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Can you BnB it in Avalon?
AllowedAvalon allows short-term transient rentals with a city Transient Rental License, capped at 410 units citywide with a waitlist or lottery once the cap is reached. Licenses do not transfer on a sale except a one-time gift to immediate family or a family trust, so a buyer generally starts over.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseA permit or license is required before operating.L13-1.302(a) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1AMC Title 3, Ch. 3-1, Art. 3 (Transient Rentals): added 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 1192-20 (effective 2-1-2021); amended 11-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1202-21 (effective 12-16-2021); amended 9-2-2025 by Ord. No. 1227-25 (effective 10-2-2025). TOT at 3-3.403 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1AMC Title 3, Ch. 3-1, Art. 3 (Transient Rentals): added 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 1192-20 (effective 2-1-2021); amended 11-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1202-21 (effective 12-16-2021); amended 9-2-2025 by Ord. No. 1227-25 (effective 10-2-2025). TOT at 3-3.403 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Permit capPermits are capped at 410.L13-1.309(c) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Caps and limitsOnce the combined number of Transient Rental Licenses, Conditional Use Permits and Grandfathered Conditional Use Permits reaches 410 units, no more may be issued (3-1.309(c)); the city manager then creates procedures which may take the form of a waitlist or lottery. Each licensed rental must also actually be rented at least 10 nights per calendar year (3-1.317(k)).L13-1.309(c) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsLicenses and CUPs are not transferable except one narrow path: a one-time transfer by grant or gift to immediate family members (spouses, siblings, children, grandchildren or parents) or as part of a family trust (3-1.315(a)). A sale to an unrelated buyer does not carry the license. Grandfathered conditional use permits automatically expire upon the second sale of the property (3-1.302(b)). No entity or LLC exception is stated.L13-1.315(a) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
3-1.302(a)“no person shall commence or carry on, either directly or indirectly, any transient rental without first having obtained and maintained in good standing a Transient Rental License under this article” source
3-1.309(c)“Once the number of Transient Rental Licenses, Conditional Use Permits or Grandfathered Conditional Use Permits reaches 410 units, no other such licenses or permits may be issued.” source
3-1.315(a)“No Transient Rental License or Conditional Use Permit shall be transferable, except as described herein. For purposes of this section, a permissible 'transfer' shall only mean a one-time permissible transfer of a Transient Rental License or Conditional Use Permit by grant or gift to immediate family members (defined as spouses, siblings, children, grandchildren or parents), or as part of a family trust.” source
3-1.302(b)“any and all such Conditional Use Permits shall automatically expire upon the second sale of the property to which such Conditional Use Permits relate” source
Citation: AMC Title 3, Ch. 3-1, Art. 3 (Transient Rentals): added 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 1192-20 (effective 2-1-2021); amended 11-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1202-21 (effective 12-16-2021); amended 9-2-2025 by Ord. No. 1227-25 (effective 10-2-2025). TOT at 3-3.403
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