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Riverside County · checked 2026-09-13

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The rules, with their sources

Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1BMC Chapter 3.16 Transient Occupancy Tax, 3.16.020 and 3.16.030 (Code 1965 §§ 23-14, 23-15; Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 10-14-14); BMC 17.04.070 bed and breakfast definition; no STR chapter · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer because no STR permit exists. The only registration is the transient occupancy registration certificate, which is issued to the operator of a hotel renting to transients (3.16.060) and names the person on its face, so a buyer who keeps renting registers in their own name.L13.16.060 (TOT registration only) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words

3.16.020“Any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of less than thirty consecutive calendar days, counting portions of calendar days as full days.” source
3.16.020“Any structure or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or tourist house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodginghouse, roominghouse, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobilehome or house trailer at a fixed location or other similar structure or portion thereof.” source
3.16.030(B)“From October 1, 2010, until amended by ordinance of the city council, the transient occupancy tax (TOT rate) rate shall be increased from ten percent to twelve percent, or the full amount of the cap rate.” source
17.04.070“Bed and Breakfast is a lodging establishment in which no more than ten rooms are provided to the general public for lodging on a transient basis, and which may provide meals to the extent otherwise permitted by law.” source

Citation: BMC Chapter 3.16 Transient Occupancy Tax, 3.16.020 and 3.16.030 (Code 1965 §§ 23-14, 23-15; Ord. No. 1483, § 1, 10-14-14); BMC 17.04.070 bed and breakfast definition; no STR chapter

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