Rialto imposes a 9% Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on stays of 30 consecutive days or less under Rialto Municipal Code Chapter 3.08 (effective January 18, 1991, per the State Controller's annual TOT report). The TOT applies to hotels, motels, and short-term residential rentals alike. Rialto has no STR-specific permit chapter — short-term hosts must obtain a standard Rental Income Property business license under Title 5 from the Business Licensing Division (909-820-2517) and remit TOT directly to the city. Airbnb does NOT have a TOT collection agreement with Rialto, so hosts must self-report.
Rialto MC §3.08 establishes the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax on the rent charged by an 'operator' to a 'transient' (any person who exercises occupancy for 30 consecutive days or less). The 9% rate was set in 1991 and remains current per the California State Controller's 2022-23 City TOT Revenue report. Title 18 zoning does not list 'short-term rental' or 'vacation rental' as a defined use; STRs operate under the Rental Income Property classification in the city's Business License Classifications document, which covers any rental of 'industrial building, warehouse, indoor or outdoor storage facility, commercial store, office, hotel, motel, residential dwellings unit such as apartments or houses.' Hosts must register, post the TOT certificate, collect 9% from guests, file monthly/quarterly returns, and remit to Finance. ADUs/JADUs cannot be short-term rented per Cal. Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(6) — minimum 30-day terms statewide. San Bernardino County's unincorporated STR ordinance does not apply within Rialto city limits.
Failure to register and remit TOT exposes operators to back-tax assessment, 10% delinquency penalty plus 0.5%/month interest under typical Rialto Ch. 3.08 enforcement provisions, plus business-license penalties through the Business Licensing Division. Code Enforcement (Community Compliance, 909-820-2689) handles zoning-use complaints.
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