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Short-term rentals in Gardena

City rule: only home sharing with a home sharing permit is allowed, with no more than 100 permits in each 5-year period.

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Key points

  • Short-term rentals: City rule: only home sharing with a home sharing permit is allowed, with no more than 100 permits in each 5-year period.

Each rule below links to the section of the Gardena Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Gardena's code says

Gardena code What Gardena's code adds
Allowed
  • Only home sharing is allowed, with a home sharing permit.
    Applies: Hosts: an owner living on site, or an owner or qualifying tenant whose lease names designated bedrooms. Home owned at least 1 year.
    § 5.76.040 · code text
    The following persons are qualified to be a host of a home sharing rental:
Cap on rentals
  • No more than 100 home sharing permits in each 5-year period.
    Applies: Citywide. A lottery is held if there are more qualified applications.
    § 5.76.040 · code text
    The city shall issue a maximum of one hundred home sharing permits per five-year period.
  • Each host may get only 1 home sharing permit.
    Applies: Within the city.
    § 5.76.040 · code text
    A host may be issued only one home sharing permit within the city.
Permit or registration
  • A home sharing permit is required.
    § 5.76.040 · code text
    Home sharing permits shall only be granted to applicants who are the owners or qualifying tenants of the proposed home sharing rental as specified in this chapter.
  • A business license and a transient occupancy registration certificate are required.
    Applies: After notice that the home sharing permit will be granted, and before it is issued.
    § 5.76.050 · code text
    Evidence that the host has applied for or obtained a business license for operating a home sharing rental.
Primary residence
  • Yes. The home must be the host's primary residence.
    Applies: An owner who lives on the premises, or a qualifying tenant.
    § 5.76.040 · code text
    Primary residency for a host or qualifying tenant shall be established by providing two documents which associate the property as the place which is the base of their personal life activities.
  • Not for the owner, but the home must be the qualifying tenant's primary residence.
    Applies: An owner who does not live on the premises but has a qualifying tenant.
    § 5.76.040 · code text
    An owner who has owned the residence for a minimum of one year prior to the date of the application and who does not live on the premises but has a qualifying tenant and whose lease with the tenant specifies that the owner may use a designated bedroom or bedrooms for home sharing.

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City rule: only home sharing with a home sharing permit is allowed, with no more than 100 permits in each 5-year period.

General information, not legal advice.

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