Ventura (officially San Buenaventura) imposes a 10% Transient Occupancy Tax on all STR stays of 30 days or less under SBMC §4.115.030. Every short-term vacation rental operator must hold an STVR permit (SBMC §6.455.040), a Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate, a business tax certificate (SBMC §6.455.050(B)), and post a $1,500 surety bond (SBMC §6.455.050(C)) unless waived under §6.455.125(G)(9).
SBMC §4.115.030 levies a 10% TOT on the rent paid for any 'hotel' occupancy of 30 days or less — the STR definition in §6.455.020 explicitly imports this 30-day ceiling. Operators must collect and remit TOT quarterly. To get the STVR permit, §6.455.050 requires: (A) a nuisance response plan, (B) both a Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate (per §4.115.030) and a business tax certificate (per §4.155.210), (C) a $1,500 surety bond issued by a California-licensed surety with A.M. Best rating of at least 'A-' (§6.455.080), and (D) a permit application fee set by city council to cover administrative cost plus the duplicating and mailing of the response plan to neighbors within 300 feet (§6.455.140). The bond can be waived if the rental agreement formally forbids parties and loud social events between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (§6.455.125(G)(9)). The city's published STVR Quick Reference adds that operators must carry $1 million per-occurrence short-term rental liability insurance as a program requirement.
Operating without an STVR permit, without the required transient occupancy registration certificate, or without a current surety bond on file is a misdemeanor under SBMC §6.455.150(A), (C), (D). Failure to collect or remit the 10% TOT exposes the operator to back-tax assessment, interest and penalties under SBMC Ch. 4.115. Advertising the rental without the 'Ventura Permit No. ___' in the same size type as the largest type in the ad is itself a separate misdemeanor (§§6.455.045, 6.455.150(E)).
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