Chapter 86.78 — TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY

Sections:

• 86.78.010 Purpose and intent. 86.78.020 Definition – Transient occupancy. 86.78.030 Definition – Transient rental.

• 86.78.040 Definition – Time-share occupancy. 86.78.050 Definition – Time-share use.

• 86.78.060 Transient rental regulations.

• 86.78.070 Time-share regulations.

• 86.78.080 Nonconforming time-share uses.

The purpose and intent of this chapter is to regulate various forms of transient occupancy within the City. (Ord. 1809)

“Transient occupancy” means the right to use, occupy or possess, or the use, occupancy, or possession of, a dwelling unit or a habitable unit for a period of 25 consecutive calendar days or less. (Ord. 1495)

“Transient rental” means the renting, letting, subletting, leasing or subleasing of a dwelling unit or a habitable unit for “transient occupancy.” (Ord. 1495)

“Time-share occupancy” means any arrangement where the use, occupancy, or possession of real property circulates among purchasers of intervals of ownership according to a fixed or floating time schedule on a periodic basis for a specific period of time during any given year, regardless of the name used to describe the method of use, occupancy, or possession. (Ord. 2025-04 § 3 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 1495)

The Coronado Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 2026-03, passed May 19, 2026.

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“Time-share use” means one or more dwelling units or habitable accommodations, whether located in a single building or group of buildings, whose ownership or right to use facilities are conveyed to multiple individuals for “time-share occupancy.” (Ord. 2025-04 § 3 (Exh. A), 2025)

• A. No dwelling or habitable unit in any Residential Zone (except as specified in subsection B of this section) shall be used as a transient rental.

B. Dwelling or habitable units within R-4 Zone motels, or that constitute lodging houses within the “P” Overlay Zone may be utilized as transient rentals. (Ord. 1788; Ord. 1495)

• A. For all zones, no dwelling unit or habitable unit shall be established for or converted to time-share use.

B. For all zones, no person shall make a dwelling unit or habitable unit subject to an arrangement which creates a time-share occupancy right or a time-share use.

C. For all zones, no person, including, but not limited to, an owner of a time-share, management entity, agent, or broker, may advertise, publish, or otherwise disseminate in any way through any medium, the availability for sale or use of an accommodation made, established, or converted in violation of this section. (Ord. 2025-04 § 3 (Exh. A), 2025)

Nonconforming time-share uses may be reconstructed so long as neither the number of dwelling units or habitable units for each complex nor the number of bedrooms for each unit is increased, the height of a structure is not increased, existing building profiles are maintained, and the number and size of existing parking spaces is not reduced. (Ord. 2025-04 § 3 (Exh. A), 2025)