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Can you BnB it in Brawley?

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Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Chapter 24 article V Transient Occupancy Tax, sections 24.56 and 24.57 (Ord. No. 570 sections 3 and 4; amended by Ord. Nos. 607, 662, 749, 777); chapter 27 Brawley Zoning Ordinance article II Definitions. No short term rental chapter exists. · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. Brawley issues no short term rental permit or license, so there is nothing to transfer at a sale. A buyer who rents to transients would need the operator's registration certificate required by section 24.60 in the buyer's own name.L1none; chapter 24 article V (transient occupancy tax) sections 24.55 to 24.68 are the only related provisions · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words

24.56“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, including any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodginghouse, roominghouse, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer at a fixed location or other similar structure or portion thereof.” source
24.57“Each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of eight percent of the rent charged by the operator.” source

Citation: Chapter 24 article V Transient Occupancy Tax, sections 24.56 and 24.57 (Ord. No. 570 sections 3 and 4; amended by Ord. Nos. 607, 662, 749, 777); chapter 27 Brawley Zoning Ordinance article II Definitions. No short term rental chapter exists.

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