The same list lets the city require the permittee to remain onsite during certain hours, reduce the number of guests allowed to lodge, limit the number of vehicles that may park at the property, and require notice of any change in the facilitator handling the listing. Before an outright suspension takes effect, the permittee generally gets a hearing under Section 5.22.120, except where the director determines an immediate suspension is necessary to protect public health, safety, or welfare, in which case the permittee can request a hearing afterward.
A permittee can appeal a denial, suspension, revocation, or added condition under Section 5.22.110 through the procedures in Chapter 5.01, and a short-term rental facilitator has its own separate right to appeal decisions that affect it under the same chapter.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of any Section 5.22 provision already exposes the permit to suspension, revocation, or added conditions under Section 5.22.090(A); the code does not require a set number of prior violations before the city can act. Repeated violations most often result in a reduced annual day allowance under Section 5.22.090(C)(3) or a vehicle or guest-count limit under the same subsection, and can be charged as an administrative citation, misdemeanor, or infraction under Section 5.22.130.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Rocklin use a three-strikes system for short-term rental violations?
Can the city just take away rental days instead of revoking my permit?
Can I fight a suspension or condition placed on my permit?
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