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Short-term rentals in Mountain View

City rule: rentals of 30 days or less are banned in some unit types; unhosted rentals are limited to 60 days per calendar year.

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Key points

  • Short-term rentals: City rule: rentals of 30 days or less are banned in some unit types; unhosted rentals are limited to 60 days per calendar year.

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

What Mountain View's code says

Mountain View code What Mountain View's code adds
Allowed
  • Limited. Rentals of 30 days or less are not allowed in some unit types.
    Applies: Banned in junior ADUs, ADUs of 800 square feet or less, single-family and multifamily interior units, some detached units, and detached units on multifamily sites.
    § 36.12.105 · code text
    Short-term rentals with a term thirty (30) days or shorter are prohibited in: all junior accessory dwelling units; all accessory dwelling units of eight hundred (800) square feet or less; single-family interior units; detached units created under subsection 36.12.95 b.1.; multi-family interior units; and detached units on multi-family residential sites.
Nights per year
  • No limit on the number of days per calendar year.
    Applies: When the host is present.
    § 44.4 · code text
    Where the host is present, the dwelling unit may be occupied as a short-term rental for an unlimited number of days per calendar year.
  • No more than 60 days per calendar year.
    Applies: When the host is not present.
    § 44.4 · code text
    Where a host is not present, the dwelling unit may be occupied as a short-term rental no more than sixty (60) days per calendar year.
Permit or registration
  • Yes. The city's short-term rental application, registration, licensing and operating rules apply.
    § 36.06.26 · code text
    Short-term rentals shall conform to City Code Chapter 44, including all application, registration, licensing and operational requirements.

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City rule: rentals of 30 days or less are banned in some unit types; unhosted rentals are limited to 60 days per calendar year.

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