Ordinance:
The City Council established a short-term vacation rental permit on January 19, 2016 (City Code 5.114). All operators of short-term rental property (a stay of 30 days or less) need to apply for either a short-term rental permit or a conditional use permit from Community Development.
PRIMARY RESIDENCE
The operator of a short-term vacation rental from their primary residence is required to apply for a short-term rental permit, pay an annual business tax as a hotel of $50, and collect and remit transient occupancy tax of 12% from renters.
SECONDARY RESIDENCE
A short-term vacation rental may operate from a location that is not the operator’s primary residence for a total of 90 days in a calendar year. After the operator exceeds 90 days in a calendar year, the conditional use permit process must be started. Until the conditional use permit is applied for, an operator of a short-term rental is required to apply for a short-term rental permit. An annual business tax as a hotel of $50 and collection and remittance of transient occupancy tax of 12% from renters is required of all short-term vacation rental operators.
Reports:
01/12/2016: Ordinances Amending Titles 5 and 17 of the Sacramento City Code Relating to Shortterm Rentals and Bed and Breakfast Inns (City of Sacramento)
12/10/2015: Ordinance Amending Title 17 Relating to Modifications to Bed and Breakfast Inn Regulations (City of Sacramento)
10/13/2015: Update on Short-term Homestay Rentals/Bed and Breakfast Inns (City of Sacramento)
05/12/2015: Update on Short-term Vacation Rentals/Bed and Breakfast – Staff Report (City of Sacramento)
News:
06/17/2018: The ‘hotel’ next door: Airbnb rentals face backlash in some Sacramento neighborhoods (Sacramento Bee)
01/20/2016: Sacramento City Council Approves New Airbnb Regulations (Fox40)
01/19/2016: Sacramento approves restrictions on short-term rentals such as Airbnb (Sacramento Bee)
11/08/2015: Yes, there is a right way to regulate Airbnb (Sacramento Bee)
10/13/2015: Sacramento Moves Forward With Parts Of A Short-Term Rental Ordinance (Capital Public Radio)
10/12/2015: Sacramento leaders consider limits on Airbnb, other home-rental services (Sacramento Bee)
08/13/2015: How Sacramento’s Airbnb proposal stacks up against other cities (Sacramento Business Journal)
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