Short-term rentals in Oceanside: the local rules

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Allowed	No. Short-term rentals are not allowed. Applies: In manufactured home parks. § 24.6 · code text Short-term rentals are prohibited in a manufactured home park, as defined in chapter 16.B.2(c) of the Oceanside City Code. No. Short-term rentals are not allowed. Applies: Rentals reached by a panhandle access that does not meet city standards. § 24.6 · code text Short-term rentals served by a panhandle access that does not meet city standards set forth in Oceanside Zoning Ordinance 1050(Y) or other applicable city ordinances are prohibited. No. Non-hosted short-term rentals are not allowed. Applies: Residential zoning districts outside the Coastal Zone. § 24.6 · code text Non-hosted short-term rentals located in any residential zoning district outside of the Coastal Zone are prohibited. Non-hosted short-term rentals are allowed, with a cap on permits. Applies: Residential zones in the Coastal Zone west of Coast Highway, except the R-1 zone. § 24.6 · code text Non-hosted short-term rentals are allowed in all residential zoning districts west of Coast Highway other than the R-1 zone subject to a maximum of 480 non-hosted short-term rental permits west of Coast Highway. No. Non-hosted short-term rentals are not allowed. Applies: In the R-1 zone. § 24.6 · code text Non-hosted short-term rentals in the R-1 zone are prohibited. Only with a permit issued before the current rules; it can be renewed. Applies: Non-hosted rentals in the R-1 zone; not renewed after the property goes to a new owner or living space is expanded. § 24.6 · code text Any short-term rental permit issued prior to the introduction of the ordinance adopting this section ("pre-existing permit") is renewable pursuant to section 24.3(b). Only with a permit approved before the current rules; it can be renewed. Applies: Short-term rentals in the Coastal Zone east of Coast Highway. § 24.6 · code text A short-term rental permit for a property in the Coastal Zone east of Coast Highway approved prior to the introduction of the ordinance adopting this section is subject to renewal in accordance with section 24.3.
Cap on rentals	No more than 480 non-hosted short-term rental permits. Applies: Residential zones west of Coast Highway in the Coastal Zone, except the R-1 zone. § 24.6 · code text Non-hosted short-term rentals are allowed in all residential zoning districts west of Coast Highway other than the R-1 zone subject to a maximum of 480 non-hosted short-term rental permits west of Coast Highway.
Permit or registration	A short-term rental permit is required. Applies: Except self-contained short-term rentals in a homeowners association of at least 50 units. § 24.4 · code text The following short-term rental properties are exempt from the permit requirement in section 24.3 and the operational requirements in section 24.7 provided the owner and/or operator of the unit remains in compliance with chapter 34, article III governing transient occupancy tax:

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Oceanside's code: No. Short-term rentals are not allowed. (In manufactured home parks.) (§ 24.6); No. Short-term rentals are not allowed. (Rentals reached by a panhandle access that does not meet city standards.) (§ 24.6).

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