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Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L124.3(a)(6) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. Belmont issues no short term rental permit or license, so nothing transfers at a sale. The ADU restriction in section 24.3(a)(6) runs with the property rather than with an owner, and section 24.3(a)(3) requires the property owner to acknowledge the sale and short term rental restrictions in writing, so a buyer of a property with an ADU or JADU inherits the short term rental prohibition.L124.3(a)(3) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words

2.105.1“A dwelling unit, or portion of a dwelling unit, rented to paying guests for short stays of 30 consecutive days or less.” source
24.3(a)(6)“Neither the accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit nor the existing single-family home or multi-family residential units may be used for short-term residential rentals.” source
24.3(a)(3)“the property owner must acknowledge in writing the restrictions in subsections (4) and (5) regarding the sale and short-term rental of accessory dwelling units” source
23-64“any individual who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy of a specific room by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less” source

Citation: Belmont Zoning Ordinance sections 2.105.1, 24.2(n), 24.3(a)(3) and 24.3(a)(6); Belmont City Code sections 23-64 and 23-65 (Code 1961 section 29.2; Ord. No. 642 section 1, 1-22-79; Ord. No. 2019-1137 section 1, 1-22-19; Ord. No. 2022-1167 section 3, 11-8-22)

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