San Bernardino County · checked 2026-09-13
Can you BnB it in Barstow?
RestrictedBarstow allows a vacation rental in its ER, LDR and SFR residential districts only with a conditional use permit from the planning commission, and defines a short-term rental as a dwelling offered to paying guests for 30 or fewer consecutive nights. The conditional use permit stays in effect when the property changes hands, but it is void if the use stops for 12 months or more.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseA permit or license is required before operating.L119.10.020, 19.10.030, 19.10.040 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Caps and limitsNo numeric or percentage cap on short-term rental or vacation rental permits appears in the code text that was read. The geographic limit is the use lists themselves: vacation rentals appear as conditional uses only in the ER, LDR and SFR residential districts.L1Barstow Municipal Code Title 19 Zoning: Sections 19.10.020, 19.10.030 and 19.10.040 (residential district use lists, vacation rentals conditional); definition of short-term rental at 19.02.005(c) (Ord. No. 976-2021, Section 2, 8-16-2021; Ord. No. 981-2021, Section 2, 11-15-2021); Chapter 19.30 Conditional Uses, Sections 19.30.060 and 19.30.120; Chapter 3.16 Transient Occupancy Tax, Sections 3.16.020, 3.16.030 and 3.16.060 (Ord. No. 678(part), 1992; Ord. No. 780, 2002). · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsSection 19.30.120 says such permit shall remain in effect upon a change of business or property ownership, and that conditional use permits remain in effect for the effective life of the business, service, or use authorized by the permit. So a conditional use permit for a vacation rental survives a sale and passes to the buyer. Two ways it dies: it becomes null and void if construction or establishment of the use is not diligently advanced to completion or occupancy within six months of issuance (19.30.060(a)), and it becomes null and void if the approved use is discontinued for 12 months or longer (19.30.060(c)). The code text read states no family, heir, trust or entity exception and no transfer application window, because none is needed when the permit runs with the use.L119.30.120 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
19.02.005(c)“a residential dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is offered or provided to a paying guest(s) by a short-term rental operator for 30 or fewer consecutive nights.” source
19.10.020, 19.10.030, 19.10.040“Vacation rentals” source
19.30.120“Such permit shall remain in effect upon a change of business or property ownership.” source
19.30.060(c)“A conditional use permit shall become null and void if an approved use is discontinued for a period of 12 months or longer.” source
Citation: Barstow Municipal Code Title 19 Zoning: Sections 19.10.020, 19.10.030 and 19.10.040 (residential district use lists, vacation rentals conditional); definition of short-term rental at 19.02.005(c) (Ord. No. 976-2021, Section 2, 8-16-2021; Ord. No. 981-2021, Section 2, 11-15-2021); Chapter 19.30 Conditional Uses, Sections 19.30.060 and 19.30.120; Chapter 3.16 Transient Occupancy Tax, Sections 3.16.020, 3.16.030 and 3.16.060 (Ord. No. 678(part), 1992; Ord. No. 780, 2002).
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