Contra Costa County Municipal Code Art. 88-32.2 General

This chapter is known as the Short-term Rental Ordinance of Contra Costa County.

(Ord. 2020-12 § II, 6-2-20)

The purposes of this chapter are to regulate the renting of residential dwelling units for periods of thirty consecutive days or less; to establish a procedure for reviewing and approving short-term rental permit applications; and to establish location, parking, occupancy, and other standards for short-term rentals to limit the impact on neighbors.

(Ord. 2020-12 § II, 6-2-20)

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

(a) "Accessory dwelling unit" has the same meaning as in Section 82-24.004.

(b) "Host" means a person who occupies as their primary residence a residential dwelling unit located on the same lot as a short-term rental.

(c) "Hosted" means that a host has a physical presence at the host's primary residence located on the same lot as a short-term rental during the entire period that the short-term rental isrented.

(d) "Non-hosted" means that a host is absent from the host's primary residence located on the same lot as a short-term rental during some or all of the period that the short-term renal isrented.

(e) "Primary residence" means a residential dwelling unit that a person physically occupies and lives in on a day-to-day basis. A person can only have one primary residence.

(f) "Residential dwelling unit" means a building, or a portion thereof, designed for residential occupation by one persons or a group of two or more persons living together as a domestic unit.

(g) "Responsible party" means a person that is designated by the applicant as a point of contact for the short-term rental.

(h) "Short-term rental" means a residential dwelling unit, or a portion of a residential dwelling unit, that is rented, or offered for rent, for compensation or consideration, for a period of thirty consecutive days or less.

(Ord. No. 2024-23, § III(Exh. A), 12-3-24; Ord. 2020-12 § II, 6-2-20)